Wow Larry, sounds like you need another house and many more tanks just for those fertile plecos you keep! I see why you use the excess for discus food. I only have one BN in each of two tanks so I guess I won't have any fry Thanks for the explanation.
Barb

Thanks Mats and Larry. I have plenty of Zucchini, algae wafers and other good dried foods. But haven't tried earthworm sticks, sounds yummy. I feed my discus a mix I make and freeze which is a seafood mix. Never have used beefheart and don't plan to. I will do as you both suggested, but I could ...

I am a new keeper of BN Plecos. I put one 2"er in my 125 gal tank full of driftwood with anubias on it. All were algae covered. In about 2 weeks this one little fish cleaned every bit of algae from everything, much to my joy. But now he is eating the wood, all poop is now brown instead of green as ...

Welcome David, and that is a very beautiful fish you have there. Is it a Gibbiceps? That is what they used to be called, I think.
Barb

Hello fellow catfish hobbyists :-H . I am a new member here, but a long time keeper of all sorts of fish, including many catfish. I am a potter, making lots of different things out of clay. Have my own pottery studio at home with a kiln. For the last couple years I have been making discus cones ...

I live in New Bern (settled by the Swiss in 1710) on the east coast of NC, about 30 miles inland from the Atlantic ocean. There is a large public aquarium at the beach and I work there every Wednesday as a volunteer, working with Stingrays, invertebrates, turtles and the shell collections. North ...

Hello everyone! I have just joined you. I look forward to learning a lot about catfish, am a long time fish keeper with many cats over the years. Currently have a large discus tank with one Bristle Nose pleco, a large angelfish tank with Clown pleco and standard pleco and one other tank with Albino ...