40 gallon update

It seems with my 40 gallon, I underestimated the difficulty of what I am trying to accomplish. Trying to balance a tank that is full of rock, foreground plants, and slow growing delicate plants has been challenging. Algae blooms, high summer temperatures, and plant eating snails have all been major obstacles to the success of this tank.

Despite all this, the majority of the plants are growing very well, and I still expect the tank to become trouble free in the near future.

15 gallon update

The 15 gallon has been chugging along for 5 months now, and is looking much more mature. There have been minor algae problems, but for the most part it has been pretty smooth sailing. Hopefully the background will start to fill in soon, and there are still a few plants to be added that have been difficult to track down.



The tank is home to two species of fish: clown killies, and Boraras brigittae aka chili rasbora. A species of red shrimp, called cherry shrimp, will be added when a good source is found.