Subj : Water Change And Comments
To   : All
From : Jeff Snyder
Date : Wed Jan 13 2010 01:38 pm

Today I conducted a partial water change.

I was curious as to how much water I would have to replace if I just lowered
the water level down to just above the top of the rocks.

Part of my reason for doing this was to determine if the algae would remain
healthier if I didn't expose it to the air, even though when I do lower the
water level so that much of the rocks are uncovered, the algae is only
exposed to the air for less than thirty minutes, and more like fifteen
minutes at best.

At any rate, as it turns out, following this procedure, I had to replace
fifteen gallons of water. That is roughly a 35-40% water change, which is
obviously good enough if done on a weekly basis, as I have been doing for
some time now. Not only will it lower my water bill a little, but it will
also save me a little bit of time and energy as well.

Mama Mbuna continues to incubate her eggs. Today marks two weeks since she
spawned for the sixth time on December 29th. Going by the size of the bulge
in her throat, it does appear that she has lost some of the spawn this time,
possibly due to stress from the other fish, or from my often meddling in the
tank.



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