I haven’t posted an update on my fishes in a while, so I figured I’d go ahead and do so! Ever since I moved to the apartment with my husband, I’ve been having problems with gross black scummy algae on everything. I’m not sure if this is because I don’t have an algae eater or if I need a better filter (doubtful as I have a 30gal filter and my tank is only 20gal) or if it’s because it’s actoss the room from windows, but my bet is that the water in the apartment is now city water where as my parent’s house and my old house had well water.

Anyway, since the water conditioner to get rid of algae wasn’t working I decided to go a different route and finally get some Marimo Moss Balls. I’ve kept one of these before with little luck (I don’t think it was okay when I got it) so hopefully these guys will do better! I’m excited to have a live plant in my tank tbh. I only have 5 black neon tetras and one big (fully grown, about 3.5-4 inches) striped rafael catfish in there so these new additions are very welcome!