Any conifer (pine, cedar, ect.) should not be used. Hardwoods are safe.

When I have eggs that get kicked or cory eggs I treat them with Alder Cones. I found they work well on eggs that like to fungus up..... knowing how many to use takes a bit of guess work but has saves some nice fish for me. A half gallon jar, air stone, and about 7 to 12 Alder cones is all you need....

Counted the fry from the 2nd batch and there are 104

I have a 2-3yr old male Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus piebald and a 1-2yr old female standard. 1st spawn 39 total noticed on 04APR egg sack already had been absorbed, 2-3cm 2nd spawn 17APR ish produced 24 albino, 1-1.5cm Both spawns have been removed to a 10g growout Feeding Ocean Nutrition 1mm marine car...

I moved from NYC 13yrs ago and had a complete antique 5g aquarium setup that I packed into a styro with the fish in bags. I had to open the box at the ticket counter to prove quality of packing. The glass in the aquarium cracked but the fish survived.

"Do you attend the GSAS meetings in Seattle? I spoke there about 16 months ago (Jan 2019). I brought up several species of plecos and corys at the time and they were auctioned off at the club meeting." No, I don't. It is something I have considered but haven't made it yet. "I don't ge...

Wow, that's awesome. I am always amazed when I walk into my fish room and see new fry. I have shellies in a 100g that are always pumping out fry but it is so cool seeing new life. I have 2 spawns of calico BN of about 100 combined. The only thing I can claim doing is adding caves months ago. If you ...

Thanks, I will double check the materials.

Enjoyed reading your thread. I am considering rain water collection as I have just recently had a metal roof installed.

Ah, I should have read more closely. Great read.

With your eggs fungusing when removed from the cave, have you considered meth blue in a separate hatch tank? I have BN and leave the eggs with the male until hatched and egg yoke consumed.