Very sad discovery when we got home today: Cuban Pete will no more be shaking his maracas. We have no more cloach. I wonder if the heat finally got to him.

I have also finally got around to aquascaping the tank; it looks infinitely better, as it always does. I think I may have to buy some new plants, actually – some more creepy ones, since most of the ground stuff is dead. I’m not sure, but I think I found a dead Rainbow Widow among the leaves… erk.