separated

Mr. Beautiful is now alone in the 45 (kuhlis don't count as company).

The fin tears healed up in a day, but the fish still has marks from bites on its side.

More serious are Sky's injuries- I can't show you a closeup because she is very camera shy right now, but if I sit on the floor she comes out and cautiously cruises around her new tank. I put her in my 20H (after moving out the tetras into a spare 10g, and the shrimps into the betta tank). The bruising on the face is less red, but I'm worried the mouth is damaged- it won't close all the way. She attempts to eat but spits a lot of it out. I did a water change this morning, not much else but wait and see if it heals. Skye hides behind the plants, but already frequently comes out to the front of the tank with stripes bold, so I think she's feeling relieved to be away from the other angel.

My aggressive angel, I thought it would also look more relaxed once Skye was gone. But all day his stripes have been washed out, and he moves away when I walk by the tank- drifts to the other side of the tank deliberately or turns to face the wall, but not dashing away frantically like before. (Too late, I learned how to turn off the red light that flashes on the front of my camera- so the fish won't flinch when I take a picture).

Plant stuff seems inconsequential to note now, but earlier in the week I brought over a few more plants from my betta tank. I did a big trim of windelov fern. Didn't glue or tie down any pieces, just stuck them behind the rock or wedge under the end of the anubias rhizome here.

Pulled a few buce 'isabelle' and 'blue bell'. Wedged these in between the two driftwood chunks. Right now the bits of gravel their roots hold keep them down, but the kuhlis like to go through that crevice and I find them knocked loose sometimes. I hope soon enough their roots will grab the actual wood, and they'll stay in place.

One entire buce 'selena'. It got dusted with a bit of mulm here, but does add a lovely blue note to that side of the tank.