moved one piece of spiderwood that kept catching the flow weird and pushing sand around. small fix but the flow looks a lot better now. everything is coming along well, carpet almost solid in most spots and the bucephalandra finally putting out new leaves.
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day 30
added the first fish today, small group of neon tetras. bag is floating on the surface right now getting them adjusted. tank still looks pretty sparse with the carpet only half filled in but its wild how different it feels having something actually swimming around in there instead of just plants and rock.
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day 14
couple weeks into cycling and the hardscape still looks pretty bare tbh. monte carlo is just tiny separate clumps with a ton of substrate showing between them, moss is thin too. water is clear at least. trying not to compare it to what i want it to look like yet.
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day 3
topped her off and got the eheim running, that thing gurgles a bit when it primes but settles down after a minute. nothing living in there yet, just watching the flow move around the dragon stone.