My colony of Ulwile

[MattB]

Just thought I'd share a video of the colony I got from Mastiffman a couple weeks ago. The alpha of the group stays under the log with the L190 Royal pleco. Hes about 2 - 2.5 inches already

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

Nice Matt! They look great and that tank looks good too! Thanks for sharing.

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Tank and group are looking sweet Matt! Thx for sharing and keep those updates comin mate...love to track with the maturing of your group!

[GMtrophs]

Oh man i can wait to get mine....

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

I haven't been pulling fry from the two females with slightly broken stripes either, so I'll have some premium ones like Matts.

Matt, what kind of filtration do you have on this tank again?

[MattB]

I've got a HOB Whisper "type" Aqueon 300 GPH. and a rena fillstar canister medium, 300 GPH. add in the two power heads with the 600+/- GPH filteration and 30-40 percent water changes every 4 days I feel feel like I have adequate filtration. I do plan on upgrading to bigger canister filter at some point.

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

It's really all about bio-surface as well. Sounds like you have plenty of bio-surface. Have you checked the nitrates right before you water changes? If so what are they? I don't see much after a week. I do 50% on my tanks.

[MattB]

I check fairly often with the test strips and No2 and No3 are always zero.

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

Good. Have you tried going 7 days in between water changes? Just curious if you could cut back on water usage. Although one tank is not to much to worry about.

[MattB]

Worry? like from a water conservation stand point? I'm on a 175 foot well. But I do tend to over do things occasionally, I think I read somewhere that you cant do too many water changes. I bet if i reeled back on the tank maintance my wife would appreciate it lol.