Geo/Len wrote: > My male Alenquer is around 2 1/2 inches long. My females are quite small, around > 1 inch long. I do have them in separate tanks for the moment.( Big male and small > females) Can`t catch the male yet, in the heavy planted 35 gallon community > tank. Don`t want to mess up the tank, but I think I will have to, to catch him Should I wait till the females grow a bit, before I put them in the same tank? > They will be going in a 20 gallon tank. I'd put them together now, and keep an eye on things. If they're not sunken bellied or starved out, they'll be okay. Mine are about that size. - -Gary