Fishless Cycling Problem

Just thought I'd give a quick update on things. Added some more black phantom tetras yesterday to make 11 in total. Suddenly most seem more confident and are coming out more. Gave all the fish some freeze dried bloodworm and they went mad for it. But will use as a treat 2 to 3 times a week. Sadly lost one of my last two Harlequins yesterday,  but have decided to hold off adding any more of them for now. Next will be to add some more glowlight tetra to make their group 11/12 strong then will have to think about other fish to add. If last harlequin is still around I would like to add more as they are a great looking fish. But if not might think of something else.

Sorry to hear about your fish incident.
I think most of us have had problems with fish getting too close to the syphon. I certainly have. I syphoned up some fry that I didn't know existed last week, but was lucky that they were so small that they ended up in the bucket and I noticed before disposing of the water, so managed to get them back into the quarantine tank.
Tank maintenance can be quite difficult when the fish are inquisitive.

I rescued 11 baby shrimp from one 15 litre bucket the other week... and 2 from the floor the week before where I'd put a pile of plants I was removing... all survived luckily, that said I never thought of checking the tube itself