I have 19 demasoni, 3 yellow labs, 1 marble horned pleco, 3 1 inch albino bristlenose pleco, in a 100g aquarium. Now the Demasoni bread a couple months ago in the store's aquarium, before I even took the guys home(I had them on hold, my tank was still cycling.) So I setup what I can only imagine as a kingdom for these little guys, now it seems no breeding is going on.
Please point out any glaring factors.
100 gallon tank. 5 feet long. 18 inches wide.
Filtration fx5, Powersweep powerhead 228, hydor 3 powerhead(circulation on bottom of tank in back pointed towards the fx5 intake.
Lighting Was pretty bright, coralife fixture with nighttime leds. Tonight I switched it to a single 4" florecent tube, for some more subdued lighting to see if that helps.
Temp 80(little higher than I'd like, I think due to the lighting, cause turning down the heater had no effect on temp the next day)
PH 7.8( PH is always lowest on any test kit outa the tap)
Nitrate 10ppm(going to bring this down more, will do another water change tomorrow
substrate: sand
Tons of Tufa rock to hide in.
I don't have any "flat rocks" such as a peice of slate. Is this essential to the breeding process? If so I can pull a bunch of rocks out, and put some flat pieces on top of the sand, then restack.
Here is a shot of my tank.
Please point out any glaring factors.
100 gallon tank. 5 feet long. 18 inches wide.
Filtration fx5, Powersweep powerhead 228, hydor 3 powerhead(circulation on bottom of tank in back pointed towards the fx5 intake.
Lighting Was pretty bright, coralife fixture with nighttime leds. Tonight I switched it to a single 4" florecent tube, for some more subdued lighting to see if that helps.
Temp 80(little higher than I'd like, I think due to the lighting, cause turning down the heater had no effect on temp the next day)
PH 7.8( PH is always lowest on any test kit outa the tap)
Nitrate 10ppm(going to bring this down more, will do another water change tomorrow
substrate: sand
Tons of Tufa rock to hide in.
I don't have any "flat rocks" such as a peice of slate. Is this essential to the breeding process? If so I can pull a bunch of rocks out, and put some flat pieces on top of the sand, then restack.
Here is a shot of my tank.
