So there is a rock cave on the right. Apisto cave by that. All the rocks stacked in left middle are done to leave little nooks, and I moved the shrimp cave to back left. I feel like there plenty of hiding but some just go into the heater casing.
Surprisingly the betta doesn't pick fights or bully anyone
The brightness will dim a little when the Val fully grows out.
I believe kuli loaches are nocturnal but I'm not sure they should be hiding days out in the heater. Granted it's not running yet because it really only runs in the winter time here.
Also one of the kuli loaches passed. So there are only two. He got by the safe guard device on the intake and was in the canister filter. Now I've cut and stuffed coarse sponge material in the filter cage are to stop that