Thank you:)

Thank you! They will certainly enjoy their own tank:)

Thank you!

Thank you:) Leopard frogs L134 are even easier to grow than zebras as long as they get enough food

Thank you:) That was a 60 litre tank. 6 adults would need something like 80-100 litre tank

Thank you! I absolutely agree that preparing your own paste/gel for plecos is a great solution. I was always lazy to do that because I had just a few plecs. My zebras also enjoyed beef heart, but it was affecting water quality and did not stay in one spot because of the flow, so I switched to pellets and bloodworm as they would stay still on the bottom under current where plecs would eventually get them.

@@tropicalfishhub you need to use more gelatine in the mix it stays in one piece then try 30 grams gelatine to a pint of beef heart mix

Yes, this is Dennerle 60L tank! I feed them Hikari carnivore pellets, some vibra bites, a bit of API catfish pellets, and very occasionally some frozen bloodworm.

@@tropicalfishhub Thanks! Have the 2 first foods, but no L46, yet. Have some L134 but they are not shy to the food so they are growing nicely.

@@kristianadolfsson Leopard frog plecos are also very beautiful!

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Thank you. If these are just scratches you can use salt bath or just add some catappa almond leaves to speed up healing. If this is something bacterial, you'll need to get some general anti-bacterial treatment.

@@tropicalfishhub Thanks

It sounds like it has parasites such as flukes, not sure salt will help. If it gets worse, you would need to treat them with a dewormer, but with caution as they can be sensitive to medicines.

Thanks:) If you have an established breeding group its best not to add new fish, as it can offset the balance (males will fight), but if there was no spawning yet its a great idea to add more fish as new pairs can form

@@tropicalfishhub yes, all 3 of mine are way too young for breeding, still 1.5 inch. I’m getting 2 more. Thanks !

It sounds like it will heal, they are quite hardy when it comes to injuries. It will take some time though and the stripe may not be exactly the same

Its 38x38x43cm. They like hiding in vertical structures. I noticed that in shorter tanks, they tend to fight more and stronger fish will constantly harass weaker ones, but with slates they tend to stay on their levels and rarely fight.

Yes angels can live at 30C, but they don't like flow. Zebra plecos are also expensive here, juveniles start from £80, adults around £250 and more

yes, I keep it at 30-31C. They like it hot;)

They indeed require softer water for their eggs to hatch. I have soft water, so I never had to use RO, but some people use remineralized RO.

Thank you! I have no lights on that tank, because zebras seem to be more confident with no lighting, and also there are no plants there:)

@@tropicalfishhub thanks. That’s interesting. I actually noticed no light on it that’s what made me more curious. I could see a blue hue on yours which leads me to believe they’re very happy!

@@missmermaid6249 Yes, they seem to be happy there! I am hoping they will breed, but I guess they need more time for that.

If that older zebra is female there should be no problems at all, but if its a male it can potentially try to dominate smaller zebras.

I could never find fish that would enjoy strong flow, high temps and will not outcompete zebras for food:) I'm not too familiar with rainbows, but I think they would suffer from high temps. They also like harder water than zebras, and zebras won't spawn in hard water

They will be more confident if there are many hiding places. Younger plecs don't feel safe in pleco caves, they need something like slate structures so they can wedge themselves into crevices

Its a good idea to create a species-only tank for your zebras. Some of them are indeed more outgoing than others, but overall they rarely thrive in community tanks as few community tanks can be heated to 31-32C, which is the temperature zebras need to thrive, grow and breed. Strong flow is another important point, which can rarely be achieved in a community tank

@@tropicalfishhub hello thanks for your reply. So I have high flow lot's of people think some fish can't take high flow but at the end of the day all these fish come from river's where 90 percent of it is high or very high flow. I have my angel fish in a fish tank with a power head that could drive a boat and you can't tell they just sit as if there is no flow. I've always believed high flow is important for all fish from rivers besides a few exceptions. My cardinal and rummie nose in my other tank have very high flow they are perfect and years old. I feel my zebra plecos are doing really well they are stunning . I keep them at 82. They don't grow slowly they eat well I feed every other day and just treat them like any other pleco and they do really well. They have a stunning blue tint bright white and black. I've not uploaded much footage of them but if your interested I'll try to today so you can check them out . One is 2.5 year's old the other is around 14 month's. I hope my experience in keeping these fish in a community set-up can help you as your videos have helped me in about 3 month's they will be in their own tank.

@@tropicalfishhub hi again I uploaded some footage of my hopefully pair if your interested.

@@1stdanclaire Thank you! That zebra on driftwood looks like a female. I'm sure they thrive in your tank. If you plan on breeding them it makes sense to keep them in a separate tank with higher temps and do a bit of power feeding to get them in breeding condition.

@@tropicalfishhub I'm grateful for your comments and feed back I enjoy the term power feeding. I forgot to mention I think what helped me bringing these fish up in my community setup is that my tank has been running for ten years and has a hefty snail population with eggs everywhere so my zebras are always power feeding😁 I'd like to ask why you think my older zebra is female? I was researching and I thought the brushes on the face and back of the pectoral fins meant it was more likely to be male. But I'm new to this so really don't know.

Zebras will like RO and discus temperatures, but they needs lots of flow, and discus don't like flow, so probably not a good idea

and is feeding artemia (baby brine shrimp) good for them with that high flow? thanks

No they don't need wood, they do not eat it or from it

@@andychandra8969 I don't think they can catch it unless it lodges itself somewhere in decor

Most small pleco species mature at about 1 year of age and are able to breed as long as they are in good physical shape. The problem with Zebras and some other hypancistrus is that people fail to provide adequate care and therefore these fish take ages to reach their breeding size and shape

@@tropicalfishhubjust curious, what do you feed them? Cause you clearly figured out the equation for fast growth

Not sure your angelfish appreciate the flow:)

They were rehomed last year. no space for more thanks now

I don't see why not! They won't touch anything except their own kind.

Actually, I previously had pothos in there, but now I removed lighting to reduce algae, so pothos had to go;)

They should be able to breed once they are about a year old, just like all other small pleco species, but it might take a while for a pair/ breeding group to form, so eventually it might take 2 years or more for them to start breeding.