Snowflake the 'rio esmeraldas gold' acara. How's she doing today?

[Hybridfish7]

This post will just be on my rio esmeraldas gold female, snowflake. (I should start calling her 'goldflake', she's more gold now.) I'll try to post pictures updating on her daily.
Story behind her:
got her from Jeff Rapps at the 2017 big fish deal. She was part of a breeding pair, lived in a 10 gallon the whole time I had her, only grew an inch since I got her, and ever since has stay 3 inches. She had 6 (unsuccessful) spawns, and got sick so the male 'discarded' her. (btw he died 2 days before christmas 2017, RIP)
Now she's just my pet, not my breeder. Super friendly (to me) and still lives in a 10 gallon, now with some red eye tetras. (I know it's kinda overstocked but she's been fine for the past year, I do 25-50% water changes a few times a month)
Here's she is:

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[Hybridfish7]

That's an old picture... Here's one taken just now, at 1:30 am on January 6th, 2018.

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my camera doesn't like the lighting in my room.

 

[Hybridfish7]

2:46 pm, January 6th.

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[cheeseb0y]

Pretty little fishy. I've never seen one before.

 

[Hybridfish7]

Here's her trying to hide in a cave that is too small.

 

[justarn]

Nice fish, I really like her.

 

[Hybridfish7]

thanks!
also in that pic with her in the cave- i had to help her out of that a little while later... she kinda got stuck