#140 l project

[ulkoillafish]

Not much has happened with the 140L project tank recently. I had to put down one of the cories, a small fellow who didn’t have its barbels from the beginning and ended up losing his (I believe it was a he) appetite and a lot weight and became lethargic. It was unfortunate, of course, but I’m not too stressed about it because he was never at 100%.

They fellows in the image instead gave me a fright today. One of the was lying on the sand on his side, which isn’t something cories usually do, next to the other one. They stayed like that for what seemed like a long time.

Good old T shape. I guess they are figuring out tantric sex xD

Too bad I didn’t get any video of it because it really looked creepy.

Now I wonder if I should try growing the young to adulthood. It’d be a good time to do that, before I get busy with summertime things

[ulkoillafish]

The project tank has been doing... more or less ok. Not much has happened.

The previous leak in CO2 system resulted in some BBA but after many, many hours of work and frustration I was able to fix the leak. The system now works better than ever, and I’m watching with mild curiosity how some green algae (hair, I’d guess) and BBA wage war. BBA has more troops but the green one has been gaining real estate. I spotted a cory baby one day, a baby big enough that I have some hopes for it to survive - there is no longer anyone big enough to eat it. I think. Honey gouramis laid eggs again. I’ve been noticing that the eggs tend to disappear during night time. I don’t mind it - I’m not trying to breed and it’s probably better that Hani doesn’t stress himself excessively by trying to tend the young in a community tank. I was kind of thinking he starts to get stressed when he tends the eggs, and solves the issue by eating the eggs. But today I found out what actually happens.

The assassins don’t give a shit when there’s a bubble nest without eggs. Clearly, that changes when there’s caviar to be had.