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The cave looks pretty big to me. My Bristlenose like a cave small enough that they can reach the sides with their pectoral fins so they can lock themselves in and can;t be pulled out. Just big enough to squeeze them both in seems to work pretty good.

When the males are old enough to grow their bristles they are old enough to spawn.

Depends on what size you need. A four foot shop light from Walmart works great for a 4 foot tank like a 55 gal. They are about $16 if I remember right. Work great for plants too.

Almost no chance to raise baby Angels in a community tank. If you really want to raise baby Angels you should put the pair in their own tank or take the eggs out and raise them yourself. The parents eat the eggs to protect them from the other fish. Another option might be to put in a tank...

Heat wave. It is +6F here in southern Wisconsin. Much better than the -15 on friday morning and the -13 yesterday. No snow to speak of. Now that it has warmed up we did get a light dusting last night.

They are called Ventral fins and I have never heard of them breaking off naturally.

Almost impossible to tell the sex of Angelfish no matter what the "experts" say. When their breeding tubes come down you can get a pretty good idea but the only sure way is to have them spawn and get the eggs to hatch. It is not uncommon for two females to spawn together. If they spawn in a tank...

Mag drive water pump. Impeller blade broke. My son printed a new one. Works great.

Nothing to worry about. Not at all unusual. Some people snip it off with a scissors to get it to grow back normally.

The male will guard the eggs for a week or two and will come out at night and round up escapees. Everything eats baby Bristlenose, even big guppies will eat them. If there are other fish in the tank you probably won't have many survive. I put dad and cave full of eggs in a smaller tank by...

The vibrating next to each other is fighting for the best spot. Even at a 1/2 inch they will fight. They are cave spawners. The male will stay in the cave and wiggle his tail to attract females. The Female will stay as far away from the cave as possible. When she is ready to spawn she will get...

Feed them microworms if you have them. Try to get some if you don't..

Not unusual at all for two females to spawn. Because of the eggs you know you have at least one female. The only way to tell if the other one is male is to get some living fry. Move the slate to a gallon jar with an air line and some anti-fungal. If several batches of eggs all turn white in a...

An old rule of thumb says Watts = 3 to 5 times Gallons. A 300 - 500 watt heater is fine in a 29 gallon until it sticks on one night and cooks your fish. A lot of people use two small heaters instead of one big one to avoid this problem.