Bit of an update, I haven't been posting or looking at aquariums in while really but I had a rather nasty mishap with my tank. About a month ago I noticed suddenly the level had dropped a couple of cms and I had rather a lot of dead shrimp in the tank which had turned pink. Straight away I thought it was either a CO2 overdose or the filter had crashed, but feeling the side of the tank I realised it was far too hot, much hotter than normal. I use one of those hydor external heaters so I checked that, the dial must have been moved when I was maintaining the tank and cleaning it a few days before, as it was on about 35C or something, the fish and shrimp were in fact being slow cooked. I manage to cool it down quickly with a big water change but the impact was I lost most of my shrimp and fish too. The plants in the tank had also been suffering and I had a bit of an algae outbreak. I removed the worst affected leaves and dead livestock but for a while I felt really gutted about the whole thing, still do infact. It's my fault I should have kept a thermometer on the tank but with it being NA style I never really bother and only really check the temp during water changes. Lesson learnt I guess but what a stupid error to make. *shakes head*
Anyway I've replanted the foreground with Lilaeopsis brasiliensis, if any of you guys have got an experience with it or tips I would love to hear them, I've never managed to grow it before. I've also removed some of the wood and added some rotala sp green to bulk up the background, we will see how it goes I guess.
Hope you guys are doing OK anyway.