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February 5, 2005
Well that was quick...
The front wall of the tank seems to be undergoing a full algae bloom at the moment so mosied on over to AF yesterday and picked up:
• 1 "panda" aka zebra otocinclus
• 2 zebra shrimp
to see if they can help the existing 2 cherry shrimp keep the algae in check. Unfortunately one of the cherry shrimps just croaked today so I'll need to get some more probably soon.
The oto immediately went to work after an orientation period of about 5 minutes when I first introduced him to the tank and when I checked on the tank earlier this afternoon, he had done a pretty good job clearing out the top half of the front wall. But the bottom half seemed thicker than ever so I wound up shutting off the tank lights for the day until I can take another look tomorrow night. I think the algae's due to adding too much daily carbon supplements to the tank for the last week and the really strong lights. If it doesn't get better soon via the shrimp and oto I'll have to start wiping.
The oto I got for this tank was a relatively expensive fella (about 4-5x more than the more commonly seen otos) cause I think it's rather new and rare to the hobby. Very nice body patterning and the tail pattern is usually where it stands out. Will try to get a picture up of the one in this tank soon.
Oh yeah, had to rescue a freakin' endler from the back of the Stingray earlier yesterday too. No idea what these guys are thinking.
Posted by ronin at February 5, 2005 8:01 PM