Golden Rams

They are about the same price lol

Good to report I have baby multi's everywhere. Also, I set-up another Bookcase aquarium with Lamprologus Ocellatus or Golden Ocellatus. Just as comical, love to bury themselves in the sand. LOL

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The big box stores will get the tanks for you. Or order online for instore pick-up.

Yes, they are great little bulldozers. I have some baby Gold Mystery Snails in the tank, which they pick up and move away from their homes. Amazingly they never injure the snails.

Well, I have baby multi's now. I haven't enjoyed the actual fish keeping hobby so much in years. Almost as much fun as when my first pair of Convicts bred back in 68. lol

I feed mine live brine and snails. I have blue shrimp in with them although they tend to eat the baby shrimp.

Could just be a small version???? I took a photo of the floaters that cover to top of one of my 40 breeders, yup they have flowers. never noticed before. Old eyes.

Yes, but they are about the third of the size floaters. I also have never seen floaters bloom. The bloom is so small that it can only be seen in the magnified photo.

Anyone know what this floating plant is? looks to be some kind of mini floaters. Note the flower on the topmost plant.

I have been breeding fish now for over fifty years. Its time lots of time. Time learning, feeding and cleaning. The most important item is cleanliness and I cannot stress this enough. Others may have a different opinions then me, but a clean tank is a healthy tank, it has work for me and that is the key. Now that I'm up to 93 tanks it great to have so many grandkids. LOL This hobby takes time, as I have heard Dean say people fail because they don't put in the time. Never a truer word spoken. IMHO

I have Fluval Plant 3.0 lights on all my tanks, could be why they are such a beautiful bright red. Don't really know as I am not a plant guy.

Your Ph is extremely high for oto's, nor do I feel that they will live at this high level. I keep mine at 7.0 which is still a little high, but most of mine are offspring from my breeding pairs. They are in a tank with twigs and lots of leaf litter. I feed Repashy(available @ Aquarium Co-Op) Super Green, Bottom Scratcher and Soilent Green and Zucchini and Green Beans. They seem to enjoy these types of food.

If you have albino, red or super red plecos try some boiled carrot. In my case it intensifies their color.

There is a red leaf root floater . Phyllanthus Fluitans .They are high priced around $10 but they multiply.

If it helps , I breed them @ 78, Ph 7.6, hard water, gh I never check. Bare bottom, Amazon Sword in a pot and a black flat river rock

Check out this video on YouTube. Very good.

Added a pair of baby Zebra Plecos(1") last night. Now I have a new bred of plecos - Shell Dweller Zebra plecos. lol

I delivered some fish to a local fish fish store and on my way out I noticed a 3 foot 12 gallon bookcase aquarium. It caught my eye, so I made the purchase. When I got home the Mrs. said "what another one", "what are you going to do with it". Ah, the question you cant answer. I did a little thinking and came up with the idea of the far end of the kitchen table(a very large table). I set it up with water, lights and heater. Most of my tanks are bare bottom. By chance a friend of mine called to chat and I told him about the tank. He said why not give Neolamprogus Multifasciatus a try. He told me the particulars of the species and said he would send me six. I have never keep Africans before so off to the bookcase to find some info. I went and bought some crushed coral, cichlid mix, snail shells(48) and gray rock with white striations( I forgot the name). Set it all up and had the fish sent. What a delightful bunch of characters they are. Never hid, always playing and darting in and out of shells. Now, we sit at the kitchen table just to watch the fish. Better than anything on TV. Give them a try you wont be disappointed.

I have 14prs., each pr. is in a 20high. Been going great for years. Of course I use them as breeders, but fully planted.

No, the tank is about 10yrs. Just came all of a sudden, no reason I can think of except a new plant??? My huge female Betta is taking care of them. Been about 30 yrs. since I have had any of these. Thanks for all the help.

Thanks, I'll try my overweight female betta. @Fish FolkI am always ready for a cup of coffee.

What is the best method to remove hydra from the aquarium?

Is it true you can grow anubias out of water as long as the rhizome is submerged?