Snails!

Well...
I'm going to assume this occurred when I bought the plants. Apparently they had a cluster of ramshorn snail eggs. These eggs have since hatched, and for a little a couple of snails were visible at once around the tank.
After a week or 2 I still don't know whether or not this will turn out to be a bad thing or not. On the one hand, these snails will apparently breed like crazy if the tank isn't clean enough and may eat the plants to nothing (I hear mixed reviews on this bit), on the other hand I've heard they're good with dealing with hydras (those dragon things that gain extra heads every time you chop one off), which may or may not be a problem in my tank, and will help get rid of algae. Plus they're kinda cute.

First spotted out and about.

Adorable, no?

As I was looking around for the last 2 penguin tetras today (I lost them somehow, really couldn't find them, but they were there later so I guess they're good at hiding), I picked up the wood, and found no less than 8 or 9 of these snails of various sizes...
In other news, on one of my hair grass, and in various other places around the tank, there is, for lack of a better term, some 'stuff'.

Stuff on hairgrass.

Various other place, though this one is more hair like...

Well for all I know it could just be wet dust in the first pic and  a hair or a spiderweb that dropped in. Or they could be hydra related... Research time!

Om nom nom.

I leave you with this picture of Budgie the adorable Royal Whiptail.