UPDATE:
Hello all- haven't updated this one in awhile. Tank is going pretty well- had some adventures- will try to provide
brief update below.
- ICH- The German Blue Rams got Ich. I treated it as soon as I saw it and it went away, thank goodness. Don't know how they got it- maybe those angels from the club, but the angels didn't get it (at least that I could see) but anyway
- FALSELY ACCUSED- After further review, I don't think the angels ate those cardinal tetra....at least not while they were alive. Reason for my guess (it's a guess not positive):
- I had a couple die before I went away
- I've had fish die from Aqua-Huna before
- One survived, and after much observation the angels NEVER pick at him- even when they laid eggs (see below)
- because of that, I'm getting a few more to keep the one company... knock on wood.
- ANGEL WEDDING- the 2 angels I got from the club turned out to be male/female and they quickly paired up and laid eggs. They've done it twice. Eggs haven't lasted to the wiggler stage yet- doubt they will if my other pair are an example (I don't do anything to help- just let nature do it's thing), but fun to see them doing it and they get along great.
- FAST RAMS- my rams are already picking at each other- Dan's (at my request) sent me young ones- don't know exactly how young, but they're small. I saw at least one female with a pink belly and there are fights occurring, so I am setting up another tank to move a pair to, and will take a couple to the club if I need to.
- RAM TRAGEDY- one of my rams died, unfortunately. Not sure how it happened, I guess it could have been picked to death by a competitor or who knows what else. I gotta get that other tank going today
- PYGMY PARTY- the pygmy cories are doing great! I'm not a huge fan of cories (although I have others), but I wanted catfish that wouldn't hide all night and wouldn't be too big. Perfect setup with these guys and they are fun to watch.
-ALGAE - fighting some kind of hair algae- it's easy to brush it off with a toothbrush. Also some darker kind on leaves of the plants- easy to wipe off. I figure it's a new tank, so will take time to settle.
-PLANTS- Plants are doing ok- I have some water weed and wysteria floating, anubias and amazon sword planted- also a java fern. I'm not adding anything to help them at this point- I'm more concerned about clean water - I may do some testing to see what I might need to add- maybe some micro nutrients or some potassium, but I haven't tested anything but nitrate that is related to the plants at this point.
-SNAILS- I have a lot of leaves disintegrating, so got a few rabbit snails to see if they'll help with eating them. I dropped a piece of Rubble Zone in there to hopefully provide enough calcium. Not sure they'll live long, but hoping- I've seen at least one recently and he seems to be doing fine.
Current water condition:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10ppm (before water change)
Temp: @83F
TDS: 116
I've added leaves and alder cones to add tannins to the water. Leaves are disintegrating but hopefully snails will help
