after my vacation, all the fish are still alive but i had a HORRIBLE algae infestation. hair algae, green spot, a thin sheet if green on the glass an a thin sheet of brown on the glass. i couldn't even see inside the tank. so i cleaned it all out and something happened to my horse faced loach and had a big open wound on his side so i put him in my 5 gallon with an air stone and some melefix but he died 2 days later...
but the good news is my 2 kuhli loaches are doing wonderfully. i plan on getting more once some more of my fish die. as of now i have one black kuhli and one normal. very cool fish. i have been feeding all the rest of my fish color enhancing flakes and black worms and their color is just fantastic. i have never seen my harlies so red. they have also gotten bigger. my pearl gourami has grown larger as well and he literally sparkles in the light. hopefully i can get some good pics but the ones i have taken just don't do him justice. the shrimp are doing good as well. one is alot bigger than the other so i'm thinking i might have a pair. maybe i'll get eggs and leetle bamboo shrimp. prolly not but it is good for the soul not to give up on stuff. who am i kidding? there is no way i'm gonna get leetle shrimp unkless i go buy some. I'm still looking for cherry shrimp. if you have any you would like to sell to my e-mail me. my only other choice would be to order them from liveaquaria.com and i really don't want to spend $7.99 per shrimp plus S&H.
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Andrew