Well, despite there seeming to be problems with the tetras – they seem to be fighting with each other a bit, and some have splits in their tails and dorsal fins – we went back to Coburg today. We got some more plants; the tank is looking quite well forested. We also got 9 sunset platies, and 5 Emerald Dwarf Gourami, who are actually mostly blue. So we now actually have some colour in the tank, which is exciting and makes a difference to the appearance. With the new fish the tank as a whole looks busier. We also bought frozen bloodworm, which is a bit gross, but they seem to love it. We have a bit of a problem at the moment with the angels being pigs (they look quite portly at the moment, which probably isn’t a very good thing), and the tetras therefore often missing out. We also bought some freeze-dried tablets which you can stick on the side of the tank, and it’s been suggested that we distract the angels with a small amount of food up one end of the tank and put more at the other end. The tank looks so convincing now! Everyone who has seen it has loved it.

With the ammonia and nitrite levels, they’re both still around zero, although the ammonia has maybe risen ever so slightly. I guess it makes sense for it to be low at the moment – we haven’t had lots of fish, we haven’t fed them all that much, and there are lots of plants. Hopefully we’ll be able to keep it all down.