- Joined
- 18 Apr 2012
- Messages
- 683
Right, few additions so I thought I'd post up.
So far my 9 (was 10, who knows where the body went...) Cardinals have been incredibly timid, spending 90% of their time hiding in the java fern and hygrophilia at the back. Last night I added another 10 Cardinals, 8 (very) juvenile Corys, 3 small crypts, 1 tiger lotus, and another red plant that I forget the name of.
The change in Cardinal behaviour is massive, they're now happily shoalling around the tank and seem much happier, so I'm viewing that as a great success. The Cory's are brilliant, doing their manic little "dances" up and down the tank every now and again. I gave them some bloodworm later, and whilst a lot has been eaten, the remainder seems to have been all "swept up" into a few little mounds by the Cory's, which they are hoarding!!
I need to pull up the Crypts and trim the "thread" roots back, but wanted to check what I was best doing first.
The heater in my tank won't adjust, so I'm going to replace it I think - it's keeping it at 23C at present but I think most things appreciate being a bit warmer, so was going to slap something new in there at some point.
Anyways, updated picture!
So far my 9 (was 10, who knows where the body went...) Cardinals have been incredibly timid, spending 90% of their time hiding in the java fern and hygrophilia at the back. Last night I added another 10 Cardinals, 8 (very) juvenile Corys, 3 small crypts, 1 tiger lotus, and another red plant that I forget the name of.
The change in Cardinal behaviour is massive, they're now happily shoalling around the tank and seem much happier, so I'm viewing that as a great success. The Cory's are brilliant, doing their manic little "dances" up and down the tank every now and again. I gave them some bloodworm later, and whilst a lot has been eaten, the remainder seems to have been all "swept up" into a few little mounds by the Cory's, which they are hoarding!!
I need to pull up the Crypts and trim the "thread" roots back, but wanted to check what I was best doing first.
The heater in my tank won't adjust, so I'm going to replace it I think - it's keeping it at 23C at present but I think most things appreciate being a bit warmer, so was going to slap something new in there at some point.
Anyways, updated picture!