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Rescaping 64l customised rekord 600

Haha it is ok, so far they seem to have claimed a back corner each :) they are more on the light blue side and have very little red on them, tried getting pics but the camera on the tablet did not do them justice :(
 
I just reverted back to the spraybar but am only using half of it and have across the right wall where the heater etc is, aim is to reduce surface agitation as I felt there was too much and the harlequins seemed to be struggling to swim lol

Edit: So a few hours now with the spraybar in that position and the harlequins seem alot happier, the flow does not seem to have suffered too much either, I can still see a nice flow of bubbles going all over the tank and all plants swaying etc it is just not as forceful, hopefully it will help retain more co2 in the tank during the photoperiod too :)
 
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Got a semi decent front tank shot :)

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Still does not do it justice though :( it looks a million times better here :)

Something that has happened since I added the fish is my oto's have become alot more lively, for a few weeks now they have always hid under the stump on the left and only came out after lights out but now they seem to be out happy and swimming in a group around the tank and looking very active and happy!
 
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Warning: Sad news follows.

Sadly I have been losing harlequins at around 2 per day, all test results come back fine using a liquid based test kit, fine as in 0 ammonia and 0 nitrates with a very very small number of nitrites.

The first 2 happened overnight, the next day 1 was acting very strange, swimming fine but then suddenly looking unconscious I seperated him into a small spare tank I have but he didnt make it, then another 2 during the night, the next day was another wierd one, one of the harlequins mouth seemed to have siezed up and was whitish, i put him in the other tank also but same result, I have 4 left who so far seem ok, no signs of any disease or sickness, I wonder if I just got a bad batch from pets at home? the oto's shrimp and gourami are all fine....

I introduced them the way I have been taught, flot bag in water for 15 minutes, then open the bag and let it float at the top slowly adding tank water for 30 minutes then add using net not the bag water, even used some of the api stress coat +.
 
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I'm no expert on fish health, so maybe someone else will comment with more info on that issue. Do you have an LFS other than Pets at Home where you can get fish? I have never been impressed in any Pets at Home store anywhere in the UK, the condition of livestock never seems good, always a lot of dead fish in their tanks. I would look elsewhere if you can, even if that is not the issue in this case.
 
Sadly they are the only place. only other place is glasgow which is over an hour away.
 
Where about in Scotland are you? I'm in Aberdeen and have a load of fish to re-home due to relocation, but assuming you are too far away if you are an hour or so from Glasgow.
 
Yeah in saltcoats, we did have 1 shop down the road selling fish but his shop was, not very tidy...
 
If I was you, I would probably make the trip in to Glasgow and go to a decent fish store.

Edit: I know where you are, sailed past you going in and out of Troon many times!
 
Sorry about the losses the way they have gone looks likely change in water, also your bio filtration may have struggled adding too many fish at one time.Your tank looks very good though
 
Well everything is looking good again now, I did have a slight problem with water chemistry but have got all levels normal again.

Some good news!
I had not seen the 2 baby oto's for a while and had feared the worst, but today I saw 1 again, alot bigger now, looks albino like at this stage, id say it has doubled in size since I last saw it!

Also I cannot believe how well the rubescens carpet has come along, I can only see 3-4 spots where I want to put cuttings but apart from that almost the entire foreground is green :), I am going to reduce the specialised fertiliser to every other day as there are small signs of algae.
 
Fish likely die from brown blood disease, nitrite poisoning.

Zero nitrates? Something wrong there, nitrate is the final step in nitrogen cycle.
 
Fish likely die from brown blood disease, nitrite poisoning.

Zero nitrates? Something wrong there, nitrate is the final step in nitrogen cycle.

Yes there is, I got them the wrong way round when I typed :facepalm:
 
There seems to be lots of little tiny white worm like things under the substrate, are these normal?
 
So I have started getting some BBA, mainly on the bolbitis and the trident.

Co2 is at a constant level on a timer, as is the light, the filter was cleaned recently, I have cut back on specialised fertiliser as a result of me adding more livestock.

There is plenty of water surface movement.

I only feed 1 algae wafer and a small pinch of food a day.

I do a 50% water change weekly.

Lighting period is 8 hours, Co2 comes on 1 hour before the lights and goes off 1 hour before lights out.

Anyone any idea what the cause could be and how to combat it, I read liquid carbon can treat it by spot dosing with the filter off but this will not get to the cause.

I am thinking maybe it has to do with me cleaning the filter as it seems to be taking off a bit since I cleaned the filter and had murky water for a few hours after.

As a next step I am going to reduce the light period to 7 hours and adjust the co2 to match.
 
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2 pictures :)

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Gonna up lighting to 8 hours again, also going to return to full ferts as tank was fine as it was, instead I am going to adjust feeding to once every 2 days, this was fine in my last tank that was full of healthy fish.

I am going to adjust co2 on and off time also, may start co2 3 hours before lights on as it takes that long for the checker to turn lime green.
 
Long time no update, The plants have all grown really well, The foreground is growing too well haha its like a jungle all by itself.

My big problem is a massive outbreak of bba,as in its starting to grow on almost everything, does anyone have any idea what could cause this?
 
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