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Rescape

Removed Amazon sword and added different plants

Key moment

I removed the amazon sword in the back left corner as it very quickly got too big for the tank and swapped it out with some different stem plants and a smaller sword species.

Update

Updated Pics

Updated pictures after stocking and some plants dying off and some plants added more of and starting to spread and grow out as well as trimmed

Trim & reshape

First plant trim

Did a plant trim of mostly the dwarf sagittaria and removed any overgrown or yellow/ripped leaves from the stem plants and Amazon sword. Might have to swap the Amazon sword for something that doesn’t grow quite so big in the future

Update

Hardscape

The hardscape of the tank includes two seiryu stones and two pieces of manzanita wood. Just learned the stones are what’s bringing the PH up even with fluval stratum and using Rodi water only for water changes.

Update

Stocking Plan

I would like to house Gardneri Kilifish one male and two females, with the potential of a small school of ember tetras if the space allows

Update

Added PH lowerer Aug 24

Brought pH down to 6.8 from about 7.4