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Well - it's still there - but its certainly not as bad as it was.

I do very regular water changes ..

15% 25% and 50% over 2 weeks.

I also have carbon in 1 filter and purigen in the other - which certainly helps a lot.

The tank has crystal clarity - but the water does turn yellowish/brackish ever so slightly just before the water is due for a change.

I expect it to take another 12 months of so yet before the water colour is at a level I am happy with. (although .. before that happens - we might be getting a newer .. bigger tank) >> !

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2 x Mollies - 1 has a fungal issues - he is just crazy ugly with all sorts of nasties. We took him and the other remaining molly out of the tank and unfortunately I euthanized the other 2 as they were on last legs. The fish are old - my mollies came from one of my ex employees and he had them for some time before I got them. apart from the fungal issues - which I have tried to remedy - the fish is eating, swimming and playing like nothing is wrong. I think his time has come he just doesn't know it yet. The other molly was taken out of the big tank simply because I didn't want him in the main tank if something was likely to spread.- Diagnosis. not good.

best cure for molly fungus i've found is to put them in a tank with 100% fresh water and a god handful of duck weed, keep the nitrates below 5ppm for a month and most of the time they will come right.

duckeed is awesome for sucking up nitrates but if you have anything else you think is better go for it

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Update :

Large Molley is back in main tank. Doing just fine.

Little molly literally fell apart - was euthanized.

2 Rams with pop eye - 1 got pinecone. Both Euthanized.

Cory - his arm fell off. Was very say. His belly started to literally peel back. Euthanized.

2 tetras - bloat (worse than anything I have ever seen) unable to swim ... euthanized.

Everyone else in the tank is just fine. Water levels are sweet.

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I reckon I spent perhaps

1500 on tank

1500 on lighting

1500 on filtration + heater

2000 on substrates and plants

500 on stand

maybe 1100 on fish

plus maybe another 1000 on misc stuff, chemicals etc ... i reckon I still need to spend around $1000 to finish the tank off.

all money I would happily spend again.

that is a heavy cost mate. but beautiful set up to see. shud you upgrade some new fish soon, more aggressive and characterd ones :wink:

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$2000 substrate and plants????

that seems a bit high????

Not really, gotta think how much each bag of substrate fert cost, probably around $50-60 each x I would think in a tank this size 20+ bags, then plants aren't cheap. I know I have spent about 1k just on plants and my tanks only 450ltr.

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never tried one of those, just the standard ones, I haven't had much experience with the plant thing yet, still just learning.

have a 400L tank that I might be able to play with soon..... (still under half high tech attitude atm, need to make more $$$ out of fishroom then boss might be interested.)

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I don't think the cost's were excessive. I am very happy with the end result.

I have been focusing on keeping a healthy tank - and getting the clarity sorted.. Now that I know everything is working - I intend to plant it out some more.

I wanted a good substrate that was going to feed any plant. Now that I know it's doing as intended .. I am looking to upgrade to a more technical co2 setup and I am going to re-attempt spome ground cover using dwarf hairgrasss. I must take pictures of this and post for you all.

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Hi everyone,

Good to be back after a small break.

Here is a picture of my tank.

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As you can see my planting has been unsuccessful. Plants grow fine .. but some of my fish think it's funny to pull them out. I loose alot of plants this way.

I was just talking to my wife and explained that I would like to temporarily relocate my fish .. while I have another go at planting the tank - This time I will leave the tank growing for 6 months and only small fish ....

I might sell move my larger fish on .... or move them into the reception area into another new tank. I'm still trying to decide.

I have invested many thousands and after months of tinkering .. now understand the eco system well enough to make everything work I believe.

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i really like this tank. :thup:

i have been very interested in it since i saw the thread !drool: but in my opinion it lacks consistency and structure.

maybe if you merge the wood and the rocks, you could make it look more natural?

(this is just a suggestion)

cheers superico

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