stress

New LED light on my tenner.

A very simple one that basically just goes on/off, none of the light variation programming options like more sophisticated versions. I didn't want that because those seem too strong for my low-tech with low-light plants. Even so it's a lot brighter than the cfl I was using. Makes me notice all kinds of little flaws in the glass, specks of things. Oliver's colors bold.

The plants vivid.

But also made me see that his eyes are gone cloudy.

Poor water quality? Nope I tested it- no ammonia, no nitrite, pH good at 7.6, nitrates 20 (to be expected, I dosed ferts yesterday). So the water is clean and biofilter working fine, I guess its just stress from the move. Maybe from the new lights- he tends to hang out in the front of the tank where its shaded from the lid hinge. I have been doing small partial wc (half gallon) every other day, just siphoning off some settled debris on the broad leaves. Fed him some garlic-soaked food too. His eyes seem a little clearer today.

Fun picture of the oldest trumpet snail under anubias side-by-side with Mavis. (Who actually laid eggs on the trumpt snail's shell!) Igh, you can see water spots on the glass.