Time sure does fly. Before I knew it, it was approaching the end of May and the deadline for submitting was here. I had hoped the tree would be way way more filled out but I was pretty happy with where I got it.
The fish would not cooperate with me. It's like they knew when I took all the hardware out they figured I was cleaning the tank so they were freaked out. This was the best shot I could get of them.
The tree had actually grown in even more than this but I trimmed it some because I wanted to be sure I could see the slope of the grass line behind it. I also put down fresh sand to make the river pop. Here is a cool tank shot I submitted to Reddit shortly after and got the most upvotes for a post I've ever made. People were either super stoked or freaking out about having a glass stand.
As a footnote, about a month after I submitted the top shot here I realized I didn't ever get a confirmation email from ADA like I did in 2019. My heart sank when I realized this. I tried to email their support to see if my submission got in successfully but I never heard back. There is a high probability that something failed on the website during my submission and I didn't notice. I guess I'll either get a letter in the mail or I won't. Sad because I was 1301 last year and made the book which you can see in my stand in the picture above. I was really looking forward to making the book again this year. Fingers crossed till October or whenever the results come out.
