a) 74-76f
b) 7.5-7.7ph.
c) Can't find a kit for GH. . .
d) or KH. . .
e) Near 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, >20mg/l nitrates.
f) I don't so much change the water as replace evaporation, and cut the plants.
2. Tank set up.
a) 15g
b) "Black Gold" plant substrate.
c) Skilter 250 power filter/protein skimmer combo.
d) one tiny castle/cave and wall to wall wisteria. One java fern cluster, and a single lily bulb growing with 4 lily pads.
e) 5 Julii corydoras 5 brochis splendens
f) The tank has been up for 3 months now, and is quite stable. The corys/brochis, when I can actually see them, seem quite happy, and have very healthy barbels.
g) two months ago?
h) I use a wide mix of sinking pellets, mostly Wardly's shrimp pellets. I feed once a day, six times a week.
3. Well. . . for one, I never put a pleco in the tank. How small can pleco fry be? Secondly, when the pleco was first spotted in the tank it was missing all the fins on one side of its body, and its belly was "Dead fish" white. Twas gobbling up the algae like it didn't mind at all, though.
4. I've kept him under observation as best I can in such a densely planted tank. Since I started dosing with melafix twice a day his belly has started to darken, and it appears he is regrowing the fins he lost. I'm curious what might have caused this. . . it looks like he was chewwed on pretty badly by something, but he is by far the largest fish in the tank (And will be moved to my new 90 if he isn't contagious) and I've never had anything agressive in the tank besides. The tank is essentially my isolation tank, though it has taken me longer to get my 90 gallon than I anticipated. My julii and brochis will be headding to that tank when it is fully set up.
I THINK he's a common pleco, but since I didn't buy him. . . well, no clue. Kinda fun having a mystery fish, though.
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