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The royal pleco waste is going to mainly sawdust, not a huge source of ammonia, IMO. They gnaw their driftwood for the lignins in it, but it's not exactly a rich food source. There are quite a few Hypancistrus types that stay small, don't make large volumes of waste, and do very well at the...

pitbulls are LDA25 and have just been reclassified as a Parotocinclus jumbo, I think.

Salt is MUCH easier on clown loaches than most of the meds people insist on treating them with. I use 1 teaspoon per gallon as a treatment regularly on freshwater fish from cories to rare plecos. It's a fantastic treatment when used correctly in conjunction with water changes, IMO.

Do a water change. It can't hurt, and can sometimes mean the difference between saving or losing a stressed or sick fish.

http://www.fishaholics.org/gallery/display...?album=40&pos=0 The one on the left is male, the one on the right is female. Males have bristles up the center of their face, not just on their lips.

You might want to read some of the experiences people have had with River Wonders, before you rush out and place your order.

Good luck, L46 Imperial Zebra plecos are extremely hard to find, and rumored to be on the list for CITES protection as of next year. They are also planning to build a dam in the river that they call home. They have an average spawn of 12-15 fry, once a month. It takes a year or two to get...

They actually are very ineffective at eating algae and they'll starve if you expect them to. Their mouths are shaped completely wrong for it. There is currently a ban on collecting them in Brazil, which may be a precursor to them being added to the CITES protection list. The exporters are...

I would definitely recommend at least a 10 gallon, if not a 20 gallon tank for growing out the fry, first thing. Second thing, plan on LARGE volume water changes daily, not 15-20%. I've been known to do 75-80% water changes daily on tanks of ancistrus fry. The hardest part about raising them...

Did you recently change the flow in the tank? They tend to want to swim against current. That might be your problem. The pictus is not going to see the humor in brackish conditions, no.