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And pictures of my pretty Betta boy :) :
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Sorry....couldn't get any good shots of the ottos tonight, i'll keep trying though ;)
 
Thanks so much! I really appreciate that :) I'm always surprised with the quality of photos from my little point and shoot digital, i couldn't believe how well these came out! thanks again! :)
 
LOL um....sorry? Hahaha no but thanks so much for the compliment, i really appreciate it! I think i just got lucky in the algae department (there is a little bit of algae on the driftwood though :p) Thanks for the pics compliment too! :)
 
Well, the bad news is that when I was away for a long weekend last weekend my roommate forgot to shut the lights off in my tank at night, and there wasn't enough nutrients to sustain the plants and there was a lot of die off of my plants, so it's time to prune and rescape and rebuild. Sigh.

BUT I was at a pet store i don't usually go to because it's a bit farther away than my awesome LFS that I like so much, but I was near it today so I went in to see what they had, and it turned out to be buy one get one free day (every sunday, all fish under $5.00) AND they had Corydoras hastatus so i picked some up for my 5 gallon! I knew they were small but I was surprised just HOW small they were, they're adorable!!! :) They are currently drip acclimating :)

I'll post some pictures of the new layout and new inhabitants once I get it all settled! :)
 
Well, there's no full tank shots (i'll try to get those tonight) but here's a few of the corydoras hastatus

Sharing and algase wafer:
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Hanging out:
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A couple (not so great) ones of the 2 Otos:
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And a couple of my Betta (i think he needs a name...)
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(please excuse the glass that desperately needs a good cleaning on the outside)

Enjoy! As always, all suggestions, comments, questions, concerns, whatever are welcome!

Thanks for looking! :)
 
Well, while looking up their full grown size (0.8 - 1.0") I discovered that it appears the tank at the store was mis-labeled and these are actually Corydoras pygmaeus...but I'm still happy because those were the 2 types of dwarf cory I was looking for. So mislabeled or not, I'm happy with my teeny new additions to the tank! :) And it sounds like these guys stay a little smaller than the hastatus anyway, which is good because the tank is only 5g and already has a Betta and 2 otos in it.
 
Quick update (sorry no full tank shot yet) I went back to the petstore to replace the little Cory that I lost, and couldn't help myself, I got an extra one too. Drip acclimated them last night and I'm happy to say that all 5 are happy and darting all around the tank today! I hope it stays that way! :) Will try to get a FTS soon. :)
 
Marchmaxima - Thank you very much!

I've had a lot of things going on and been very busy so I haven't been able to get a full tank shot yet, but I think I should have time to snap one tonight. So far I believe all 5 little cories are doing well, will post any updates this evening as well :)
 
Well, it's a sad day for me, I came home from my long weekend away, and the Wisteria in my 5g seems not to have re-taken after the excessive light incident (the lights are on timers now) and there was a bunch of die-off, which wouldn't be SO terrible (i have FLOURISHING replacement wisteria in my 20g) but I fear the excess of ammonia from the dying plants and new cories caused one of my Otos and 3 of the new cories to pass
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I pulled all of the dead and dying Wisteria from the tank, did a 75% water change, replanted the one wisteria stalk with a good root base, pulled a LARGE stalk of Wisteria with a great root base from the 20g and planted it in the 5g.
I'll give it a day or two to settle in, then as long as the params are ok, i'll probably add back an Oto since they do well in groups, but I will wait a little longer to add back the cories.
I took a couple pictures of my now very sad looking tank, they're not great because the water was still cloudy, and some of the cabomba is bent over because it got uprooted while I was away and was floating or stuck under part of another stalk upside down and curved up and around to the light :p, anyway I thought I'd post something...Once everything starts growing back in I'll post more new photos...Thanks for looking!

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As always, questions, comments, concerns are welcome!
 
Aw, K! I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your pets. Have you done an ammonia/nitrite test? What were tje results? I wouldn't have thought that a dying plant would have been too greater impact ammonia wise. I might be wrong on that though....

Did you say you added 5 cories all in one hit? Is it possible that was too many all at once?
 
Thanks M! Yeah, decaying plant matter does cause ammonia spikes. I did add 5 in one go, but they're so teensy they probably didn't add more waste than one or two "regular" sized fish you'd put in a 5g, but it's definitely possible that it was too much. It could definitely have been the combination and the biological filter just couldn't handle all the ammonia, and the dying plants were too busy dying to be taking up excess nitrogenous waste. So now I need to get this little tank back in shape! I'll get new ammonia and nitrIte readings as soon as I get home, though I'm sure they'll be high. Thanks for the kind words!
 
I picked up another Oto while I was at my LFS for the 5g, it's drip-acclimating right now :) I'll wait until the tank is back up and lush and green before adding back any cories though.
 
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