It's all going so well! I'm so happy; last time I went to set up a tank, things didn't run nearly this smoothly. I received the java fern in the mail today. The plants were smaller than I expected, but otherwise, the order was great. I received a lot more than expected, and the plants all had an excellent amount of leaves. I spent about two hours today tying them to the rocks, and I'm letting all the tiny little plantlets just float around in the tank until they get big enough to actually plant. They look really good! Tying plants up is always a nightmare for me, and I ended up having to reorganize the rock stacks since I couldn't remember how they were before, but otherwise, all went well. The carpet's a mess now, unfortunately.
In other news, I moved the smaller driftwood piece, so hopefully it looks better now. I kinda like it, but I might shuffle it around a little more. And the cycle is going well too. Ammonia is getting eaten up fast, and nitrites are now off the scale. I'm gonna do a water change on Sunday to bring them back down to Earth. And sadly, I accidentally shattered my glass versa top while I was working with the rocks. My mom paid for a new one, so that's all good, but I'll have to top off the water more often now that I don't have a top. Ah, oh well.
So, aquascape is officially done! Now we just have to add our animals once the cycle finishes up.
