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Added some botanicals to the Paraguay tank
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I think the apistos approve
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Botanicals also added to this tank
One of my Megalamphodus bentosi, the largest male.
Megalamphodus sweglesi, male. Initially identified as M. Heraldschultzi but consensus leans towards sweglesi now, can't wait to find more because he's a little turd stirring things up with bossy boy bentosi pictured above lol
From another tank, rare nice photo of a couple older purple harlies.
And one of the Bucephalandra in my betta tank flowered
One of my Megalamphodus bentosi, the largest male.
Megalamphodus sweglesi, male. Initially identified as M. Heraldschultzi but consensus leans towards sweglesi now, can't wait to find more because he's a little turd stirring things up with bossy boy bentosi pictured above lol
From another tank, rare nice photo of a couple older purple harlies.
And one of the Bucephalandra in my betta tank flowered
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It was, until the snails ate it hahaha dunno, they found it very tastyBeautiful! And that buce flower is absolutely gorgeous!
Average snails smh...
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A month later and my hydrocolotyle leucocephala (Brazilian pennywort) seeds have finally sprouted! I had a couple flowers bloom on my emersed hydrocolotyle in my goldfish filters, which I had pollinated them by hand and then collected the seeds which developed, and now they have finally sprouted 
Shifted the wood in my 20g to the left more and added another piece, plus moved some young ferns over to that piece as well. I'm liking this more.
Apistogramma borelli pics
Mr Borelli
Both, though he's not been letting her in the pod at first.
First time she's ever been in it
And finally got a pic of Spicy Leaf, the female apisto in natural lighting. Showing off how pretty they can be, even she's got a touch of blue that's hard to capture in most lighting.
Lorgie Georgie, male domestic bristlenose, father of the hybrid fry. The ancistrus triradiatus mother has been moved to another tank without male plecos around, so no more accidental hybrids.
Hoplisoma paleatum
All 3 of my bamboo shrimp out and about
Rasbora sarawakensis. @fishorama I caught these guys spawning the other morning, to my surprise. Of course loaches ate the eggs so nothing to collect lol
And lastly, some not so happy news. I had to say goodbye to one of my goldfish nous yesterday. The other day I moved some hardscape in my goldfish tank and apparently had an anaerobic pocket under it which sent up some bubbles. I watched for issues, other fish fine, but Hammerhead the youngest goldfish unfortunately started being unable to stay up in the water and couldn't right himself, and despite trying to treat him with some Epsom salt for the negative swim bladder issue, he became worse and developed internal bleeding on his lower belly. This would hint at a possible internal infection of aeromonas being my best guess based on it being one of those anaerobic bacterias found in tanks and with the timing and symptoms also being a red flag for it. I had to clove him since he was suffering. The other fish still remain fine, so I am hopeful it was just a single case of it.
Shifted the wood in my 20g to the left more and added another piece, plus moved some young ferns over to that piece as well. I'm liking this more.
Apistogramma borelli pics
Mr Borelli
Both, though he's not been letting her in the pod at first.
First time she's ever been in it
And finally got a pic of Spicy Leaf, the female apisto in natural lighting. Showing off how pretty they can be, even she's got a touch of blue that's hard to capture in most lighting.
Lorgie Georgie, male domestic bristlenose, father of the hybrid fry. The ancistrus triradiatus mother has been moved to another tank without male plecos around, so no more accidental hybrids.
Hoplisoma paleatum
All 3 of my bamboo shrimp out and about
Rasbora sarawakensis. @fishorama I caught these guys spawning the other morning, to my surprise. Of course loaches ate the eggs so nothing to collect lol
And lastly, some not so happy news. I had to say goodbye to one of my goldfish nous yesterday. The other day I moved some hardscape in my goldfish tank and apparently had an anaerobic pocket under it which sent up some bubbles. I watched for issues, other fish fine, but Hammerhead the youngest goldfish unfortunately started being unable to stay up in the water and couldn't right himself, and despite trying to treat him with some Epsom salt for the negative swim bladder issue, he became worse and developed internal bleeding on his lower belly. This would hint at a possible internal infection of aeromonas being my best guess based on it being one of those anaerobic bacterias found in tanks and with the timing and symptoms also being a red flag for it. I had to clove him since he was suffering. The other fish still remain fine, so I am hopeful it was just a single case of it.
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Your sarawaks look fabulous! But I'm sad about Hammerhead
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Me too. He was too young to go, not even full grown. But fancy goldfish are more prone to problems if things go wrong, thanks to their compressed anatomy. It's their biggest downfall.Your sarawaks look fabulous! But I'm sad about Hammerhead
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Rare photo of my L240 pleco completely out of his cave during lights on.
I knew I was gonna kill that new rotala
Hybrid pleco juvenile
Pygmy cory
Maple the Maine coon discovered the tanks
I got bored and made a clay cory with my kids oven-bake clay
I knew I was gonna kill that new rotala
Hybrid pleco juvenile
Pygmy cory
Maple the Maine coon discovered the tanks
I got bored and made a clay cory with my kids oven-bake clay
I know your pain with the rotala 
I couldn't stop mine from melting, it met its creator rather too soon 
But that goes for most of my plants anyways, only my vallis grows faster than hair
Oh the hybrid pleco is an adorable lil nugget!
Looks tasty
Love the oven baked cory, you got talent fr!
I couldn't stop mine from melting, it met its creator rather too soon But that goes for most of my plants anyways, only my vallis grows faster than hair Oh the hybrid pleco is an adorable lil nugget!
Looks tasty
Love the oven baked cory, you got talent fr!
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Was my 4th try with rotalaI know your pain with the rotala
Oh the hybrid pleco is an adorable lil nugget!
Looks tasty
Love the oven baked cory, you got talent fr!
Some plants just don't work for some people, but hey, sometimes several tries can yield results, but looking like rotala is going into my "not compatible" plant list along with wisteria and water sprite lol
Did another oven baked cory today tol, brochis splendens this time. This one's a Keychain
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