2012-6-11

GH 60 mg/L=ppm
KH 50 mg/L=ppm
pH 6.7
N03

Apple snail's shell looks like it's eroding.  Will try to keep GH up a little.  1 mystery snail left.

Siamese flying foxes #7 are eating food for discus.  Hadn't anticipated that.  Rummy nose tetras are neat!  School nicely.  They are mid-level feeders.  I hope they are getting enough.

Thinking about reading from T Amano re: aqua design and the rule of 1:1.6.  Also thinking of adding discus after I get back from Bahamas.

2012-6-4

Water change.  Filter cleaning.

New technique with 40 gallon bucket and pump is speeding process nicely and cutting down on my work.

Thinking of adding cardinals again to try them.  Also considering adding 3-4 more discus.  Kenny's discus are prettier than local ones.

2012-5-31

Lost blue diamond and Red Golden Diamond-ung seng lip appararently to parasites.  They starved themselves to death.  Last Rx tried was Prazpro but I think the RGD was too far gone at that point to benefit.  Rest of fish look good.  Learned they LOVE black worms I got from Pet Innovations.  The fish are much more eager to eat and look brighter from feeding them 2 weeks.

Swords benefit from root feeding.  Algae is OK.

Bought 5 flying foxes.  So far looks like it is working.

Lost last of 4 mystery snails.  Have 1 apple snail left.

2012-4-19

Blue diamond is getting thin and will not eat.  Certainly going to die.  The anitibiotic did not help.  Everyone else looks OK.
Grass looks a little pale.  Added iron yesterday but iron does not stay in water column long.  Need to replace the gravel.
Fe 0
KH 60
pH6.9, plan to lower it to about 6.7.
Nitrate, nitrite, ammonia looks like 0.

2012-4-16

Removed antibiotic. Charcoal to filter.  35% water change.

Blue diamond has not eaten in a week.  He's not going to make it.  The rest look OK.  Have been nursing blue diamond since Jan.  No solutions left.  Afraid of jeopardizing the others..

2012-3-29

KH 70, Fe 0, Nitrate 0.
Snails don't live long.
Cleaned aquarium.  30% water change.
Replanted Ludwigia Rotala tops.

2012-3-21

Fert tabs did wonders for swords.  Clearly fert tabs are more effective than liquid ferts for swords.  Cleaned aquarium last Friday night.  All fish look ok.  Have cut back on amount of liquid ferts.  Will watch dwarf grass to judge effect of reduced liquids.
Red plant is perhaps Red Ludwigia.