I found one more dead one in the pool this morning. That makes a total of three out of the 100 fish that I have started with. I think this was another female same as last only very swollen. From what I am reading loosing only three fish is good. My water is also looking clearer and all of my tests for ammonia n2 and n3 are undetectable. It has taken a brown color and I added a tablespoon of ammonium sulfate. I swear it started looking greener after only half an hour. I'm going to wait for three full days to test the water and of it is still low add some more fertilizer. It's nice to have the water actually getting clearer instead of cloudy.
I been feeding the fish really heavy and the water seems to be staying pretty clear. It does have a lot of protein bubbles on it in the morning but they are gone as soon as the sun hits.
I keep looking for fry in the water but haven't seen anything. The bottom is littered with pvc pipe and flower pots for them to hide and mate in. I read that you can get schools swimming on the surface. If I even saw one fry I would set up something and start collecting them. I got a hunch it's going to get too cold for any breeding to occur before winter gets here. I wouldn't mind getting hold of some sort of aquatic plants for them to hide in, just in case.
None of my new pumps or stuff has gotten here yet. I can't wait to see how much of a difference going from a 20 watt to an 80 watt air pump makes. I thought I was getting a lot of aeriation from the spash coming out of my filters but having all the airstones on the bottom seems to have made a huge difference.
