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I thought I better update this thread. There have been some developments and a few changes. Firstly, the High Body Checkerboard Turq spawn all died from what we think was a bacterial infection, except for one lone fry. They spawned again and 10 are alive and well at around 3 weeks of age and are living with the one from the first batch. The pair is currently tending another new spawn. Hopefully we will all live and learn and they will all make it.
I was gone from February 12th until March 31st. I had a lady fertilizing the tank and feeding the fish for me. I pre-measure the foods in McDonalds ketsup cups (luckily we know the owners and he give them to me in a bag of 1000. All she has to do is dump them in or get into the freezer for frozen foods for my Ghost Knife. It went beautifully. When I came home the tank looked like a jungle. I tested the Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate and they were all at zero.The Salvinia Oblongfolia had covered the entire tip of the tank and was about 3 inches deep. Quite a bit of rotting leaves too. The Najas Roraima had taken over the tank and looked like a tank full of green cobwebs.
The Aponogetons were out of control draping acoss the top of the tank. I bet they were 4 1/2 fool long. The dwarf lillies were almost to the top and had multipled as well. I had a 40 gallon tank set up with corkscrew vals and dwarf saggitteria that I was going to give away so I threw all of the Salvinia Oblongfolia in there with the exception of 6 plants. Pulled all of the Najas Roraima and threw them in there too. I decided to pull all leaves and roots off the apons and let them rest in a dormit stage for a month before re-planting them. The only plant I lost was a Tonina belem which requires high light. The Alternathera reinekii didn't look very good either. I pulled most bunched plants because the stems were stringy and replanted the top cuttings and threw the rooted plants in the 40. It looks pretty good. The 40 was packed!
I left the trimming and extra plants in the 40 for about 3 days until my daughter could pick them up to start her planted 72 gallon tank. She got 4 or 5 (1-gallon baggies) full to the brim. After she left I drained that tank and discovered a batch of Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish fry that I had apparently scooped out of the big tank with the Salvinia Oblongfolia (floating plant), so I am raising them in a small tank. I guess the jungle tank is one way to have the fry survive, as they are surface swimmers and normally get eaten or wear out due to open water and the current.
We had rented a house in Arizona for the Month of March. I had bought raffle ticket on the NADA web site for the free 4 inch Stendkers. March 3rd I got hooked up to wireless with my laptop and discovered I had won the raffle. I just got back to Iowa a week ago yesterday, and my new Stenker Discus arrived yesterday. I loved being in Arizona, but Discus are a great reason to not dread coming back home to face the reality of work and other obligations.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232551
I'll take better pictures of the 178 in a week or two, after the new plantings start to take root and fill in.
Thanks for looking.
Then I bought 4 extra
