I inherited a tank from my mom when she passed away last year. My fiancé was looking after it at first, but now that I’ve come back to earth I’ve fallen in love with the hobby myself and have certainly learned a lot over the year.

We just bought a 30 gallon long, but since I can’t scape it until we build a stand, I’m trying to scratch the itch by sketching plans. It’s not set in stone, just one idea of many. I watch a lot of Tai Streitman Biophilia, George Farmer, Oliver Lucanis, Heiko Bleher, etc. So it’s not really going to be a biotope but I want to meet the needs of the fish using inspiration from underwater footage I’ve watched and things I’ve learned.

We’re not planning on using CO2 so realistically some of the plants might not work out like cabomba.

The current tank isn’t anything fancy but it’s certainly special and has brought our household a lot of joy. Current stock: 8 rummynose tetra, 2 panda cories, 2 ancient Japanese trapdoor snails named Skycloud and Gloria (naming credit goes to my 9 year old brother), and some stowaway bladder snails in a 10g.

Planning to give the cories a bigger shoal, the tetras a bigger school, and perhaps eventually introduce a pair of Bolivian rams.

Just wanted to share since it’s all I can think about. Ideas welcome.