Thank you for the responses! They have given me some ideas to adapt to my own setups. A drip system of some kind would definitely work better than what I’m currently using. Would certainly make water changes more pleasant!
I would say that the large male in the tank has selected one of the pottery as a cave, but the big female prefers under the sponge filter. He tried to chase her to it, but she retreats right back under the sponge filter despite coloring up really dark. I will add a few more caves in hopes that they agree on one.. :dry:
My air flow is probably still too fast. I have slowed it down since that last photo, it is probably 2 bubbles per second, but still a bit too fast. I had lowered it down to around one bubble or so per second, but then I got home from work and somehow it was no longer bubbling at all. I probably need to get a better valve, this one was very cheap and it seems to go from that amount right to off. I did move the sponge filter to a far end, so more of the water is undisturbed.
Helene! I love how dense those plants are! How you would ever find your fish in there I don’t know, but I would think they like it. Hopefully I get some plants that like the tanks, more trial and error I suppose. 🙂