Retail therapy

The PetSmart in Gainesville has a nice setup - I was in there last night admiring the bettas (in particular an all-white crowntail male that wasn't albino) but I'm not going to buy a betta (because this would require another tank, which I don't really have room for) but I needed some more ferts for the planted tank. So this afternoon I swung by the Manassas aquarium store, which seems to have at least two names but goes by The Cozy Clownfish online. I suppose a betta will have to wait until a Fluval Chi falls into my lap, then I'm sure it will be fine to have another tank for a betta! LOL Unfortunately Fluval's really awesome small aquarium lines are all enormously expensive. So no plans on the horizon there.

However, I did walk out of the LFS with two new inhabitants for the planted tank: a female blue ram, and a red tiger lotus. The rams appear to have hit it off right away (I was worried that they wouldn't get along, but the store keeps the blue rams separated one per tank, so that may help with compatibility issues.) She's a quite a bit smaller than my male but he hasn't been bullying her and they've been swimming near each other a lot. I doubt any fry will survive this tank but it would be interesting if they did decide to breed!