Fear the Crab

Due to a rapid infestation of pond snails, and the untimely deaths of a few panda cories, I decided to donate the remaining pandas and pygmies and completely break down the 10 gallon tank. No more Poppy⁵ and Fezzik⁶, and I was sad to see them go, but I don’t think they were getting any happiness in a tank that crowded with snails.

I instead bought a 20 gallon tank, and this time I used a thin layer of sand as a substrate. I threw away the undergravel filter because it just kept giving me problems (likely because I wasn’t doing anything to get the most out of it). I added some taller plants, attached some healthy java fern to my old driftwood, and bought one of those big bell decorations, the kind that acts as a large cave, with plants attached.

I just added a new angelfish, and four of what they call Agassiz’s Cories. Maile helped to pick them out. Agassiz’s cories look like julii or sterbae cories, with lots of small dots peppered on their bodies. I don’t know the different variations of angelfish color patterns, but this one is semi-striped.

I’m trying to come up with names. So far I have Raya for the angelfish, and Estrella⁴ for the cories. Any suggestions are welcome!

EDIT: I have decided to name the angelfish Argento. At least, that’s now the new front-runner until I hear something better. The angelfish looks more silver than it does striped, though it does have some stripes.

‘Nudder EDIT: In keeping with the Italian theme, the cories are known as Pepe⁴, since their many dots make them look like peppered cories.