dk77

do you have nerite snails? they put tons of little white eggs on the glass too.

Hey Heff, I would prob get another type of snail if I were you. I had two of the little nerite buggers in my 90gal and they do lay a lot of eggs on the glass, they keep them within 2 inches of the substrate, but they are a pain to remove. There is always this little white ring left even after you take the eggs off. Took me forever to figure what the hell they were, but now that I know, they are gonzo!

Looking good Darrin!

It shouldn't be the SAE or the L46, I have both in a heavily planted tank and have no signs of eaten plants!

Saw awhile ago that you might be getting some L46's in, any word on if their comming and what the price will be? THX

Wow, that's for sure the nicest Tig I've ever seen. Nice job! and thanks for the pics.

Personally I would add a group of Calvus. They are far and away my favorite tang fish, and should get along well with a group of cyprichromis.

Congrats man, Im very jealous. Those are some fantastic looking rays.

Scratch that, I just remembered the petricolas have those wicked little spikes on em, they should be fine.

Wont the eel eat the petricolas?

Currently have fry from: -BLACK CALVUS -CYPRICHROMIS LEPTOSOMA UTINTA

Quick update: I left the calvus shell in main tank for a few days, then moved it (without female) to a floating nursery without actually seeing any eggs, I just noticed that when the female ventured out she seemed much smaller in the belly. Yesterday I finally noticed some wigglers comming out of the shell and hanging around in the floating nursery, they look so strange, my girlfriend says they look like little sperm . I wish I had my camera to take some pics . The plan is to move them to a 10gal tank once the yolk is used up. I'll keep you posted. DK

The little zebras are doing great!, but the 3 I had were looking lonely so I went out and got 3 more!! (Don't tell my girlfriend, she will KILL ME :guns: ) I want to get some new pictures, but my camera now refuses to turn on nothing like spending $500 to have a camera that works for two months. God knows how long it going to take to get it repaired, but I will post some more pics when it's fixed.

Well my tang tank has begun to go crazy, my leleupi, black calvus, and cyprichromis have all begun breeding. The crypichromis spit out/ swallowed her eggs after the first attempt, but I have a feeling more will be comming soon. The calvus are guarding a shell and am pretty sure they bred yesterday. The leleupis are holed up in the texas holey rock guarding it like mad, I can't see into their cave to see the babies, but I know they are in there. With that being said I have a few questions for anyone with experience breeding these fish: 1) Should I move the calvus shell into a new 10gal tank, or should I move it to a floating nursery? and around what day should I move it? I have read day 4 is a good time? 2) I have heard it is easy to stress the cyprichromis by moving her, so same question as above: should I put her into a floating nursery to spit or should I move her to her own tank to spit? I have no experience with stripping and would like to avoid that if at all possible. Does 18 days seem like a reasonable time to move her? There is no way for me to get to the leleupis without ripping apart the tank, so I think they will become food for everyone. Thanks in advance for any help

Thanks again for the comments guys . Honestly I haven't ever tried to vac this gravel, I keep lots of plants in both my tanks that have this substrate and let them do the cleaning. I have never had the nitrates get above 10 in either tank so never felt the need to vac. Hard to say how aggressive they are, and how they would fair against cichlids. Personally I would not put cichlids in a tank with these guys, they are too valuable to risk any kind of complication. They do already squabble amongst themselves at this size, they shove each other out of thier own little niches, but nothing serious.