in my days at university studying fisheries, iand with my time building water features i would say that yes you can do it. feed them a lot, some meaty foods if possible, such as worms and fish. a medium sized barrel would work well. and sometime in early spring do a massive water change. the cool ...

ive heard of folks using a perware lid floating on the surface. its supposed to work well

we use minnfinn in my pond business - be careful of it with catfish. im not sure how it would do with them. its potent stuff, but works amazingly well.

I just got 5 of these nice fish and was wondering the same things. i have Mr. Fullers book, and it would seem pH closer to neutral is best...anyone else have experiences?

the bubbles are likely from overfeeding, as are the worms, or whatever else. for cory cat babies, finely crushed flake food is fine. the larger granule stuff they cant fit in their mouths, so it wont be eaten and will foul the tank. at this point do daily water changes of about 30-50% and cut back ...

i would get the fish from the same place in this instance....these small plecos are easy to misidentify, and you may end up with the wrong fishes, and not have a pair or group of P. maccus. fyi, the specific name of the fish as written in the scientific name, you do not capitalize the second ...

most any nano fish would be fine. no anabantids (gouramis) and cory cats would be ok as well. most things wont bully the pleco for the eggs, but they may eat the fry, but the cory cats and most small tetras woudnt bother the fry

i think paleatus as well. ive seen many that dark....it could be something else, the clues and more information would help - where did you get it? what was in the tank with it? if you got it at any type of chain store its almost 100% a paleatus...they dont do variety. if it was a local fish store, a ...

the temp at 75 is a bit low, but i would thik they would have hatched by now. i have heard of folks having trouble with the egg shells being too tough..usually in hard water...try to gently roll the egg and see if you can break the shell....thats all i can say

So this is my first post, but i read the whole thread on the robinae corys.....you two guys really got upset. I know my opinion doesnt count since im a newb, but come on. I have a degree in fisheries biology, i have injected plenty of fishes, mostly with antibiotics, but inducing spawns does have a ...