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Aquarium Set Up - Week 2
7 August 2005
Sunday
Day 7

The plants have been in for 4 days, so I have cleaned the dead leaves, and replanted a few don't look as good as they could have!

Removed the top filter bucket and washed the Carbon, Nitrate and Coarse filters. Replaced the white filter.

RIP: the first Neon tetra.

Changed about 25 litres of water (10%) remembering to add 10ml of AquaSafe.

Head count:

  • 8 Mollies
  • 5 Harlequins
  • 4 Neon Tetra
  • 1 Red Tailed Black Shark
 
8 August 2005
Monday
RIP: the all Neon Tetra except one.
:(

Head count:

  • 8 Mollies
  • 5 Harlequins
  • 1 Neon Tetra
  • 1 Red Tailed Black Shark
 
9 August 2005
Tuesday
Day 9

Added 50ml of Stress Zyme

I know I should have waited another week, but...

  • 4 Zebra Danios

Water Test Results

  • pH 7.6 - Unchanged
  • KH 15 - Unchanged
  • GH >6 - Down from > 10
  • NO2 (Nitrite) 1 - Unchanged
  • NO3 (Nitrate) between >25and >50 - up slightly

Fed the fish some "Frozen Red Mosquito Larves", I did thaw it first!

The Red Tailed Shark's tail fin is looking transparent and perhaps spotty.
I wonder if this is fin rot brought on by stress or perhaps the "new tank".

Cleared some more dead leaves from the plants which are now beginning to grow.

 
10 August 2005
Wednesday
Day 10
The Zebra Danios are shoaling with the Harlequins and swimming into the water current and when they reach the filter, they turn round and "zoom" with the current. Fascinating!

I can't find the Red Tailed Shark. The Neon has lost it's "bightness".

Fed the fish some "Frozen Red Mosquito Larves". The Mollies seem to like it, the others, not sure.

 
11 August 2005
Thursday
Cleared some more dead leaves from the plants and replanted several that had floated away!

The Red Tail Shark re-appeared, still the fin doesn't look so good.

Added 40ml of Stress Zyme

The fish still seem very active.

 
12 August 2005
Friday
Added 10ml of plant food

The Red Tailed Shark has re-appeared and no longer looks ill!

I can't find one of the Zebra Danios.

 
13 August 2005
Saturday
Day 13
Everything is still looking OK. The Neon has regained it's glow.

Head count:

  • 8 Mollies
  • 5 Harlequins
  • 1 Neon Tetra
  • 1 Red Tailed Black Shark
  • 4 Zebra Danios 
 
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