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Here's an update now that things have settled in. I ended up trading in my BN pleco since he was way too fond of throwing the new substrate around with his tail (I kind of thought it might happen, this stuff is pretty light). He was uprooting half the stuff and burying the other half...

Okay, so today was the day of the makeover. The room change didn't happen as it was too hard to level in the living room. But the substrate swap and planting happened, and here are some pics! Here's the holding tanks for the fish and plants during the draining: (Don't know why I had the...

And the plants have arrived: Sorry the picture quality isn't that good. Top row is Crypt wendtii 'Tropica' x3, Apon. boivianus, and Nymphaea zenkeri 'red'. Bottom row is Crypt lutea, Hydrocotyle leucocephala x10 bunches, and Crypt crispatula 'balansae' x25. They're all sitting in the tank...

Very nice! How many watts on it?

Just a little update. The makeover hasn't happened yet, but the Hygro is out, so here is the tank without it: The floating mass is Rotala rotundifolia, which I may or may not keep. The plant order is in, here's the list: 25x Crypt. crispatula 'balansae' 10x Hydrocotyle leucocephala 3x Crypt...

And of course after I post about how nice the Nymphoides is doing, I get home and... The loaches decided to have a snack. :evil: Well, we'll see if they decide to leave it alone. Oh well... On a brighter note, my Anubias package finally got here, later than expected but in fine shape...

Thanks, newfound. I'm the one you just sent the hydrocotyle and Nymphoides 'Taiwan' to (thanks!), so you've caught on to my plan exactly! ;) The Taiwan lost some leaves in shipping but it is bouncing back nicely -- it has a new leaf about halfway to the surface already.

The cories are sharing my betta's tank. They've actually been in a couple weeks, but their fins were pretty ragged when I got them. Starting to heal up nicely. There's 5 in all, this is just 2 of them: And these Endler's are my first ever fish gotten by mail, very exciting. Received this...

Anyone care to guess the species of this: It's maybe 6" tall now, short petioles, long oval leaves with rounded ends, and a pair of veins that go from halfway down the leaf to the tip. I couldn't find anything on Plantgeek that looks like it, but about half their sword are missing pictures.

Well, I've set a deadline for myself to get this done by the first weekend in November. The driftwood has been soaking for almost a month now with several changes of water, so that's getting ready. I decided to order Aquariumplants.com substrate. Here are a couple pics: Dry: Wet: From...