Hi Hatchet
Just thught I'd drop a line and say that the tank is doing well. Have you got any more changes happening with yours? Meet up with a few kiwis as well from my city so thats pretty cool too. Hope all is well with you and yours. Boonie

Hi Hatchet.
Tried to answered your question in the Community Fish frenzy if you want to take a look. Hope you and yours are well.

Boonie.

It's great to hear your tank is good! A few live plants reccomended for low light (1 - 1.5 Watt per gal of light) are amazon sword, hornwort, hygrophila, anacharis (elodea), Crypts, Java moss, Java fern and anubias. Java moss and Java fern need to be tied down to rocks/wood, and anubias can be as well, but it can also be planted as long as the rhizome is above the substrate.

Your doing well on this tank! Since you are understocked, you can always add that little bit extra if you want.

Hi Hatchet
Got 2 extra Swordtails and that has changed the feeling in the tank alot!

Brought six cardinal tetras to eventually replace the Neons (4). Currently they are schooling together. I think I am well and truely full! So no extra fish.

Otherwise it is looking at adding plants. Checking water parameters and lots of water changes.


Thanks for your help.
Boonie

Hi Hatchet
Yep they can be a bit funny those fish! Will look at getting the extras to reduce the stress for our local "Lazerus".

We had a bit of a electricity use issue as well just for your interest. An extra $200.00 american for the month over the usual since we got the tank. Got a bit worried but in the end it wasn't the tank but the electricity company... would have needed to get my own generator at that rate.

Hope you and yours are well.
Boonie.

Lol! That is an odd story. Obviously this Swordie knows about playing dead.
So, you have 2 swords now? I'd add 1 - 2 more - especially since the Serpaes are starting to become calmer. Lol fish are funny sometimes!

Hi Hatchet

(When is a dead fish really dead!!?)

It's a bit embarrassing... but as a newbie.... You know that dead Swordtail fish... will.... it wasn't dead (I wrote to you prior pulling it out of the tank). When I tried to pull it out with the net it swam off at a great rate of knots... much to the amusement of my family espesically the wife.... so I left it in the tank. In my embarrassment I didn't really want to let on!

Now it appears after a period of illness it has perked up and is out and about.
I have noticed though that the other (now much larger) Swordtail is taking to it whenever it is near. Do you think another Swordtail might help to stop this.

The Serpae's have stopped chasing the Swordtails now which is excellent.

Hope this gives you a laugh.

Boonie

Hi Hatchet
Thanks for the suggestions. I will keep a look out.
Boonie.

Well, since it looks like Swordies aren't going to be a choice in this tank, it would be wise to go for another species. Kribensis cichlids perhaps? Peacock gudgeon?

Hi Hatchet
Unfortunately one of the 2 swordtails has died. Due to stress I think as the water parameters are fine.
Should I introduce another or look for a different species of fish and will the other one be okay alone.

Regards
Boonie