My pleco has decided I don't feed him enough, so he's going to start munching my Amazon swords. D: So I blanched a slice of cucumber and sunk it with a lead plant weight (I don't use them in the tank, but they come with new plants so I keep them for applications like this) but the pleco has not discovered that this new thing is food. Neither has any other fish in the tank so far, but then I just fed them some flake food so they're still combing the sand for leftover flake bits. I've also started tossing the algae discs in after lights-out in and attempt to let the bottom feeders get more of them - the neons love the algae discs too but they're supposed to eat the flakes!
Today while I was doing a water change I also cleaned my XP3's impeller and housing, and I'm hoping that the cleaning has solved my air leak issue - so far it seems to have worked. I've got some silicone lubricant coming in from Amazon, using that is supposed to prolong the life of the O-rings. I certainly hope it will work!
I picked up a cheap T12 bulb at Wal-Mart today, so now the fish don't change color based on where they're swimming. Pics will have to be in a later post. The cherry reds, after I got over how HUGE they are, have really spiced up that tank with their color. They're also not skittish at all, which is great - they didn't need any time to start begging in front with the others at meal time!
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