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Thanks!!!

I found this little guy while cleaning my tank, I also saw a baby red zebra about the same size. He probably won't survive but I thought it was neat! My first batch of babies that I have actually seen.

i have 20 fish right now.

So, about a week or two ago i noticed i was missing one of my yellow labs, he was one of my larger ones, about 3-4 inches. I waited a few days before searching for him, thinking he may have just found an odd hiding spot. i took all of my decor out and searched every piece.. I found no fish, not...

I have only seen them and purchased them at a petland near me, which is surprising since they usually dont have a great selection. But they seem to have these readily available at all times. but like I said, not always a great stock, that could also be due to lack of care from the employees.

Yes after cleaning them thoroughly they have stopped floating g

if you can get some white labs i think they would look good in your tank, for me at least it is hard to find a good stock but when you do its worth it! very nice fish and just a color morph of the yellow lab which already seems to be your favorite. if you do decide to get them look out for any...

that is a maingano, not that thats a bad thing, they are still beautiful fish and i find they are less aggressive then johanni

I probably clean out the housing more then the sponges themselves, I have had a filter stop working due to the small propeller (or whatever you call it lol) getting clogged and not being able to spin. So I do take my filters apart quite often. I guess I hadnt realized that my sponges needed more...

Yes I do have the biomax insert in all my filters. I have cleaned out a sponge from each filter and will probably do the others tonight. They are fairly new so I dont think I'll need to replace them as long as I can get most of the crud out. They are still floating but I'm assuming it's because...

So if I have four sponges in total I could probably clean one of them each week? Every time I do a water change How often would I clean the one in my ten gallon? I only have one sponge in there so I'm worried about losing bacteria

Oh wow, I had thought that I cleaned my sponges enough but I guess not, thanks guys

Okay well I'll try that, right now my filters are barely working because the sponges are so high up, even with the lids taped. I'll try cleaning a sponge tonight and replacing another.

how do you guys clean your sponges and how often?

I guess I could try doing it again.. Just don't want to disturb to much bacteria