The vallis and tiger lotus are growing well, yay! After all of the plant trouble I've been having it's so nice to see bright healthy leaves growing in my tank
Another bonus is that my old tiger lotus bulb, which I never removed from the tank after it's leaves died, has been rolled out of some dark corner with leaves on it! I imagine my Bolivian Rams were doing some housekeeping and scooted it out from under a plant somewhere - so now I have two tiger lotus plants
Also the wood I've bought for this tank is finally waterlogged (3 weeks later) so I plan to add it this weekend. I think it'll give a whole new look to the tank so I'm looking forward to that.
In other news ANOTHER of my female angels (the koi) is ready to spawn but the dominant male is confused as to who he wants his mate to be. It's like an episode of The Bachelor in my tank lol
Unfortunately, illness has struck my sterbai cory population and I've lost two so far. It started about 2.5 weeks ago and the guess is that it's columnaris. They were all moved to a hospital tank and I'm expecting to lose at least another two before it's all said and done
The unavailability of antibiotics in the UK has really limited my options in curing this and the stuff I've ordered off the internet won't be here in time by the looks of it. Ah well, it's part of the hobby and we can only do for them what seems best at the time
Thanks so much to WILDER, DoubleDutch and snazy for their help with my thread in the Emergencies section.