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Thanks for the advice, everyone. I'll try adding some liquid fertilizer and maybe adjust the light duration. I'll keep an eye on the rhizomes to make sure they're not buried or damaged. Appreciate the help!


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It sounds like your plants might not be getting enough nutrients. Anubias and Java Fern are slow growers, but they still need some fertilization. Have you tried adding a liquid fertilizer like Seachem Flourish? Also, make sure the rhizomes aren't buried in the substrate, that can cause rot.

Something's amiss, all 9 babies have vanished one by one, all were eating well, larger ones from previous batches are fine. I reckon the juli is the culprit. Next batch will be moved to a fry tank, can't risk losing them all.

Blimey, they're really getting the hang of this spawning malarkey now, latest batch was around 9 or 10 little blighters (counting them is like trying to count sheep, lol) and so far I've still got 8 of them zipping about the tank - they've all teamed up with the older 4 fry.

The second female finally spat last night, 5 tiny ones this time, they're all huddled together at the surface in the corner of the tank. Much smaller than the others, but they seem to be doing alright so far, fingers crossed they'll grow quickly.

Finally she's spat them out this morning, we had 4 but one was struggling to swim and now it's vanished, I'm pretty sure the Juli got to it, but the remaining 3 seem to be doing alright so far. The other female should be due to release hers soon, she's bigger than the new mum but doesn't look as ...

Mum's having a tough time keeping the babies in her mouth now, any day I'm expecting to see more little ones. I'm getting really excited, keep checking on her, asking her to let the babies out so she can get a decent feed. She's lost some condition, belly's concave again, bless her. Fed her up well ...

Update on the fry - I've lost one, not sure what's happened, only change I've made is cleaning the filter but I did add a plastic floating plant so fingers crossed it's just hiding. They're still feeding well and have grown loads already.

The new blue light seems to be doing the trick, the mum of ...

Fry are thriving, just devouring those cyclops like there's no tomorrow. Largest female's finally dropped her eggs, a bit sad but it's all good, means I can start making plans for the new setup. Got an empty rio 300 waiting in the wings, just biding my time till the fry are big enough to make the ...

3 fry still going strong, largest female has spawned tonight so now she's holding too.