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Full Tank Log
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Settling down
Finally everything is setting down and stabilizing.

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New Heater
Got a new heater for my tank so the temperature is stable now. Added 4 pepper corydoras and one Julii Cory from another tank.
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Panda Cory Died
Three of the panda cories added yesterday died. There might be something wrong with my heater. It is not holding the temperature. I need to replace heater

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Panda Cories!
Added panda corydoras today. Water parameter is good, decided to not get another betta until I have more space. These 6 panda cories should be great for the bottom of the tank.

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Bobby's Gone!
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Came home today and found that Bobby has passed away. Did a quick water test and found elevated ammonia in the tank and lower temperature than normal. It has been colder than normal lately so that might be the cause for the low temperature. But the e…

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Bobby's Gone!
Came home today and found that Bobby has passed away. Did a quick water test and found elevated ammonia in the tank and lower temperature than normal. It has been colder than normal lately so that might be the cause for the low temperature. But the e…

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Water Clarity
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the tank has finally settled down after the fallen driftwood incident. Water cleared up and water parameters are great! Bobby is swimming around happily again.

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Emergency In The Tank
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the piece of driftwood fell over today. seems i didnt glue it down enough. it kicked up some dirt and to get it to stay in place i had to do some emergency rescaping. i used a large rock to prop the driftwood up and to keep it in place i threw in a l…

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Single Rasbora
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this is my last chili rasbora. unfortunately all his friends died a long time ago. I plan on getting him some new friends but for now he is in this tank with 10 exclamation point rasboras and my betta, bobby (bobby is very nice). my plan is to eventu…

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Setup
Key moment
i built this tank for my betta, bobby. i found a piece of driftwood and built the aquascape around that. the idea of this was to take a piece of forest and created a tank out of it. in the tank we have lots of different plants and fish. betta gets al…

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water cleared up!
the tank has finally settled down after the fallen driftwood incident. Water cleared up and water parameters are great! Bobby is swimming around happily again.

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More plants!
planted more monte carlo, anubias and buce. it doesnt look like much but these should grow in great. i put an entire tissue culture cup worth of monte carlo into the tank. there might be some melting but it should bounce back.

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emergency in the tank!
the piece of driftwood fell over today. seems i didnt glue it down enough. it kicked up some dirt and to get it to stay in place i had to do some emergency rescaping. i used a large rock to prop the driftwood up and to keep it in place i threw in a l…

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Bobby’s Bed
Came home and saw my betta Bobby laying in the Hydrocotyle tripartita. This is his favorite spot to rest when he is tired of swimming.

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my last chili rasbora
this is my last chili rasbora. unfortunately all his friends died a long time ago. I plan on getting him some new friends but for now he is in this tank with 10 exclamation point rasboras and my betta, bobby (bobby is very nice). my plan is to eventu…

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Weeping Willow
My purpose for this tank was to see if I can grow a tree in an aquarium. I have done Mangroves before but this is the first time I have grown Weeping Willow. I can happily report that after 4 months of growth the willow is still doing great! I think…