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I finally got a chance to plant some Glosso in the 10 gallon tank. I think it will really pull the whole aquascape together once it starts to fill in.

The Rotala Indica really needs a trim. I was hoping to put it off for another few weeks but it is already starting to grow along the surface.

The “Cuba” is also growing quickly. I wasn’t sure how it was going to handle the new environment but it’s doing great so far.

I think that once the Molly fry get a little larger I’ll move them to another tank and add a school of Boraras maculatus.

Plant List:

• Rotala indica
• Glossostigma elatinoides
• Didiplis diandra
• Nesaea pedicellata
• Ludwigia repens x arcuata
• Ludwigia Inclinata var Verticillata (Cuba)
• Blyxa japonica

The 10 gallon tank is filling in very nicely. The CO2 system is working great and there has been very little algae buildup on the glass despite the amount of natural light the tank receives during the day. I’m going to start planting Glosso in the front of the tank and I need to trim the Rotala Indica very soon. The Nesaea Pedicellata seems to be surviving but hasn’t grown much since I planted it. I added some Ludwigia Inclinata stems that I had left over from the 55 gallon tank. I’m curious to see how they do in a little bit less light.

About a week ago (9 Feb) I purchased 2 Dalmatian Mollies from the local PetCo at the request of my wife to go in the 10 gallon tank. If they were for any other tank I would have said objected but the 10 gallon is a bit like the Island of Misfit Toys; for whatever reason most of the fish that cannot cope with life in the larger tanks end up here. The two that she liked were female, one was mostly black and the other was mostly white. At this point I should have been having flashbacks of the hundreds of Platies that I ended up with a few years back. But, I was probably distracted by my own fish selections that evening and the thought that one, or both of the females could be pregnant did not enter my mind.

Sure enough, 3 days later we had about 20 surprisingly large fry darting around the aquarium. The mostly black female was pregnant.

I added 6 Golden White Cloud Mountain Minnows that I picked up at Wet Pets to the 55 gallon tank.