one month

since I set up these fish tanks in my new place. I think it's going in the right direction- very pleased that this maintenance day I didn't have to clean any algae off the glass- things must be balancing out and what is there the snails and otos take care of. Brown algae on the plants is worst on the older leaves, fresh new stuff continues to grow. Nitrates remain steady around 20ppm at the end of the week when I feed the plants again, and I haven't lost any more fish.

The biggest apono is starting to look decent in the forty gallon

and the little stray one in the tenner has a new leaf- it's much narrower than those in the bigger tank. Anubias keeps putting out new leaves here, too, and the java fern is starting to have presence.