yehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
got my 3 cories at the w/end...trilineatus...bootiful...
they are very active...great fun to watch...
and boy have they stirred up the 6 platies...
the red wags have now got competition for food...
they're amazed at how the cories 'suck-up' from the bottom...
and my platties are now having a go themselves...
the three newcomers zipp up and down the glass like ballet dancers...
trawling for algae i guess...they are poetry in motion...
i can't tell you how much i love these guys...
they are totally fantastico...bootiful fish...
my tank is becoming a truly living thing now...
as the community builds...
i hope to add 3 more leopard cories this w-end...
water parameters are spot on...ph is 7.2 ...
i'll maybe mess with hardness when the tank is settled down...
all in all i'm having a ball...and i have still heaps of fish to go...
over the next month or two i will add 12 hatchets and 12 cardinal tetras...
and i have a common ple*o and 2 botia striata to go in too...
[edit]...they're in...and blissfully happy in their new home......
10% water changes...every other day from now on ...
i know i'm probably pushing the overstocking limit here...
but with regular 10% water changes...use of polyfilters...
care not to overfeed and religious filter maintenance...
i think all will be well...oh yes...i plan to try out java ferns as well...
it's going to be a colourful and active tank...that's for sure...
thanks you all for your invaluable help...
and thanks for enduring my ramble...
[edit]...the saga...continues...
i now have a fourth cory...two more to follow...
i have 6 black neons...six more to come...
[i decided against the cardinals]...
i have a male betta installed as well...
i'm getting some more zebra loaches tomorrow...
what funn it is to stock a tank...
now...where could i stash a 100gallon...garage maybe...
got my 3 cories at the w/end...trilineatus...bootiful...
they are very active...great fun to watch...
and boy have they stirred up the 6 platies...
the red wags have now got competition for food...
they're amazed at how the cories 'suck-up' from the bottom...
and my platties are now having a go themselves...
the three newcomers zipp up and down the glass like ballet dancers...
trawling for algae i guess...they are poetry in motion...
i can't tell you how much i love these guys...
they are totally fantastico...bootiful fish...
my tank is becoming a truly living thing now...
as the community builds...
i hope to add 3 more leopard cories this w-end...
water parameters are spot on...ph is 7.2 ...
i'll maybe mess with hardness when the tank is settled down...
all in all i'm having a ball...and i have still heaps of fish to go...
over the next month or two i will add 12 hatchets and 12 cardinal tetras...
and i have a common ple*o and 2 botia striata to go in too...
[edit]...they're in...and blissfully happy in their new home......
10% water changes...every other day from now on ...
i know i'm probably pushing the overstocking limit here...
but with regular 10% water changes...use of polyfilters...
care not to overfeed and religious filter maintenance...
i think all will be well...oh yes...i plan to try out java ferns as well...
it's going to be a colourful and active tank...that's for sure...
thanks you all for your invaluable help...
and thanks for enduring my ramble...
[edit]...the saga...continues...
i now have a fourth cory...two more to follow...
i have 6 black neons...six more to come...
[i decided against the cardinals]...
i have a male betta installed as well...
i'm getting some more zebra loaches tomorrow...
what funn it is to stock a tank...
now...where could i stash a 100gallon...garage maybe...
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