She is sitting, behind the washing machine so hopefully out of everyone's way. Ran a water test on the end product and it dropped my General Hardness (GH) level from over 300 part per million
(ppm) to less than 50 ppm! That's like changing your ride from a soapbox car, made from odds and ends, to a Ferrari!
But that's too soft, so I'm mixing it, 50/50, with the aged water I've been using all along. My GH is now at an acceptable 143ppm. There seemed to be a spike in my pH which scared me but that turned out to be a false test, so all is good on the water front - never expected someone living in Adelaide to say that!
Next cab off the rank was a small wood working project to hold my test tubes - both while I did testing, and for storage. This little unit has the added benefit of giving me somewhere to dry them between tests ;)
Lastly, the camera was, for the first time, able to focus on the fry. I've taped a small measure to the side of the tank. The little ones seem to like swimming along the glass at the surface, it isn't long before they cruise past my measure. Most of what I've seen so far at about the 5mm mark.
According to the growth chart Betta breeders the world over seem to use, and converting it to metric, my guys should be around 6.3mm by week two. Better hurry up guys, only two days to go and another 1.3mm to get...
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