🌊🐠 New little king settling into his kingdom 👑
A week ago he was hiding in the corner… now he’s exploring the whole tank, playing with the sand, and already begging for food 😂
Still cycling the tank slowly and carefully:
✅ Ammonia: 0
✅ Nitrate: 5
⚠️ Nitrite still showing 0.25
Keeping things simple:
* natural sand setup
* driftwood & stone
* pothos roots
* low stress environment
Thinking maybe 1–2 ghost shrimp soon for enrichment 🦐
It’s honestly amazing watching a tiny Flowerhorn slowly gain confidence and personality day by day. 🌱🐠
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@Ruester
8h
Keep checking!!! Some of Mine would eat and play still too. Not trying to scare ya lol
@flowerhornspi
8h
appreciate it 🙏 I’ve already become a full-time fish security guard at this point 😂👮♂️
@Ruester
8h
Is this a fresh tank??? Root…🧐
@flowerhornspi
8h
Yep 😂 Fresh setup with pothos roots hanging in for nitrate control 🌱🐟 The little guy actually loves swimming through them already lol
@flowerhornspi
8h
@TranquilHarbor10
6h
Looks like he’s already king of the sandcastle lol gotta love that curiosity!
@flowerhornspi
6h
seriously 😂👑 Little dude already acting like this tank has been in his family for generations 🐟🏰
@flowerhornspi
6h
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You sure that’s sand…. Battled a lot of ich and velvet, never won, tried all the popular shit, down to the tin foil hat stuff. lol
Yeah it’s sand 😅 He came in stressed from shipping so I’ve been watching him closely every day. Thankfully he’s active, eating, exploring, and the spots actually seem to be improving already 👀🐠 Definitely appreciate the warning though — ich/velvet stories got me paranoid checking him 20 times a day 😂🙏
Hope it all works out!