This tank looks brilliant! It is pretty much the same look as I am planning for my new tank, so I may be stealing a few ideas
Can I ask your opinion on liquid ferts, root tabs and your lighting? I am toying with a few ideas but would always love to hear more from somebody who is obviously having quite a lot of success!
Thanks, steal away
. I don't use liquid ferts or root tabs and never have. I'm using Eco Complete substrate at the moment and that's it.
It's been a few weeks since the last update and I've had a bit of a mare with the tank. I had an outbreak of fungus/mouth fungus/columnaris amongst other suspected diseases and it hit some of my fish pretty hard. It really got me down to the point where I was ready to quit the hobby if my Boesemani Rainbow died.
Basically I added a couple of fish in September and I suspect that one of them was carrying something. The mouth fungus was literally taking over the majority of my rainbows faces, eating away at them. Awful to look at. The Congos had it too and a couple of them had white 'strands' bursting out of the sides of them. I was treating with various meds and salt baths and huge water changes and all sorts. I lost my Goyder River (pictured in last update), Lacustris and Praecox (the suspected carrier). The Boesemani was worst hit and spent two weeks in the same corner of the tank hardly moving apart from the odd twitch. The white fungus on his gob was huge but amazingly he pulled through and is back to his normal self apart from some tissue damage which I'm now treating with Melafix. Apart from a tiny bit left on my Australis I'm pretty sure it's sorted now but my tank looks a little bare fish wise.
Anyway, this is a planted journal so on with the update...
The dwarf sag melted under the treatment so got rid. I've got a stem plant in it's place but I'm not sure what it is. Was hoping it was Lindernia Rotundifolia when I bought it but pretty sure it isn't. Whatever it is I'm going to keep it trimmed (if it grows) so it can remain in the foreground. ID would be appreciated if poss...
Finally got myself a Tiger Lotus. Time will tell if I can keep this alive.
Crypt Tropica doing ok front left.
Nice big Java Fern. Love this but a bit gutted that the big, expensive redmoor behind it can barely be seen. Don't want to thin it out though. The Rotala in the back corner eventually started growing too.
Full tank shot. The Mayaca Fluviatilis is finally reaching the surface which is what I hoped for. It's weird how parts of it are growing faster than others, it's in the back left corner too but has barely grown.
Hoping for a disease free next few months as the tank grows some more. I'm going to be extra, extra careful when adding new fish from now on, I could do with a quarantine tank but I have no-where to put it.
Comments/suggestions etc always appreciated.
