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Cuban. Based on this one pic.

Matteus has your solution. I use eggcrate on several tanks with barbs and only ever had one figure a way out of it`s tank. I`ve never had it droop though. I think xravcer is talking about the clear plastic sheets as opposed to the white grid diffuser. I tried that and gave up on it early on. Now...

So a little back story: I had a small tank with some Puntius Snyderi in it that were just growing out for a while. One of my Zebra obliquidens females was holding so I had to move the barbs out to move the female z.o. in. Fast forward a couple of weeks. I now have what I though was a very...

I hate to disappoint but there is no fish that will satisfy your quest to find "the" fish. I have been keeping fish for over fifty years and still can`t be satisfied. The answer is not which fish but how many tanks will it take? Good luck with that.

Buy yourself some of the terra cotta watering spikes for your plecos. Last time I checked they were like ten bucks for four on Amazon. They are closed ended so easy for the male to guard. My albinos are on their fifth or sixth spawning and my male keeps everything out, even snails. BN plecos do...

A very nice video with clear close ups of the fish. The blue on the tails really shows up. Thanks for sharing.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a few make it, they can go places the bigger ones cannot. They can be very sneaky. The fact they are there speaks well of the environment you have created.

I watched the loach video as well. I think you can read between the lines on what they are doing. My best guess is they are treat the loaches like salmon in that they express the eggs from the females and milt from the males. I suppose they could be conditioned without hormones then artificially...

I love the look of them but they get too big for my tanks.

Just because they are there does not mean it was deliberate. Could be the result of storm damage to a local fish farm who knows when? In any case its not good for the environment or the hobby.

Bad idea on so many levels. Your nephew may be like me though and have to learn the hard way.

I have an auto body type sand blaster I use on my homemade driftwood. They are surprisingly cheap if you have a compressor and I just use play sand as a medium. Of course you want to wear safety gear to protect eyes and lungs but it does an amazing job.

That will depend on your choice of plants. Some will require trimming at least once a week while others only every few months. If I had your tank I would do an Asian community tank with some smaller barbs, loaches and catfish. Lots of action and interesting behaviors. In a thirty you could even...

The guppies may chase the pleco fry but won`t eat them. I have mine with platies and they never bother the plecos. I also have cherry shrimp in my tank and they never mess with them either, or other way around for that matter. I don`t know if ghost shrimp are carnivorous though so best look into...

I recently had something like this happen to my 75. I had fed my BN plecos green beans without noticing my hob had quit. A few hours later I came in to discover a very cloudy tank and fish gasping at the top of the tank. I immediately did a water change and corrected the filter mishap. I lost a...

I love how your project has developed and have been watching from the beginning. Please continue this thread as I look forward to your updates.

Make sure your renters insurance is in place before you set up any tank in a rented dwelling. Just saying.

J.H.. A muddler minnow, aka sculpin, is a bottom dwelling goby like insectivore native. They are found in clear trout streams around here in shallow areas where the bottom is dark from silt settling. Check out google for more detailed information on what I still think is a really cool little fish.

In my first tank, a ten gallon, I had a muddler, an Oscar, a Jack Dempsey and a small (Asian I think) catfish. I was like eight at the time and of course now that would be known for the outrage it was. What I remember most is how cool the muddler was. I don`t remember at all him being eaten or...

That is really cool. I remember back in the 70s I got to tour "behind the scenes" at Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit with Jim Langhammer, who was the curator back then. Never have forgotten it.