Today's a happy day!
Today is a good day!
A few months ago I was not very happy. I was unsatisfied with my work life, and unfulfilled in my personal life. I was stoned and/or drunk from the moment I woke up until the second I fell asleep. Anger and depression were taking over every thought in my mind.
As a result, I severely neglected my aquarium and fish. I stopped checking water parameters, hardly fed my fish, and didn't even turn the light on for about two months. I completely avoided my tank and wouldn't even look its direction. I had 10 pygmy corys and 10 cardinal tetras.
After some serious reflection and a lot of help from my friends and family, I was able to dig myself out of the hole that I had dug. I sobered up and forcibly changed my outlook on life. I started maintaining my tank again and fell back in love with the hobby and my fish.
I lost two tetra during that time and could only ever count 6 corys at once, I thought I had lost 3 or 4. My plants were taking over my tank and my hardscape was a mess, so finding them was difficult.
Yesterday I did a ton of tank maintenance. I took all hardscape out, moved plants around to places that made sense, swapped out my shitty amazon sponge filter for a canister, and added new hardcape. To my surprise, I counted all 10 pygmys! I was blown away that they were all still with me. I'm so grateful to still have them, and they are much happier now that I am actively back in their lives.
I'm back to sitting in front of my tank every day watching them and obsessing over them. I just wanted to share with you all, and thank you for the inspiration you all gave me with your posts!