Right now I have his cave laying flat on the gravel. I am about to revamp the aquarium and thought it would be a good opportunity to bury his cave a bit.

bekateen wrote:Do you mean something like this? Slanted with the back end buried slightly in the substrate, with the mouth of the cave elevated compared to the back?

That's it exactly. I figured the only maintenance needed is vacuuming once a week to make contaminates don't fill in.

Hi All,

I want to position my clay pleco cave on a diagonal in-ground. Any reason I should avoid doing this?

There is a photo linked.

I need help identifying a problem with my L066: Everything started going wrong about a month ago. I had a case of cyanobacteria growing in the tank. By the time I researched enough to do anything about it, I noticed a couple fishes with the ich. I raised the temperature in the tank to about 84F to ...

Without dropping too many new species names <26c/78f Peckoltia brevis http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?task=&species_id=1339 >26c/78f Peckoltia compta http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=213 Both are the carnivorous side of omnivore and generally take catfish ...

I apologise if it read like a "swingingly vague statement", but it was intended as a rule of thumb for the OP, and refers to commonly encountered species/genera in the trade (particularly the L numbers). If someone is paying premium prices for a fish imported from Uruguay or Argentina, then they ...

You guys are getting a little over my head... But that is why I am here! I am going to lean towards keeping temperature constant between the quarantine and main tank. How long should I leave the pleco in the quarantine tank before transferring to the main tank? I can probably increase the ...

Unfortunately your water is too cold for most "fancy" pleco species such as Hypancistrus , Peckoltia , Hemiancistrus etc. Try a Common Bristlenose Catfish instead. There are many colour and fin morphs available to suit all tastes. I am not a huge fan of the bushy nose look... I do have some wiggle ...

One other note... I've had two plecos die on me within the first two weeks... I don't know why... But I don't want it to happen again... L200 and L135 First I tried introducing the L135 and when he didn't work out, I tried the L200. I will be using my quarantine tank so I can monitor his acclimation ...

Hello All. I have been doing research on the subject and can't decide on a species of pleco to add. I believe I should be selecting from hypancistrus because I don't want them eating my plants. However, I am open to other genus or specific suggestions. I have an established 30 gallon freshwater tank ...