I started a new 10 gallon tank.
Isn’t it pretty??
Here’s a close-up of the grotto area.
I created the grotto to provide places for fish to hide while maintaining a natural look and feel. I’m not sure what the name of the plants I bought, but in general, I found it was very difficult to find healthy aquatic plants at the various tropical fish shops I visited. Petco had some decent plants, but they didn’t even look like they were aquatic plants. Seemed like they just immersed some household plants in water. Cheaters.
So while the plants cycle my aquarium, fostering beneficial bacteria to start the nitrogen cycle, I’ve got some time to think about what fish to put in my new tank. I’m liking cichilds, I’ve got two firemouth cichilds in a 5 gallon tank. I might try to get a more varied community in this tank because it’s a bit bigger. More pictures once I decide.