Hi fihserman, thank you kindly! Yes, my betta boy is my baby, but a tailbiter annoyingly. He loves to cruise around the wood and lacefern and spy on my shrimp (Darwin red-nose, aussie natives which looks o neat). Where can i find your journal? All my tanks except the 5g are evolutions from an original, rather noob design which i planted out once i advanced a bit more in the hobby. They've turned out well, but i'd love to start another larger tank from scratch with a clear design in mind, like carpet of glosso and a little tenellus around an epic piece of driftwood. I saw your albums and love designs in both the 20g and 2g nano. did you find growing emmersed easy? I've read some articles from Tom Barr on it, particularly seems sucessful approach for filling in alae free carpeting plants. Maybe you can share some info and i'll try a nano bowl i have lying around for some extra red cherry shrimp i have

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