Updates,

Got the sponge pre-filter to replace the stainless steel mesh pre-filter, and started feeding newly hatched BBS to the hastatus tank, along with the live worms and the home made fish food blend.

More interestingly....

Exactly 30 days ago, I pulled a nice clump of bolbitus from the ...

Just a quick update - while doing a water change last night, I saw a fry that was probably around 1cm big - biggest fry I've seen in this tank. Hopefully this means that there are more of them hiding, and that things are turning around in the fry raising department of this tank :d

The only change ...

Thanks apistomaster! Your permanent colony setup is actually what I'm trying to copy!

The breeder that I got these cories from lives a couple of minutes away from me and is on the same SF Hetch Hetchy water supply, so I'm not too worried about about my tap water. Only difference with my tank is ...

1. Water parameters
a) Temperature range. - Hydor inline heater set to 78. Will confirm with a digital thermometer in the next few days.
b) pH. - Will test later. (IME San Francisco Hetch Hetchy tap water is almost always in the 7-7.5 range)
c) GH. - Will test later.
d) KH. - Will test later.
e ...