I think I forgot to mention that I got some new fish!
We are pretty happy with our little citizens, but in the interest of introducing some new genetic material into the mix, I went ahead and purchased two trios: balloon mollies (BM) and gups of course!
The new ones are:
Balloon: one orange male, one black female and one BIG white female
Guppies: One blue male, one kind of irridescent/rainbow-tailed female, one yellow and black-tailed female.
I got them on Sunday, April 30, 2006 from my newly discovered LFS (just opened!). I've had them in QT since then, although they have been 100% healthy and active. Yesterday (5/21/06) I moved the white female (BM) and one of the female gups to the main tank. I am moving them slowly, in pairs, so as to not overload the tank's biological capacity.
Well, about a week after I bought them, the black BM dropped at least 7 fry (I say 'at least' because that's how many I have now!), all of them black! I love love love the little black fry, they are so adorable ... my wife is smitten as well. A few days later, one of the females dropped at least one fry, because all's I found was the one :/ That one has now grown to have a bent spine, and probably won't make it.
I also discovered, while doing a partial water change, three new fry in the main tank! I promptly removed them to the QT tank, since that is where my floating breeding tank is currently (for all the other fry from the new BM).
Fish are doing well, generally. The plants have really taken off as well! I think the CO2 system has had quite an impact on them. And, after a month and two days, the CO2 cansiter (comprised of tap water sugar, yeast and "stabalizer") is still producing CO2! Incredible -- that's almost a week longer than it said on the package.
Immediate Help
