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Jan 04

Rotala Magenta Issues

Over the past few weeks the Rotala magenta in the 55 gallon tank has been getting pale and has pretty much stopped growing. The water parameters have not changed and my dosing schedule has not changed so I’m completely stumped at this point. So far I haven’t been able to find any information about this happening. I’m going to give it another week or so and then replace it with something else. The photo above was taken a few days ago and is a far cry from the deep red coloring the plant used to have.

Jan 04

Narrow Leaf Ludwigia

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This photo of a Narrow Leaf Ludwigia stem was taken a few weeks ago. The different colors this plant displays are fantastic.

Jan 04

For whatever reason all of the Ludwigia in the 55 gallon tank began wilting a few weeks ago and had to be removed. Some of the Rotala was also showing sings of trouble. I removed all of the Ludwigia and decided to place the plant order I had been putting off for about a month.

I order the plants from AquariumPlants.com. I had not previously order from them before but I can tell you that I will definitely be ordering from them again in the future. The order was placed the evening of the 30th and I had the plants in my hands the morning of the 3rd.

The new plants I decided to try are listed below:

- Rotala Magenta (Rotala macrandra v. ‘narrow leaf’)
- Diandra (Didiplis diandra)
- Ammannia Senegalensis

Last night (3rd) around 8pm I began the arduous task of removing all of the existing plants (except the Glossostigma and Crypts.), trimming the plants I wanted to keep, and planting the new layout. The only existing plants I decided to keep we the Rotala Indica, Glosso, and Crypts.

About 5 hours later the planting was complete. I ordered way too much Diandra and even after planting a little heavier than I had planned I have 2 unused bunches. The new layout left a little more open ground in the front of the tank so I’m going to plant some more Glosso as well as another Crypt. or two.

The photo above was taken today (1/4)

Dec 21

Layout Adjustments

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(Before)

(After)

I’ve been debating on whether or not I was going to completely replant the 55 gallon tank next month or just make some adjustments to the current layout. For the time being I decided that it was more practical to just trim and adjust the current setup.

I completely removed the Cabomba and the Red Foxtail. Although I like the way they look, the lower halves of both plants create a huge mess and leave virtually no room of the fish to swim around in.

I trimmed all of the Rotala Indica and used the trimmings to thicken up some of the existing bushes and to start some new bushes where the Cabomba and Red Foxtail were. I also replanted some Ludwigia trimmings.

Dec 19

Population Update

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The 6 White Clouds have been moved from the breeding tank to the 55 gallon tank as a precaution just in case they have not eaten all of their eggs yet.

Below is the current population of the 55 gallon tank:

Cherry Barbs: 14 (9 female, 5 male)
White Clouds: 10 (2 of the original 6 are missing)
Otocinclus: 6
Siamese Algae Eater: 3

Total: 33 fish

Update: 12/20/2006
One of the male Cherry Barbs in the 55 Gallon tank has died

Update: 12/21/2006
Two of the female Cherry Barbs have died. All water parameters are normal, not sure what’s going on.

Update: 12/22/2006
Another male Cherry Barb has died. I’m starting to get a little worried at this point. All of the other fish, including the remaining Cherry Barbs are behaving normally and show no signs of disease.

Update: 1/2/2007
Another female Cherry Barb has died.

Update: 1/5/2007
Two White Clouds have died.

Update: 1/8/2007
Added 10 juvenile White Clouds and 2 rather large Otos.

Update: 1/13/2007
One of the Otos has died. It wasn’t one of the new ones.

Update: 1/17/2007
Added 2 Otos and 6 Rasbora Espei

Update: 1/22/2007
Added 6 more Rasbora Espei

Update: 2/9/2007
Added 4 more Rasbora Espei

Update: 2/16/2007
Added 6 Golden White Clouds

Total: 61 fish

Rotala Magenta Issues

Narrow Leaf Ludwigia

New Plants!

Layout Adjustments

Population Update

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