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#1 ·
Over the past month or so I've had a catalogue of disasters leading to the loss of most of my plants and a few fish. I've been working hard on getting the tank back to its original glory, but there's still a long way to go :(

Anyway, here's a few pics of how it looks now..



































 
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#2 ·
looks to me like there is a couple Nymphaea lillys in there.is that what they are?

Excellent job so far (as usual, you have great pics of your awesome tank!!)

good luck on the future outcome of your tank.
 
#7 ·
Beautiful pics! Sorry to hear you had some losses though. That's always frustrating to go through.
 
#8 ·
I really like the colour of your gravel. Its so natural looking.

What type of plant is that in the picture with your kuhli loach? I have those too, but they were given to me so I have no idea what they are called.

Great pics, and sweet tank 8)
 
#9 ·
sorry you've had a hard time. :(
the tank is looking beautiful,the neons look fantastic in there.
and the corys look right at home. :)
 
#10 ·
Thanks for the comments everyone. To answer a few questions:

bhone20 said:
looks to me like there is a couple Nymphaea lillys in there.is that what they are?
Yep, I started out with one and they have spread like mad. Now there are four.

Meatpuppet said:
the neons look awsome 8) i love those fish
especiay in a pack of 12, or is there more?
Thanks Meatpuppet, there's 17 in total and they look awesome when they group together.

iamntbatman said:
How did you manage to get such clear pictures of the zebra danios?
Years of perseverence lol. They are the first ever clear pictures I've ever managed to take of a zebra danio without using the flash.
Little-Fizz said:
What type of plant is that in the picture with your kuhli loach? I have those too, but they were given to me so I have no idea what they are called.
I'll need to double check, but I think it's a crypt of some sort.

I've lost a lot of fish over the past 24 hours - I don't know the cause - they're dropping like flies without any prior symptoms :(
 
#11 ·
Yikes! That's no good at all. I get really frustrated when I lose fish for no discernible reason. Of all the new additions to the 29g community, the ram and kuhli loaches are doing amazingly but for some reason I can't keep swordtails alive. Swimming around happy as can be, symptom free and behaving normally, then an hour later, dead as a doornail.
 
#13 ·
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 15
pH 7.2

Water changes 30 percent each Sunday. Last water change Sunday there. Fish lost - kuhlie loaches, sterbai corys, zebra danios, red platy. Filter maintenance last performed a couple of weeks ago - sponges in one filter rinsed gently in tank water when doing a water change. I alternate cleaning the filters. Absolutely no signs of illness or changed behaviour before losing the fish... behaving normally before hand. Plenty of surface disturbance, no loss of colour, no rapid gill movement or gasping for air at the surface. Eyes clear, fins intact. No chemicals or ferts added to the tank which is well planted. Had the corys and kuhlies for two or three years, the danios for about six months. Remaining 4 corys appear healthy. Fish aren't overfed, and are given a varied diet. Arghhh.
 
#14 ·
i have to say i hate it when that happens,i feel for you,
i get to feeling so helpless that you don't seem able to stop it.
i think there was an artical about something like this in PFK,
i don't know if i've still got that copy,i think it was somethng
like new tank syndrome,but my brain is smoosh,maybe one
of the others can shed some light.
i hope you can get to the bottom of it though.
 
#16 ·
i really hope so for you. :)
that plant you have nymphaea did you have to order it,
or did you just get it from the lfs ?
i'm out an about tomorrow,so i'm after some plants for the tank.
Tall vallis is looking a little boring.
 
#17 ·
My nymphaea lotus came with an order from Greenline. It's fantastic.. grows large and leafy, has a great colour and doesn't require special lighting. If you can't get hold of any give me a shout - I have a few cuttings growing very quickly and I could post one down to you :)

I haven't lost any fish in the past 24 hours, and all remaining inhabitants are looking good.

A couple of grumpy looking black phantoms:



Some corys:




Dwarf gourami:


Female ancistrus sp3
 
#19 ·
good luck Kate.that tank is tooooo awesome to have problems :)
But if there is some, I am confident that you have the knowledge to find and fix it!!! :)

--Brian
 
#20 ·
I am confident that you can and will find/fix/repair what is going on.good luck and keep us posted please!!
 
#24 ·
SWEEEEEEET!!
 
#26 ·
Kate, so sorry to hear about your troubles. I noticed one photo of a dwarf gourami and what appeared to be an abmormal lump on it's side. There are gouramis who are prone to disease and some of them are untreatable AND reported to be highly infectious. I had terrible troubles with dwarf gouramis in the past, they seemed to expire for no particular reason. Water parameters were not in question and after trying desperately to figure out what the problem could be , I began a detailed search on requirements of each of the fish in the tank with the thought that perhaps I was not providing some critical requirement. It was then that i stumbled on the info about dwarf gourami. I cannot remember the exact species and am in no way suggesting that the fish in question could be the problem but, It might be something of interest to you. I can say after ridding my tank of the gouramis the mysterious deaths stopped.
 
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