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I personally wouldn't strip her either. If you can avoid handling your fish it's better for them.

So is there anyone else out there as interested as myself in getting ahold of some NLS? Maybe a group order of some kind? Thanks again for the convincing argument Neil. Kyle

I think you've actually got a pretty good setup going there; nothing too territorial (thought I've never had the zebra obliquidens) besides the afras, which hopefully won't get too large anyways. And I can help you out in while with the Mel. joanjohnsonae if you're willing to wait for F1's Looks like a great setup Ty! The only real problem I could see is not enough males. I know a lot people either believe in 1 or three or more males to spread aggression between males a little more evenly.

What exactly do you use this system for? Aquatic plants?

Just place a marble over the hole in a clay pot and use potting soil (make sure it's sterile and has no additives). Cover the soil with gravel and hope your fish don't decide it's the perfect place to start digging. If they do insist on digging, then place some slate or other rocks on top of the gravel. I'm actually about to try it myself (a good friend of mine used to always do it b/c it made it much easier to remove plants to catch fish). Good luck and let us know how it turns out. Kyle

I've got a ton of jungle vals in my largest tank with my WC mbuna. There's about 6" of leaves from them at the surface, and it gives a good place for fish to hide, as well as providing and interesting effect of the light through the leaves. I also have Cryptocoryne affinis along the bottom, and it does get nipped a bit, but if it's placed where the fish don't dig it does really well. I've got plenty of both plants if you're interested, $1 each for crypts and $2 each for jungle vals.

The thing with 'hoping' that he'll find a female saulosi is just that, hoping. Even if you have numerous females in the tank with him, the simple matter is that he is still a male, and being dominant ( I would assume), he'll breed with whatever females are around, unless you find a male lab that becomes dominant or strong enough to compete. I would think that just about anything would cross under the right circumstances, just look at the Aulonocara/Mbuna hybrid in the ob peacock. People must be aware of the easy possibility of hybridization in fish when kept in tanks together and stop keeping fish that will so readily interbreed together. Even with Haps and peacocks, I'd never keep two species from the same genus together just in case there were the chance of mixing. Unless you're there and watching every single spawn you can't guarantee a purebred fish.

I'd have to agree on the mpanga, http://www.tropheus.info/riftlakes/cichlid...s_mpanga_e.html Nice fish

Does anyone know the name/type location of epoxy that is used for building wooden tanks? A lot of the guys in Saskatoon are doing this and I forgot the name of the paint used. Thanks in advance for any help.