After the epidemic of Lernaea took out most of the fishes in my tank, (and my own euthanizing any A-symptomatic carriers remaining), it´s time to start over cautiously, while giving the system time to purge of any Lernaea larvae that escaped initial medication, or remained in an inert stage during that treatment.
Logs still coated in Prazi have been returned to the tank after 24 hours outside the water, and 2 more lbs of table salt added to raise salinity enough to discourage, any emerging inert, late hatching stragglers from developing.
A few Vallisneria plants from the sump, have been to the turbid end near the influent return of the main tank, and a Lotus seed pod was wedged into a crook in one of the sunken logs a more sedate spot, at end of the 6 ft tank, in hopes both plant species may establish root systems, before fish arrive in a couple weeks.
Sump filtration will have a more dynamic flow throughout the 300 gal closed system, to create a counter current zone on the turbid end of the tank, in preparation for more rheophillic cichlid species.
Logs still coated in Prazi have been returned to the tank after 24 hours outside the water, and 2 more lbs of table salt added to raise salinity enough to discourage, any emerging inert, late hatching stragglers from developing.
A few Vallisneria plants from the sump, have been to the turbid end near the influent return of the main tank, and a Lotus seed pod was wedged into a crook in one of the sunken logs a more sedate spot, at end of the 6 ft tank, in hopes both plant species may establish root systems, before fish arrive in a couple weeks.
Sump filtration will have a more dynamic flow throughout the 300 gal closed system, to create a counter current zone on the turbid end of the tank, in preparation for more rheophillic cichlid species.
