Step Three Part B - Buying More Fish

So I have been kind of lacking in keeping this up to date so it is time for some catch up.

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I have 3 new species in my tank now, and 3 new plants. I also have substrate now.

So I bought Gold Tux Swordtails. I got male and 6 females. They like to swim all over the tank and at least 2 are always out in the open.

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I then got substrate. I decided on pool filter sand because I have heard the fish tend to like it, and it's easy to plant with since the plant roots can easily dig into the sand. Sadly I wasn't paying much attention when I put the sand it, and choked out one of my swordtails. Thankfully though this is the first and only death in the tank, which puts me way ahead of where I was at this point in the previous setup.

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I then bought a Amazon Sword. I had this plant in my previous tank and I loved it. This one though is a lot more healthy then my last, and seems to be on the verge of flowering.

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I then bought Red Eye Tetras. These were by far the most expensive because of where I bought them, but well worth the purchase. I have one that will just float right under the heater. He must feel safe there because the heater has been on a total of maybe 10 hours in the past month.

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I then got two more plants. The first one is a "green hedge". Don't buy this plant. From everything I am reading it isn't meant to be underwater and will eventually drown and die.

The second plant I got was Wisteria. It kind of looks like parsley. More on this plant in a moment.

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I then bought 2 Albino Clawed Frogs (image). These guys are fun little critters. At the moment they are much smaller then the gouramis in the tank, but don't tell them that - During feeding time they will chase off the other fish, and whey they are not eating (they are slow to take bites) they will sit on top of the food. But when they do decide to eat they are very quick and use their hands to hold the food and chow down. They also love to lounge away in the Wisteria plant in the corner of the tank.

When I first put them into the tank they would intentionally get themselves lodge between the HOB filter and the tank glass. They days it isn't shocking to see them lodge between the plants and the glass. When they do this they look dead because of the really strange ways they will position themselves, but their not - Their just chilling.

They also don't seem to move around a ton, but don't let them fool you. They might tend to move slow, but when they decide to put the pedal to the metal they easily are the fastest species in the tank.