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11 September 2005
Sunday
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Day 42
Replaced the white filter pad. Replanted the floating plants and removed some dead leaves and snails.
Changed about 25 litres of water (10%) using 10ml of
AquaSafe. Added
10ml of
Stress Zyme
and 10ml of
Leaf Zone
plant food.
both less than the recommended amounts.
Water Test Results
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pH 7.6-8.0 - Unchanged
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KH 15 - Unchanged
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GH >6 - Unchanged
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NO2 (Nitrite) 0 - Unchanged
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NO3 (Nitrate) 10 - Down slightly
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12 September 2005
Monday
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Added some more Cardinals and a couple of Albino Corys.
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13 September 2005
Tuesday
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Finally continued with headcount...
Head count:
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4 Mollies + 3 baby Mollies (+1)
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11 Harlequins
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8 Neon Tetra (-1)
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2 Red Tailed Black Shark
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3 Zebra Danios
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9 Serpea Tetra
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3 Albino Cory (+2)
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4 Cherry Barbs
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4 Scissortails
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5 Golden Barb
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6 Cardinal Tetra (+5)
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14 September 2005
Wednesday
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Interesting that I have seen a new baby Molly every
couple of weeks. I have 2 males and 2 females. When I first
saw the babies they are orange (like mum) but gradually lost
their colour and now appear silver with a black tail fin
(like dad).
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15 September 2005
Thursday
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Bad news - can see algae - the yucky slime type - it
is covering the tops of the other plants!
The references
I found on the internet seem to indicate too much light, sunlight and/or overfeeding.
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My lights are on 10 hours per day (2pm to 12
midnight)
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The tank receives no direct sunlight
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I feed little and often, but the food is
always all gone within 1 minute.
I will reduce the light by an hour a day and cut down the
food, and stop plant feeding!
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16 September 2005
Friday
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Started a new batch of water with AquaSafe and air bubbling through it ready for Sunday.
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17 September 2005
Saturday
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Day 48
A whole week with no dead Neons or other fish!
I just did a calculation on the total length of fish when
adult - 295cm, this is about the limit recommended for my
300 litre tank. This assumes I don't loose any more fish and
that they all grow to the max size !!
Now
should I buy another tank???
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