Valentina Pham

Been running about a year and a half now, and it barely resembles that bare cube from the first week. Buce has finally bulked out on the wood, rotala keeps pushing new growth under the twinstar, and the otos stay glued to the glass most mornings. Started with just hardscape and controsoil, no real plan beyond seeing what took off. Blue rilis are everywhere now, way more than the original count suggests.

Cardinal tetras are the ones I watch most, ten of them schooling tight over the hairgrass with the rasboras cutting through. Jade shrimp graze the seiryu stone all day. Carpet's patchy in one corner still, moss filled in nicer than expected.