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Problem

Dead Cory

I found a dead Cory in my tank today, it seemed to have a lot of fuzz (possible fungus) around it's mouth. I'll be investigating further.

Update

Second Brood!

A fresh batch of babies was dropped last night! I don't know how many, but I saw at least one so far. I'm really glad the guppy grass is helping curb the eating rate.

Observation

A Baby!

I knew one of my Endler's gave birth about 2-3 days ago free in the tank, and I figured all of the babies got eaten either by her or the other fish, but when I woke up this morning, I peeked in the tank and saw a tiny baby! I tried to get him out usi…
Update

Settling in update

One of the newer girls was clamped for a few days and then started to display some dropsy, so I took her out and put her back in the isolated new endler tank. I did replace the one Cory that passed with two more, and they all seem to be doing really…
Problem

Cory Death

One of my Cories passed. He was kind of pale and weak from the beginning, looking kind of pale and clamped. All other cories are active and happy.

Update

Settling in

The nipping from the girls has largely stopped. I still have one Cory who is dull and lethargic despite two nights in a Kanaplex hospital tank. I also have added a sponge filter (up to 25 gallon capacity) last night to seed it for a friend's tank. It…
Update

Removal

I witnessed a couple females nipping at Scooter’s fins, so I removed 2 females and a male Endler. I’m going to watch closely to see if the problem persists.

Update

New residents!

6 Hastatus (Pygmy) Corydoras were added last night, and 9 Endler’s Livebearers (3 male, 6 female) were added today. I will be monitoring closely.


I also added my thriving pothos in order to help manage the nitrate load.

Update

Big Girl birth

I have finally caught her dropping fry! She’s not in a breeder box as when I put her in one she seemed really freaked out. I’m simply going to watch and try to pouch them out as I see them, otherwise hope they live, but I do finally have a date for h…
Update

Big changes!

Today the nitrites were at 0 again, so I decided to move Scooter and my Endler’s from my 5.5-gallon into this tank.


I also added some hardscape and lots more plants. I’m excited to see how everything goes.

Update

Cor Update

The first two days she was in the tank, she didn’t move much. I ended up testing the water and the nitrites were back up to 0.25, so I topped the tank of with 2.5 gallons of fresh water all the way up to the rim and added some more stability. The las…
Update

Moved Cor Over

Since my nitrites hit 0 for the first time and adequate biofilm and microfauna have been seen in the tank, I decided to move my Red Racer Nirite, Cor, from my 5.5-gallon (Scooter & Friends) to this 20-gallon.

Update

Microfauna!

I tested the nitrite yoday and it read Zero! So i was inspecting the tank and holy microfauna! A ton of copepods, some hydra, and super hair-thin worms that are crawlibg on the glass.

Update

Cycle stall??

I can't tell if my pH has stalled the cycle or if I'm just being impatient. I've kept up on ghost feeding every 2-3 days, plus my tea bag of brine shrimp is still in the tank. My pH read the lowest that it can go- 6, which means it could very well be…
Update

Water clearing

The water is really clearing up now, but the pH took a crazy plummet. The only thing I changed was adding two Catappa leaves on Sunday, but I didn't think they would make that much of a difference considering they barely make a dent in my 5-gallon.

Update

Algea? Biofilm?

Today along with my water change, I also added two phylodendrine (?) cuttings and a spider plant to hopefully help keep nitrates under control. Additionally, I added a capfull of Stability and some of my 5-gallon's onld water to introduce more mature…
Update

Progress

The cloudiness is staring to clear, still not quite crystal though. I added some stability and ghost fed some pellets again today to keep the cycle from stalling.

Update

Cloudy Water

The water is still incredibly cloudy. I'm not sure if it's from debris or a bacterial bloom, but I hope it's mostly cleared by it's next water change on Sunday

Update

Cycling Update

Today is day 3 of cycling. I have been ghost feeding various foods every other day to simulate a high bioload, this way I should be able to move fish in fairly regularly without putting too much strain on the existing bacterial colony. Both pellets a…
Update

Setup day!

I filled with conditioned water, added Seachem Prime and Stability along woth some live plants, decaying Catappa leaves, and squeezed some gunk from my sponge in my other tank to introduce good bacteria. I'm hoping it'll be cycled in 2-4 weeks with t…