Hello all,
I just looked through all the caves but did not find the male. Then, to be sure, I took out all the deco (plants, caves…). Sadly, this confirmed my fear that the male must have died. I only saw the two females. Even after I looked through all the peat granules on the ground, I did not find the body of the fish. I thing the snails must have eaten it. I definitely saw the male the day after I got the paros. But since then… nothing. What surprises me is that I did not find increased NO2/NO3 levels in the tank. I measured all the essential parameters every second day and nothing showed dangerous levels or even significant changes. These are the parameters of the last measurment:
ph: 5.16
EC: 14
NO3: 0.00 mg/l
NO2: 0.00 mg/l
NH4: 0.00 mg/l
I use RO water and a few tap water to increase the EC a bit.
The most striking observation is the fact that the females show great colors and no fear at all.
I assume that the male has died from stress only shortly after I put them to the tank. However, I had the three in a tank with the water of dorothees tank and added during 2 hours cups of tank water untill there was a ratio of about 2:1 new:Dorothees water. I dont understand what I ve done wrong and I feel terribly sorry for this loss. It was such a great fish. I had seen him on the pictures of Dorothee and in live before and during the journey.
@helene: In the tank I have one keptang leave which I cut into three pieces because it was just too large… Then there are another 3 small oak leaves. I think thats ok because The ph remains since I put in the paros at about 5,12 – 5,31 depending on time of the day I measure.