Thanks you two.
Yep Andrew, I took the Anubias out, but I put them in my 29g and it looks much better with that layout. I'll have some pics of it up soon so you can see the placement.
I haven't really decided on a final stocking yet, but I'm still going with the idea that I've had for awhile: about 15 Rummynose tetras, 10 Corydoras hastatus, 10 Corydoras pygmaeus or habrosus (can't decide), pair of Apistos, and 5-6 Otos. That's what I'm planning as of now, but I change my mind about things pretty frequently.
I'm trying to understock a bit and have the larger school of tetras so it focuses more on the plants than the fish, but we all know how my stocking usually ends up (overstocked...).
And I might bump the Rummies up a bit more once I get a big group of them and see how they look.
The Hastatus Cories will probably be the first fish in. I am not registering any ammonia now from the Aquasoil (only had about 1ppm for a week) and since my filter was cycled, I'm throwing in some flakes every now and then to make sure I don't lose all my bacteria. I'm sure the ammonia from the aquasoil helped keep it alive though.
I'm going to wait atleast a week for the HC to fill in more before adding the cories though because I don't want them uprooting it.
(For the newbies out there, I have had my filter running on my established 55g for a few months now, so it's cycled.....moving it to my 40g makes an instantly cycled tank
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Stay tuned!