I haven't blogged in a long time. And things haven't been great, either. The main reason I haven't blogged is because everybody has been sick for ages. Today Andy is barfing.
I'm battling ich again. In the big tank. I turned the heat down after about 12 days because the cabomba was looking brown and awful. I know it can't take that kind of heat for too long. And then a few days - maybe a week - later, the spots returned on the loaches. So, oh well. Back up with the heat. It's frustrating.
Meanwhile, my second ram died. The very pretty, very spunky one who was my favorite. I can't remember if I blogged when the first of the three died. Stinks. So I'm left with one and I don't hold out much hope. That's the last time I ever flush $60 down the toilet (literally) again. I might try Bolivian Rams someday, but for now I'm going to stick with angelfish. I'll bring the marbled angel back upstairs as soon as the ich is gone.
Meanwhile, in terms of plants...I took the sword out of the 29. It was enormous. As you can see in the photo above, I put it next to the smaller sword in the 55. I also took out the melon sword from the 55 and put it in the 6.6. The java moss in the 29 got pretty gross with algae, so I tossed it. And lastly, the tiger lotus bulbs I ordered produced pretty little red leaves. The two I ordered as seedlings didn't fare as well. The upstairs plant died and the downstairs plant looks green.
In the 29 last month I lost one of my pandas. Damn! Everybody else in there seems healthy, though. The guppy has grown up to be a male. I'll take out one of the 55g guppies and bring him downstairs so I have two in each tank. That is, when the ich is gone.
