36 gallon build plus stocking ??s

[Samzter]

Snowball or pitbull plecos!!!

 

[paytertot]

It looks like most websites say the snowball gets a little big. I really like the pitbull though! Lol now I have 3 good options

 

[Samzter]

Hope you manage to choose!! Lol

 

[emerald76]

Zebra pleco!
So cute but I hope you don't mind a $400 fish

 

[paytertot]

Haha gee thanks. I'm gunna go ahead and narrow it down between starlight and pitbull I think. I'm afraid the butterfly might eat my plants even tho he is super cool.

 

[paytertot]

Zebra pleco!
So cute but I hope you don't mind a $400 fish

Oh my gosh lol no way

 

[Samzter]

Yaay my fish is in the top 2 haaaha!

 

[Luananeko]

You may want to look into some moonlight LEDs that you can turn on after the lights go out so you can see the pleco better (pitbull or starlight are both awesome ones), otherwise they'll stay true to pleco behavior and you'll rarely see them. It's such a pity they hide so much, 'cuz they really do look impressive when they come out and cruise!

 

[paytertot]

You may want to look into some moonlight LEDs that you can turn on after the lights go out so you can see the pleco better (pitbull or starlight are both awesome ones), otherwise they'll stay true to pleco behavior and you'll rarely see them. It's such a pity they hide so much, 'cuz they really do look impressive when they come out and cruise!

I may try that. This is going to sound stupid probably lol. But what if I just put blue plastic or cloth under the light I have to subdue the lighting? Lol

 

[Luananeko]

Lol, that would probably work, but seems like a waste of electricity. You'd also have to make sure it doesn't get melted or catch fire from the heat of the lamp... Besides, if you have any live plants you're starving them of their food (light). Having some moonlight LEDs turn on after the main lights turn off makes for a much more natural day/night cycle that encourages the plecos to come out at the appropriate time. I don't have a moonlight yet, but I do have an LED bubble wall that serves as my "night light" to watch my fish with, and they turn off right before I go to bed so they don't keep me awake.

 

[paytertot]

Oh... Lol sorry, I'm full of dumb ideas when school is out. And when its in... Hahaha.

 

[paytertot]

Crud! My PH is up again could the ammonia be causing this?

 

[CoryFan]

I have had three BNs that came out in the light ALL the time!
They have times where they take cover, but I really see or saw (one died) them all day... I wonder why?
My current albino lays out on a big leaf for hours in the brightest part of my tank. I have multiple caves for her.

She cruises too - in the light!

 

[CoryFan]

Crud! My PH is up again could the ammonia be causing this?

Do you have seashells, salt, anything that may increase it, in the tank?

 

[paytertot]

No it always seems to be when I dose ammo, unless that's in my head. But all that's in there is the sand, the fake driftwood, and some plants. It went up a while back and then it was down yesterday when I tested it, and then just now it was up again

 

[CoryFan]

Ok, two guesses: 1- your gravel (do you still have the package so we can check?); 2- your ammo source (is it pure?).

 

[paytertot]

Yes its pure ace brand ammonia. And the sand is just pfs. But like I said it went down and then came back up

 

[Luananeko]

I have had three BNs that came out in the light ALL the time!
They have times where they take cover, but I really see or saw (one died) them all day... I wonder why?
My current albino lays out on a big leaf for hours in the brightest part of my tank. I have multiple caves for her.

She cruises too - in the light!

Really? Man, I wish mine did that My BN hides in his sunken ship for most the day and only comes out in the morning or evening. He only cruises when the main lights are out, but sometimes I'll see him lounging at the entrance to the ship or rummaging around under the big tree trunk while the lights are on.

 

[paytertot]

I have had three BNs that came out in the light ALL the time!
They have times where they take cover, but I really see or saw (one died) them all day... I wonder why?
My current albino lays out on a big leaf for hours in the brightest part of my tank. I have multiple caves for her.

She cruises too - in the light!

Oops I didn't see this post lol sorry. Yea I have two regular bn plecos that I see during the day too. Lol

 

[CoryFan]

Maybe she likes the bubbles...

I took one with the flash on.











Paytertot, there is a starlight on aquabid FYI.