Hi All,
I have a lovely stocked tank, it's been up an running for a year now with perfect water conditions and a reasonably stable stock, but I do have a couple of issues I just have never been able to resolve. Over the year I have tried to play around with adding stock, but after a few weeks of everything looking good gradually the new stock dies off one by one, usually 2-3 weeks apart. eg Phantom tertras I tried adding 6 and they were fine for 8 weeks, then over 3 months died off.
Trigon 180l
Fluval 307 canister filter
Water changed of 40l once a week
Lots of wood and rocks for hiding
8:30-15:00, then 16:30 to 20:00Lights on for total 10 hours per day
Feed 6 days a week. Generally pinch of flakes, 2 wafers and a block of frozen bloodworm/daphnia/tropical quarter
Current stock:
3 Silver Dollars. (Full grown and healthy)
1 Opaline Gurami (Full grown and healthy)
5 Platys (Full grown and healthy)
7 Cardinal Tetras (Full grown and healthy)
2 Black Neon Tetras (Full grown and healthy)
1 Opaline Gurami (7 months old, but looks a little bullied and stuck 60% growth.
1 x Bristlenose Pleco (Full grown and healthy)
1 x Gold Bristlenose Plec (6 months old, growing well)
a few other bottom feeders, all been stable for a year
1 x African Shrimp, 6 months old looking good
1 apple snail - awesome and I love it.
Am I at the limit of stocking? Anything I can add in to add colour? Or is stocking messed up? I am much more concerned with healthy tank than pretty tank.
Question 2:
Every time I add plants they either get eaten or die. Javas get black spots and die (I have tried dosing increasing amounts of plant food and liquid CO2 but nothing seems to help.) All other plants just get muched.
Question 3:
I found 2 baby platys 3 weeks ago. Then another one today. I have put them in a breeding net, how long should I keep these in there for?
Sorry for the wall of text, but I really just want to get my tank a little more colourful if possible with plants and fish, but don't want to ruin anything.
I have a lovely stocked tank, it's been up an running for a year now with perfect water conditions and a reasonably stable stock, but I do have a couple of issues I just have never been able to resolve. Over the year I have tried to play around with adding stock, but after a few weeks of everything looking good gradually the new stock dies off one by one, usually 2-3 weeks apart. eg Phantom tertras I tried adding 6 and they were fine for 8 weeks, then over 3 months died off.
Trigon 180l
Fluval 307 canister filter
Water changed of 40l once a week
Lots of wood and rocks for hiding
8:30-15:00, then 16:30 to 20:00Lights on for total 10 hours per day
Feed 6 days a week. Generally pinch of flakes, 2 wafers and a block of frozen bloodworm/daphnia/tropical quarter
Current stock:
3 Silver Dollars. (Full grown and healthy)
1 Opaline Gurami (Full grown and healthy)
5 Platys (Full grown and healthy)
7 Cardinal Tetras (Full grown and healthy)
2 Black Neon Tetras (Full grown and healthy)
1 Opaline Gurami (7 months old, but looks a little bullied and stuck 60% growth.
1 x Bristlenose Pleco (Full grown and healthy)
1 x Gold Bristlenose Plec (6 months old, growing well)
a few other bottom feeders, all been stable for a year
1 x African Shrimp, 6 months old looking good
1 apple snail - awesome and I love it.
Am I at the limit of stocking? Anything I can add in to add colour? Or is stocking messed up? I am much more concerned with healthy tank than pretty tank.
Question 2:
Every time I add plants they either get eaten or die. Javas get black spots and die (I have tried dosing increasing amounts of plant food and liquid CO2 but nothing seems to help.) All other plants just get muched.
Question 3:
I found 2 baby platys 3 weeks ago. Then another one today. I have put them in a breeding net, how long should I keep these in there for?
Sorry for the wall of text, but I really just want to get my tank a little more colourful if possible with plants and fish, but don't want to ruin anything.