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25 g tank up and running – so far so good

Posted by Anja on March 4, 2008 at 17:50 | Last modified: July 11, 2012 17:02

I finally finished putting all the auction loot in yesterday, and now the filter’s starting to clear the water a little.

I’m not in love with the canopy that came with the kit. Not that it’s bad, it’s just the wrong one for this tank. It’s 5 cm too short and not made for rimless tanks. If I can find a light-glo or something similar for not too much money, I might try to sell this one while it’s still new. It’s either that or rig something up that keeps the fish from carpet surfing.

Close-up of the Tiger Lotus:

The flash swallows the colors a bit, but if I try w/out it, the reflections are bad on the glass.

In a few weeks I’ll go looking for a little bristlenose. It was too sad to see those beauties go at the auction and not being able to get one.

But now, the waiting game starts. I should go, read my library books, knit a sweater or something, to pass the time.

Ok, ok, I couldn’t resist. I tried a pic w/out flash, just for the pretty color of the light:

So, sue me. At least I found a position where the reflections are kept to a minimum.

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First Giant Auction

Posted by Anja on March 3, 2008 at 10:51 | Last modified: July 11, 2012 17:03

I came home with an amazing pile of loot, and an OVAS membership card, but too late to do anything but collapse on the couch. Now I’m back with fresh energy, planting some plants. There’s Java Fern (both kinds), Java Moss, Vals (straight and spiral), Crypts, Swords and Nympheas (Tiger Lotus).

I had to move the rock formation to the back and replace a couple of the stones with smaller ones to make room for the big rooted stump I bought. That thing has an amazing volcano-like opening in the top that just begs to be stuffed with plants.

At the end of the day, it doesn’t look half bad. I have quite a bit of straight Val left over (that was a big bag) and some tiny Java Fern plantlets. They’re in the nano for now that I freed up when I took the spiral Vals out.