Gary says: >they seem to spend a lot of time fighting if kept in groups. Kept as >pairs or trios, their behaviour changes and they calm down. Then, they seem easy to spawn. Gary--Very interesting about the placement of the slate. What size tank? Substrate? Heavily planted, lightly planted, or none? The nanacara taenia that I have were kind of shy but came out at feeding in a community tank. They seem to appear a lot less frequently since the addition of 6 d. filamentosa. The filamentosas do not appear to be real aggressive--but then, I'm not constantly watching to see what activity is occurring. Which brings another question to mind; are you using any dither fish or any other tank mates with your breeding N. taenia? - --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ---------------------------------------------------------