Cleaned the 55 Gallon

This was my first cleaning of the tank since adding the new fish. Up until this point all of the fish seem healthy and to be getting along.

The two daffodils don't seem to like each other, but the aquarium is fairly large for the two of them, so they don't seem to be tearing each other apart. I'm betting they are both males. One of them was looking a little like it had a sunken stomach and a few tattered fins when it first arrived in the tank, but after a week it seems to look normal and healthy.

The j. reganis seem to like each other quite a bit. I am betting I have a male and female there and that they have probably paired up. The same holds true for the n. caudopunctatus. Tonight before the cleaning one of them was even hiding in a snail shell with the other close by. After the cleaning was complete, the caudo. in the shell still did not emerge even after all of the other fish had come out from their caves. So, I am hoping that there are eggs in there (and not that I have sick fish on my hands!).

The water before the change was nearly perfect -- pH: 8.0, GH: 7 degrees, ammonia: 0 ppm, nitrite: 0 ppm, temp: 76 degrees. I measured again after the water change and everything remained the same.

I drained about 16 gallons from the tank (using siphon and buckets) and replaced it with water using my Python. While the water filled, I added two teaspoons of stresscoat and two teaspoons of baking soda (to bring up the pH). And that's all for tonight!