tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20368596806713435862024-03-12T23:46:05.441-05:00My Planted Tank AdventuresIrena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-64411482118201578092010-12-08T22:31:00.009-06:002010-12-08T23:19:11.031-06:00Another planted tank.<div>It's been a while since I posted anything so it's time to post a little update with pictures :) I also finally got my 55g tank set up which is not easy being 8 months pregnant. The tank is cycling at the moment but hopefully it will be ready for fish soon, I also can't wait to see some growth.</div><div><div>Here is a little info on my 55g</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">The tank: 55g</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Lights: Coralife 48" 2x65w<br />Substrate: Mineralized Top Soil toped with Ceramaquarts T-Grade, about 50-60lb of it.<br />Filter: AquaClear 110 (will be adding another one soon)<br /><br />Flora:<br /><br />Anubias 'nana'<br />Java fern<br />Dwarf Sag.<br />Cryptocorine Wendtii<br />Blyxa<br />Ludwigia Repens</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Fauna:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">not decided yet</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">And now the pictures</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">12/05/2010</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcf6Ok5D4fd8snCQ01qqE3Ql7R6oPbxbE9J6VTRB9EyUvBvV7qtAMXtF39250IbMKh3sSSHQ_Z1YyWI0hguvdvD8_SKeV3Mp0n9j_fE1PipWb0oZ-NkuAyNIver0JZRX-sceModxntOOM/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcf6Ok5D4fd8snCQ01qqE3Ql7R6oPbxbE9J6VTRB9EyUvBvV7qtAMXtF39250IbMKh3sSSHQ_Z1YyWI0hguvdvD8_SKeV3Mp0n9j_fE1PipWb0oZ-NkuAyNIver0JZRX-sceModxntOOM/s320/018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548542779138397234" /></a>12/06/2010<div>Got more plants :D<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGK1S0OUr8y5pfr8iFt6iYK0N9NBH3bhyphenhyphenL0hNrY_mFdv1MwBGq7wPvYfbPy-FZQSI_uMbTmAfJDn3QgvIGIgyhzEaqyzs_PDdg8am3xSbWGAGE_j7CFcVWGRI2T3X3wXnEutdMYTcQCQQ/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGK1S0OUr8y5pfr8iFt6iYK0N9NBH3bhyphenhyphenL0hNrY_mFdv1MwBGq7wPvYfbPy-FZQSI_uMbTmAfJDn3QgvIGIgyhzEaqyzs_PDdg8am3xSbWGAGE_j7CFcVWGRI2T3X3wXnEutdMYTcQCQQ/s320/002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548542586824478402" /></a>12/07/2010</div><div>Still a little cloudy but with a water change it should be crystal clear.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyMkBqy6k8dqUNabO8x9pDdueHq1lWv2lBLehY6N7gVzM4IbWcE7LHmtBQZZ2gfCJg3mIsxOhx0WjIG_Zyy6jgbPbvtW8gg2k8ZO2Akc9jo-Z2d93knLDbV7qgL0l8Ie70x4VVeIwtI7p/s1600/001.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyMkBqy6k8dqUNabO8x9pDdueHq1lWv2lBLehY6N7gVzM4IbWcE7LHmtBQZZ2gfCJg3mIsxOhx0WjIG_Zyy6jgbPbvtW8gg2k8ZO2Akc9jo-Z2d93knLDbV7qgL0l8Ie70x4VVeIwtI7p/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyMkBqy6k8dqUNabO8x9pDdueHq1lWv2lBLehY6N7gVzM4IbWcE7LHmtBQZZ2gfCJg3mIsxOhx0WjIG_Zyy6jgbPbvtW8gg2k8ZO2Akc9jo-Z2d93knLDbV7qgL0l8Ie70x4VVeIwtI7p/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548542353738526898" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And here is a little update on my 10g. </div><div><br /></div><div>The tank is doing good but I need to get some root tabs because the plants need it. I moved a lot of plants into 55g, but added a bit of blyxa. So the plants currently in a 10g are: Dwarf Sag., Blyxa, Anubias 'nana', Cryptocorine wendtii. The Celestial Pearl Danios (CPD) are doing great. and apparently they breeding because I found a couple juvies that are around 2 months old or so. I will move most of the school into 55g and leave a couple of pairs in 10g. I hope to see more breeding so my school can become even bigger :) </div><div><br /></div><div>12/07/2010</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIDXTR5xwH78d8rKvAvld3PhbfT4g0Zgqxcwxr6nyNQCdf4HCYszuMoSYwgh0Gs6a2gwZKL_prjAVSvqhxgiXA3g3WuMxzAHUMhjKbsNkX38WQ5a1VduCYSpWCF0krO3vFmPMxWj5jMGh/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIDXTR5xwH78d8rKvAvld3PhbfT4g0Zgqxcwxr6nyNQCdf4HCYszuMoSYwgh0Gs6a2gwZKL_prjAVSvqhxgiXA3g3WuMxzAHUMhjKbsNkX38WQ5a1VduCYSpWCF0krO3vFmPMxWj5jMGh/s320/004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548542205212136914" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div></div>Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-52645317584462325242010-05-04T23:14:00.019-05:002010-05-05T00:35:37.299-05:00How to make a moss wall.<div>A moss wall is a great addition to any planted tank. It makes a beautiful background or ground cover. You can also attach some moss to rocks or driftwood. I will make a tutorial on how to make those a bit later. For this project I'm using Taiwan moss, but you can use any moss you like. Other great moss to use is Christmas moss. Once I can get my hands on some I will be making another wall with it and I also want to try Fissidens Fontanus moss, but until them Taiwan moss will have to do =) </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">Step 1</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>What you need:</div><div>-Some kind of mesh. I use a plastic knitting mesh that is available in craft stores, it comes in different colors but I like the clear white. There are other meshes available that you can use. Aluminum ones are used often and they are great for ground cover. You can also find some at hardware stores but make sure it's made out of safe materials that you can use in the tank, and that is why I prefer the plastic ones.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is what it looks like</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDIilrj5Ki6YnYXvrVo7HcNCL5P0hNMn-0gt9THJ3S1a39Vy6hJ93xaKO_mBJPsZOQ7Qr-sw2DdRpa1FqJLFPYrskuM_ohg2H4v4zj-vkLKV6c0O_-xx1ngG9bdUUeL-HcTxkTEus_987/s1600/093.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDIilrj5Ki6YnYXvrVo7HcNCL5P0hNMn-0gt9THJ3S1a39Vy6hJ93xaKO_mBJPsZOQ7Qr-sw2DdRpa1FqJLFPYrskuM_ohg2H4v4zj-vkLKV6c0O_-xx1ngG9bdUUeL-HcTxkTEus_987/s320/093.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467637767192661186" /></a>Cut it to the size you need.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tmm2yYInXMP33aHJYUL0Q5YnXlX84N1HSrS0EA_reuTnyPwNU9pXiCvvq9D9KW3Us26IOZYuQ13viEweYGLMdhLxcYzhp1IECuW5RNh6g0b2XHBc9h1oeJeO8obim_Lzgqs_9eyZvvmp/s1600/095.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tmm2yYInXMP33aHJYUL0Q5YnXlX84N1HSrS0EA_reuTnyPwNU9pXiCvvq9D9KW3Us26IOZYuQ13viEweYGLMdhLxcYzhp1IECuW5RNh6g0b2XHBc9h1oeJeO8obim_Lzgqs_9eyZvvmp/s320/095.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467637614113800162" /></a>You also need some suction cups. Also available in craft stores.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9qYpi9AThp4LdKrCMi_uFGYh1CJh_6RBRWmpPpwIJ_uuCGAATuhwp8MmvOS7pAyNdbSPhbE4yCW8h9fCI4KMSwG4xav6um4lJBvBKBBxdzzgqlkWIm0a_yVBbeD-ZJWq1cqT0yTROEc6/s1600/096.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9qYpi9AThp4LdKrCMi_uFGYh1CJh_6RBRWmpPpwIJ_uuCGAATuhwp8MmvOS7pAyNdbSPhbE4yCW8h9fCI4KMSwG4xav6um4lJBvBKBBxdzzgqlkWIm0a_yVBbeD-ZJWq1cqT0yTROEc6/s320/096.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467637494063902738" /></a>Some scissors, fishing wire, sewing needle (not in the picture). I use soft illusion cord that you can find in a craft store in beading section.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUEut3S5GZX42Go2QvsKJOez0HKcTYlCxEa3jr0v0Lh0ds6ytBW8zFhGKWZkhqT8K8sefvNSrjjPI4GPuMC_PXvhBiYCxSkxJBWztpe3GSFn0fqSIC30ofmsWQ9EeJa-tAl7UK5Az59EN/s1600/097.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUEut3S5GZX42Go2QvsKJOez0HKcTYlCxEa3jr0v0Lh0ds6ytBW8zFhGKWZkhqT8K8sefvNSrjjPI4GPuMC_PXvhBiYCxSkxJBWztpe3GSFn0fqSIC30ofmsWQ9EeJa-tAl7UK5Az59EN/s320/097.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467637351622132530" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;">Step 2</span></b><div><br /><div>-Take the back part of your moss wall and cut out holes for the suction cups. I found that cutting them first is easier that doing it after you completed the wall. Make sure that the suction cup fits tightly in the cut hole, so make it a bit smaller. You can always can make it bigger if you need but making it smaller is much harder. </div><div>Make holes in the 4 corners and in the middle of the net, you want the wall to fit as tightly as possible against the back. I was making a wall for 2.5 gallon tank so I used only 5 suction cups, if you making a moss wall for the bigger tank you might want to use bigger suction cups and maybe add a couple more. </div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71R3hHVXneCno8JCJ4kY7R1493VimKOWyHtkBsIG-gSLsmJXT2XVT2A5nZqZ8irx_j-rQJnuNkKERmqR7URd1tT7hLxzrGh5d9Xe5hwP-c5TY7EWtE7X9E_YYYyE3F0yUu37Egf3nleBs/s1600/098.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71R3hHVXneCno8JCJ4kY7R1493VimKOWyHtkBsIG-gSLsmJXT2XVT2A5nZqZ8irx_j-rQJnuNkKERmqR7URd1tT7hLxzrGh5d9Xe5hwP-c5TY7EWtE7X9E_YYYyE3F0yUu37Egf3nleBs/s320/098.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467637256360458050" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><b><br /></b></span></u></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJtW_3XVUaxL1YWQhaCx3q5DTqSi4Ign9W15utmuwKGayY3XrE1Rl9YZO9S89JsqtKZev8hMIz25brRs2mdwmqebl90vWTb5zH6Jf_RgFjC6KYW-F_JCC4FjxmMIJRxUMT002xQhV0AIT/s1600/099.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJtW_3XVUaxL1YWQhaCx3q5DTqSi4Ign9W15utmuwKGayY3XrE1Rl9YZO9S89JsqtKZev8hMIz25brRs2mdwmqebl90vWTb5zH6Jf_RgFjC6KYW-F_JCC4FjxmMIJRxUMT002xQhV0AIT/s320/099.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467637072944413906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0W97bUFq1M_D6TVmJsU5_cSoTrTw5p2liGFXwGaYEI_qS8PI_sTeLbhw-piGquWEOk9fBVOOAUUOd93z9zbDhShJlHmSiAdBnyQU-8zazXqHnLk_d4t08mAfmH1WKCKKTWmkFJ4JTiLl/s1600/100.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0W97bUFq1M_D6TVmJsU5_cSoTrTw5p2liGFXwGaYEI_qS8PI_sTeLbhw-piGquWEOk9fBVOOAUUOd93z9zbDhShJlHmSiAdBnyQU-8zazXqHnLk_d4t08mAfmH1WKCKKTWmkFJ4JTiLl/s320/100.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467636972849157106" /></a>This is what it should look like after you are done.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMO-vpZ_SRNdsDuvxT11G1mmii0KIOkXY38XRa0fjifYu4UDOyjQu9iXLhujqsLft6_qWmxpz4TEa25G9Y2_lPr6JfiXVqrWH4CV2Cv6XzJs7kkUaIhSyCI_IjCVh87DZlTOssM3iqvSA/s1600/101.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMO-vpZ_SRNdsDuvxT11G1mmii0KIOkXY38XRa0fjifYu4UDOyjQu9iXLhujqsLft6_qWmxpz4TEa25G9Y2_lPr6JfiXVqrWH4CV2Cv6XzJs7kkUaIhSyCI_IjCVh87DZlTOssM3iqvSA/s320/101.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467636909259182178" /></a>Turn it with suction cups down.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPY9VneDa9ZqzDxefFruESterEvsmQ3JOEmoqxEg6eV-1lvHhwReAr45JlcaHfhUyMSCm1AQ22r-EZns-bp_3gp2atgzoSZ2gHf-sFzai0tVzXaia36elpqvkuD0aPfoQpoyeqh1HGBqgH/s1600/103.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPY9VneDa9ZqzDxefFruESterEvsmQ3JOEmoqxEg6eV-1lvHhwReAr45JlcaHfhUyMSCm1AQ22r-EZns-bp_3gp2atgzoSZ2gHf-sFzai0tVzXaia36elpqvkuD0aPfoQpoyeqh1HGBqgH/s320/103.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467636836181352770" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><b>Step 3</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>-Start putting moss on top of the mesh. Cover all of the wall with moss as much as possible. You want it to grow thick so you won't be able to see the mesh in the end.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8jMV5dPeOewmbxzz_Uxus5fd5RFuqRQNMtWodLnqntWXGCvyEEy6GqKg8M9vDPE63dnw5ObUy4CIz4bO5PbLGse7QaU5JW1p_HqhYcPqjS9GR-bEbA1HtZKr6t0adY8aPxI7QdP2qjKR/s1600/105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8jMV5dPeOewmbxzz_Uxus5fd5RFuqRQNMtWodLnqntWXGCvyEEy6GqKg8M9vDPE63dnw5ObUy4CIz4bO5PbLGse7QaU5JW1p_HqhYcPqjS9GR-bEbA1HtZKr6t0adY8aPxI7QdP2qjKR/s320/105.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467636748520818834" /></a>It might take some time so be patient. I didn't have much moss so I couldn't fill it in as thickly as I would like. But once it grows I can trim and make a better one =)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmAu-ECkNVfXn63JQiCQaB83V4lsXYlYWfFzkrQPRxJGsLpLsFGfaAinovPK9HDZy6xGL2YkSAyBZQKEA2U8xhGBFkT5pI53a3Pb2G4Qe0uBtAb8_JpQC33RnKveDJtCAiFLd9XEcdktS/s1600/106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmAu-ECkNVfXn63JQiCQaB83V4lsXYlYWfFzkrQPRxJGsLpLsFGfaAinovPK9HDZy6xGL2YkSAyBZQKEA2U8xhGBFkT5pI53a3Pb2G4Qe0uBtAb8_JpQC33RnKveDJtCAiFLd9XEcdktS/s320/106.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467636637541216290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqyf2ss7stLGjLVUmswoQjcQIDg_D65JltSZg5a46COZx_bI3XCZOf8fgU21TXfWbjmoNtzR4L2uy7RZ8D5ymr7e9SJ3W2YxZU3Uv1uWdlqH0i_HThhXwyxIGOne0wYYQUWw7yKcu9NKf/s1600/107.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqyf2ss7stLGjLVUmswoQjcQIDg_D65JltSZg5a46COZx_bI3XCZOf8fgU21TXfWbjmoNtzR4L2uy7RZ8D5ymr7e9SJ3W2YxZU3Uv1uWdlqH0i_HThhXwyxIGOne0wYYQUWw7yKcu9NKf/s320/107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467636548391626018" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;">Step 4</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><br /></span></b></div><div>-After you are done take the other piece of mess and put it on top of the moss. Take a needle and thread it with fishing wire and start sewing the 2 pieces of mesh together all the way around and the middle to keep the 2 pieces of mesh tightly together. Sorry I don't have the picture of the finished wall, batteries in my camera run out so I couldn't take any more pictures. I will post some pictures of what the wall looks like in my tank a bit later.</div><div>If you have any questions feel free to ask =)</div></div>Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-49599679256340059892010-05-04T21:44:00.017-05:002010-05-04T23:12:56.057-05:00My tank journey in pictures.<div>Here is my tanks journey in pictures. A lot has changed since I started this tank a year ago. My flora is a bit diffrent but fauna is still pretty much the same. </div><div>Flora as it stands now is:</div><div>Anubias 'nana'</div><div>Java Fern</div><div>Taiwan Moss</div><div>Ludwigia Repens broad leaf and narrow leaf</div><div>Dwarf Sagittaria</div><div>Cryptocoryne Wendtii</div><div><br /></div><div>Fauna:</div><div>Celestial Pear Danios (CPD) which I was able to breed successfully. I will post about my breeding experiment later.</div><div>Cherry Shrimp</div><div>Ramshorn Snails</div><div>Malaysian trumpet snails</div><div><br /></div><div>I moved cherry barbs to a different tank because they act more like Cherry Barbarians :) </div><div><br /></div><div>So now to the pictures. Enjoy! </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><b>7.7.09</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><b>Anubias 'nana' in bloom</b></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1fJ_bpqPGPx3ixwZ82aqln9dVlaBSOUDCLtGCTrR8fsLASxlaWsiVVJZjgc0NujgwFYmklASHxF7bFHBaev6-PzHIcIHWLSOQps2bkyXgBTwTh9A2Nce4BPVEyLAko9hS0gvj6LteOCd/s1600/Picture+250.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1fJ_bpqPGPx3ixwZ82aqln9dVlaBSOUDCLtGCTrR8fsLASxlaWsiVVJZjgc0NujgwFYmklASHxF7bFHBaev6-PzHIcIHWLSOQps2bkyXgBTwTh9A2Nce4BPVEyLAko9hS0gvj6LteOCd/s320/Picture+250.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467628275034935266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-UB2uy06JEbKK28k12Luj_bYj3AiS7proOjk6BQnVrS8VvMXnIy-XrZLhjwpPtQYCziOazQj44bWwuTWPSMsZeRyNDvQpuGFpUSZDKUOc39qRm_a-AxoyP1e1zx4gatOgmIf08lsOgyd/s1600/Picture+245.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuwF52bc7iF2TRtLD7NsO0gZmrHM6HFrAgxj6NAT5tKqkd1jPUWeoBX5NSSsNreHVxzJSDZkP4OXxEusvzSxE3El6IiUh838ZeUq-Ih65F9ilGgyPDN4KLIRYQruuRSrowc6pLaP9YHGf-/s320/Picture+274.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467626885215758034" /></a><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">August 2009</span></b></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmylXrlXWPNnbSjux8rb1i_vJKtWIr2HEIgrlFRITifHjIZ3PMiDuyYaGLago2M-ZfX9RbOdJI8x_j6naQ8QRb9q4Zj2rdKS9T_aPwJKu0uk6LgWOO-cD9RionNHinkOoOhOBoi4SikF8Q/s1600/Picture+558.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmylXrlXWPNnbSjux8rb1i_vJKtWIr2HEIgrlFRITifHjIZ3PMiDuyYaGLago2M-ZfX9RbOdJI8x_j6naQ8QRb9q4Zj2rdKS9T_aPwJKu0uk6LgWOO-cD9RionNHinkOoOhOBoi4SikF8Q/s320/Picture+558.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467625354373106658" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGbRexLDGrV8Wp7XKrtu8xIcP4IhPlwZWrjTyAyKIKmxDxIQTDmAbeamAjcJbdpo9Ykr8WSUSS0XQUMOMVp9SDXiSkYzK2TWeiEJ8N3iX1a88DyqE3K5ABgd5lPzIc-nNCPUW0RtzrpCk/s1600/Picture+553.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bfaAJhtOngtVJ1qb55G_yz6ha0s-SinuXVuEv-CSzLuZzuqqdKyTiWGx-kt-hmQefEvBdv4gpOkGacMyTWdXjeGLUjQCJ9GJZxc4xLuo_dXd7ZEugS4wPpiGJGIp2qD88aCHMYjOYeGV/s320/Picture+550.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467625337516440322" /></a><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Couple pictures of my Cherry Shrimps</span></b></span></div></b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_JNKyt0xSqotx1qoLIIIOJeYbRlkuHurdqS7ey3kl3JHeErqfX4xCqFI7skDJ6OAd45h16nAKr_PJr4ot4ez6Yds361VxLW_9pn4LNihPS_G03j40puC1k3X1a0zOvMK64mUZDrJtqP4/s1600/Picture+546.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMwY3im7WrjbdaSPeWRAL0tafHE_jAyPvmTgqvbdNA3JWugT4BVvamX8BO_J5iyVVW2dN9J6fiZzG6QpTtd20O2aIvrNQj5YPftjRibSPiMe3fvOZagLXVzrvfXHflFeKBmpG00cpg-R-/s320/9.1.09.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467624159153077458" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><b>Some more of the Inhabitants</b></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-KuPnVdIJY2idtVCf7qcVa83D8dj789D0lBEkwlXGC9wUEWY3XfFzRquo03LWVmwYTd7sO2Cyv9Izdij0R_RF0HdJcP4miFrlQpn7v7ICV0lJVAIr57UTcNjhucuuSfkoTZkgQNO4MF2/s1600/Picture+033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-KuPnVdIJY2idtVCf7qcVa83D8dj789D0lBEkwlXGC9wUEWY3XfFzRquo03LWVmwYTd7sO2Cyv9Izdij0R_RF0HdJcP4miFrlQpn7v7ICV0lJVAIr57UTcNjhucuuSfkoTZkgQNO4MF2/s320/Picture+033.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467623559211431346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzrghvLhPggiLLu-wqpDt9srfJE3n3RkhJVhsgB36mpRb2UJB_YacwijQClUPUZiDIFgfF0J69eiVvncAfI_pUOIOk8_Tz-rmEuofF38MQSpuiGPv_RdTtBF6gL1nUSBvS72sutXr2Ebs/s1600/Picture+065.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzCy1eXBoU20VfCL1HO9ZmiZadPodASdpdiJ9I82w2CIjWpDANhwFTSGCiVHih58xdapLeM6bFzz56utj27em8Fiv5BTMaO1xVGW3fvmfwpCdC5O_2x5uXIUBr7DJ2mf29Rn0g6yEMePw/s320/062.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467618189246742338" /></a><br /></div>Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-89446596735478631512009-11-10T23:40:00.004-06:002009-11-10T23:59:18.297-06:00Update is way overdue!<div>It's been a long time since I updated my blog and a lot of things changed. My tank is doing great, my fish is breeding. I got a lot of things to write about and have a lot of pictures to post and I will do it in the next couple of days so hold on tight and keep checking back for a lot of pictures and some new info that might just help you with your planted tank. :)<br /><br />And for now here a recent pictures of my tank, more to come, a lot more :) </div><div style="CLEAR: both"></div><div class="post-footer"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard"></span></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"><span class="post-labels"></span></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"> </div></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1rL70AKywty4x7QSQeGElp404QZZzDzsbZGVrszumM6ykcNPVaNikXG08B2hs-rZeJ31o2aGGnDGgF7wU7Xi-MS9KQX_Ht1NXiraHfg-JWzCRLn3yEU3wgBfL5P_PZ5_imMM1EKC5co4/s1600-h/Picture+010.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402720559808737346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1rL70AKywty4x7QSQeGElp404QZZzDzsbZGVrszumM6ykcNPVaNikXG08B2hs-rZeJ31o2aGGnDGgF7wU7Xi-MS9KQX_Ht1NXiraHfg-JWzCRLn3yEU3wgBfL5P_PZ5_imMM1EKC5co4/s320/Picture+010.jpg" /></a>Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-76409125596023302612009-04-20T23:01:00.023-05:002009-04-21T00:10:26.939-05:00My Tank is Finally Planted!Ok so my tank has been planted since Friday, and I am expecting more plants to arrive that I got from one of the members on my forum for a very good deal that I just couldn’t just let go. I also set up my DIY CO2 on Saturday, which so far is working well, by my calculations I am getting 3bps. Also myy drop checker showing good levels of CO2. I noticed some growth on some plants already and I can not wait until everything fills in. I’m planning to add some fish this weekend as long as my levels are good.<br /><br />So now I will move to showing some pictures.<br /><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>4/17/08</strong></span><br />The full view of the tank right after it's been planted.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vwt127jDSgA1nIhr02ip93dljr50mIT6LNYLvZ7CqoexHiCwtLaKXUIgAJfG4S0NMchW3dHzcQhZjWKj2fX0VH13zK5pl6mQk0hBkeGuFRX8LfA9CDejrB4OQzjjuqVIWTNkdLRJKZmx/s1600-h/Picture+249.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327001499558714114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vwt127jDSgA1nIhr02ip93dljr50mIT6LNYLvZ7CqoexHiCwtLaKXUIgAJfG4S0NMchW3dHzcQhZjWKj2fX0VH13zK5pl6mQk0hBkeGuFRX8LfA9CDejrB4OQzjjuqVIWTNkdLRJKZmx/s320/Picture+249.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwi6BdFYXOQNo9B0lANkS03lMWP-IaQriy9ns2CCW1UdDmyK2Mkh2LLdN4YIwHJ_9lWCHBM85MJcMo4xxpZwwihFAhdHHIM3vTu2h5PFYpcvK_YZfW5dj0OuAsSPVcUNxSJdrFY-yTcHer/s1600-h/Picture+242.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327001494127785154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwi6BdFYXOQNo9B0lANkS03lMWP-IaQriy9ns2CCW1UdDmyK2Mkh2LLdN4YIwHJ_9lWCHBM85MJcMo4xxpZwwihFAhdHHIM3vTu2h5PFYpcvK_YZfW5dj0OuAsSPVcUNxSJdrFY-yTcHer/s320/Picture+242.jpg" /></a><br />The close up of the right side<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7m6TS7IQPyspXZY6OgSJC2F4VARMtGlvNTcu6rcswwIv42efANFzDlLvioeYRY_eF8nVNeLITH_BOKjfagCCmiZ1xK22sn6oYWIl31gDc9qazU9Z35gBWJJQk08QhDrAtpSIbMMD5w07a/s1600-h/Picture+259.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327001491323968002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7m6TS7IQPyspXZY6OgSJC2F4VARMtGlvNTcu6rcswwIv42efANFzDlLvioeYRY_eF8nVNeLITH_BOKjfagCCmiZ1xK22sn6oYWIl31gDc9qazU9Z35gBWJJQk08QhDrAtpSIbMMD5w07a/s320/Picture+259.jpg" /></a><br /><div>The close up of the left side<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipb3w71m9ihl9ncKiYD8xg_GHIAptTK6hHKEOJQbyyAwDAtrbr8IHk-5GCzDGKrrufYySaJiilqayWzSi95Mh3WhUmHseyBfsfTsQoM8eQ0EMQbyi1Wh6DnVMqVuB3KPqARl6u1jRDW6HG/s1600-h/Picture+264.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327000174962985682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipb3w71m9ihl9ncKiYD8xg_GHIAptTK6hHKEOJQbyyAwDAtrbr8IHk-5GCzDGKrrufYySaJiilqayWzSi95Mh3WhUmHseyBfsfTsQoM8eQ0EMQbyi1Wh6DnVMqVuB3KPqARl6u1jRDW6HG/s320/Picture+264.jpg" /></a> </div><div><div><div><div><div> <br />The left side view<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkPH8p24VfBKNhBUaAbBwyealU5gUeSQObcRzinMrrL5HdqYkm1rCW_4oBnJd3OEM14by_ZRBZokuTvxxfs_CpyBSG02NEBEmZQt-FhrAFOnckCDdDDV4RvMOH_ZzNqid62z7OP59M9Lg/s1600-h/Picture+247.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326999614073673570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkPH8p24VfBKNhBUaAbBwyealU5gUeSQObcRzinMrrL5HdqYkm1rCW_4oBnJd3OEM14by_ZRBZokuTvxxfs_CpyBSG02NEBEmZQt-FhrAFOnckCDdDDV4RvMOH_ZzNqid62z7OP59M9Lg/s320/Picture+247.jpg" /></a> The right side view<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4_NYcBINI6q0JqmAGzpxj1msPooXxoo0WAQVv2Qhofw-gYMXHP0nkjzDkfLcVQaGUXR3KWWhcslAWSO24GIPZRX5P8_5L-oUQENy0lgkc_9MXAZB-llBZOkWTHbuWTpM_CqgmQNeII5p/s1600-h/Picture+245.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326999614260763058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4_NYcBINI6q0JqmAGzpxj1msPooXxoo0WAQVv2Qhofw-gYMXHP0nkjzDkfLcVQaGUXR3KWWhcslAWSO24GIPZRX5P8_5L-oUQENy0lgkc_9MXAZB-llBZOkWTHbuWTpM_CqgmQNeII5p/s320/Picture+245.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#33ff33;"> <strong>4/18/09</strong><br /></span>Close up of my Ludwigia<br /><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFL0lP1Av8UpwoRxe3MWW8bvkVvOVv6boHdx2c8ZPaog7b1LFtT987m-jygt-kEOkJlXAS3RIXIVxiRwQeOBNESDUQBnMO0u2WU7uKSRI8npDvxHeq25etfHfI06CgTQvEGpxETpDbNiN/s1600-h/Picture+293.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326997820554690290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFL0lP1Av8UpwoRxe3MWW8bvkVvOVv6boHdx2c8ZPaog7b1LFtT987m-jygt-kEOkJlXAS3RIXIVxiRwQeOBNESDUQBnMO0u2WU7uKSRI8npDvxHeq25etfHfI06CgTQvEGpxETpDbNiN/s320/Picture+293.jpg" /></a> View from the top<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjingv5Gky8P7XKzj0BEZu3eKpZ11QKNa2sEs8Nrc0a_8aq_qsWB7vHGMkGUPtXuXeMzfA_OE3_BgYyzj4rDHUVXx0UgrHTs4q9Jw3PgKiwNsUtyyzISGcp_uWB5mNVkTxDC5QldZHmHDT1/s1600-h/Picture+294.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326997815011140194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjingv5Gky8P7XKzj0BEZu3eKpZ11QKNa2sEs8Nrc0a_8aq_qsWB7vHGMkGUPtXuXeMzfA_OE3_BgYyzj4rDHUVXx0UgrHTs4q9Jw3PgKiwNsUtyyzISGcp_uWB5mNVkTxDC5QldZHmHDT1/s320/Picture+294.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUj3i52eNMmJZEqeoJ1BgFqs9FTvDNNEjaD-PQXzCegHJOExqwWhwttkFGmktklDYJ_BoCecDaxFAoItzPycxwu_CDklcVpI1yNY-F37vPFc1-Ev10jfTbfIP_bmmaDBjWdlE2N-L22Uub/s1600-h/Picture+295.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326997815319109026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUj3i52eNMmJZEqeoJ1BgFqs9FTvDNNEjaD-PQXzCegHJOExqwWhwttkFGmktklDYJ_BoCecDaxFAoItzPycxwu_CDklcVpI1yNY-F37vPFc1-Ev10jfTbfIP_bmmaDBjWdlE2N-L22Uub/s320/Picture+295.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong>4/20/09</strong></span></div><div>My DIY CO2<br />The CO2 reactor, It will be moved after I get my new heater. Which I thought I will get today.<br /></div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfPz6y2aC3RmoovotHn8YoNd-PQdR8ZMdVUxNW5oRek8SSkSUJaiq94hy3q2rJ2oQSB6zeTuN7ooE8028FmjYoppxQkDvjwQNte57WUtMMHr0BPbXfiEfny_JDm0JTpsZmrwp_Qf7X4zO/s1600-h/Picture+316.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326994785605015074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfPz6y2aC3RmoovotHn8YoNd-PQdR8ZMdVUxNW5oRek8SSkSUJaiq94hy3q2rJ2oQSB6zeTuN7ooE8028FmjYoppxQkDvjwQNte57WUtMMHr0BPbXfiEfny_JDm0JTpsZmrwp_Qf7X4zO/s320/Picture+316.jpg" /></a><br />Some more pictures of plants.</div><div>I really starting to like this plant it's so pretty. And I think it's pearling this is so exciting. I hope it is pearling........<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZX19LqPq_jX6om79qndCMhdHi9VZVPhQNvSvl5l3Qw2-q1KP5QStA0qRHNtvzGObU496M-dRJ2qVmIZxzfIVaUnLsrF1MYBq-TlhZOH1eX0j05Yr2RewkuD4rCtLxYKkW1vEzCXTvRqT/s1600-h/Picture+300.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326992689681025282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZX19LqPq_jX6om79qndCMhdHi9VZVPhQNvSvl5l3Qw2-q1KP5QStA0qRHNtvzGObU496M-dRJ2qVmIZxzfIVaUnLsrF1MYBq-TlhZOH1eX0j05Yr2RewkuD4rCtLxYKkW1vEzCXTvRqT/s320/Picture+300.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ye3ijQaVvLZ1KDc-KassUCVmYNU8BjvD9WcN6zTGSv5RLoTcZvdV2OuNEzDOlvINC5ZufuxAD3j_YSBsYTnQYN4dx3iUTvl1DSbCecP4sRrPGVpXPc-mTHwDcm8MLJkVMtMtiNT1Uazj/s1600-h/Picture+301.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326992602272131586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ye3ijQaVvLZ1KDc-KassUCVmYNU8BjvD9WcN6zTGSv5RLoTcZvdV2OuNEzDOlvINC5ZufuxAD3j_YSBsYTnQYN4dx3iUTvl1DSbCecP4sRrPGVpXPc-mTHwDcm8MLJkVMtMtiNT1Uazj/s320/Picture+301.jpg" /></a><br />My Water Spryte. You can't tell by this picture but it got couple of new growths.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvCJhKsdVg6UUEOQ45drhDhHKrwZW7hH6_v8XrZx9H82HVBmh-DpmTIGpdqpqqN5nfM2nFKgwKpu0vyczNCt7XF2IT8Ew3NDKP0QAptG0CUpAdbIBdDfrm1UvBpeTeHQ28EP9wYfFAkth/s1600-h/Picture+302.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326992524454746178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvCJhKsdVg6UUEOQ45drhDhHKrwZW7hH6_v8XrZx9H82HVBmh-DpmTIGpdqpqqN5nfM2nFKgwKpu0vyczNCt7XF2IT8Ew3NDKP0QAptG0CUpAdbIBdDfrm1UvBpeTeHQ28EP9wYfFAkth/s320/Picture+302.jpg" /></a> Glossostygma. The picture is not very clear but I think it's pearling too....<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUEbkGG-8-Uhl8V6-2b_lC3LEEsWEEDKTIHkGLoDmu1WJ_1psNqHtopuMQbhJ1iawIH90Bjfm-TRQBTFJP_JEI7FD8I7WLQHy0SkQOafu_dzLPUyB0qkDPZZa6jU_J8nonmR3VrUlOobu/s1600-h/Picture+305.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326992316781097714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUEbkGG-8-Uhl8V6-2b_lC3LEEsWEEDKTIHkGLoDmu1WJ_1psNqHtopuMQbhJ1iawIH90Bjfm-TRQBTFJP_JEI7FD8I7WLQHy0SkQOafu_dzLPUyB0qkDPZZa6jU_J8nonmR3VrUlOobu/s320/Picture+305.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzSmECYj6aOeZa68LO4jzxxFCJKwEhWfmep4k0L6X9rajXttbvJH3ARv9pxXXTuQ3RXZOhFMw3N73lU2D9YxL06jYXOfFxxGXoUAaNAAqzeLqoIJ3FUxHbopnwFDrdMHluCKjaBmydiub/s1600-h/Picture+304.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326992199129719026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzSmECYj6aOeZa68LO4jzxxFCJKwEhWfmep4k0L6X9rajXttbvJH3ARv9pxXXTuQ3RXZOhFMw3N73lU2D9YxL06jYXOfFxxGXoUAaNAAqzeLqoIJ3FUxHbopnwFDrdMHluCKjaBmydiub/s320/Picture+304.jpg" /></a> More Ludwigia.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PFxnOuUUo58EU9QG67iMe5i81JeKqtyYWHB4oTy2Rv32UwlOw77job4gioor3W8OSgzMfZsiOJMl05Cnc5wobIUC2dnEPcbTX2PaSvhwmYMvvivj9yXtveBzBK62NQY81JS1JUwM87SB/s1600-h/Picture+311.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326992068719459282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PFxnOuUUo58EU9QG67iMe5i81JeKqtyYWHB4oTy2Rv32UwlOw77job4gioor3W8OSgzMfZsiOJMl05Cnc5wobIUC2dnEPcbTX2PaSvhwmYMvvivj9yXtveBzBK62NQY81JS1JUwM87SB/s320/Picture+311.jpg" /></a><br />Right side view<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievu7RzHVmGsQU9fw6vFfgawg4Brnb6UlZt_sE6OJLzrxFPNQPXfNvD-04CpH-SaAm3JFA_WxIHv9MWslD3KynPDcjGQnOZWwdot9F-R8VaVjHJRet9Jx1LB5EnNBk8V9WK8sbnDGje2QF/s1600-h/Picture+321.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326991804184797186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievu7RzHVmGsQU9fw6vFfgawg4Brnb6UlZt_sE6OJLzrxFPNQPXfNvD-04CpH-SaAm3JFA_WxIHv9MWslD3KynPDcjGQnOZWwdot9F-R8VaVjHJRet9Jx1LB5EnNBk8V9WK8sbnDGje2QF/s320/Picture+321.jpg" /></a> Another full view of the tank. Again don't mind the monster heater, still waiting for my new heater to arrive.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkKw56oAeRZ24WnhzTwrWK2jDVQII077Aiy5BmYZAJkOrzQHI-h44QAwY998plPiHRNkvX-Vrta7pZazODD0lXdwPQ2G4SksctYJWV7YVm_cSMvCKFFGN52uPm7IYE-zwnyOC1PivASBE/s1600-h/Picture+318.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326991723007511906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkKw56oAeRZ24WnhzTwrWK2jDVQII077Aiy5BmYZAJkOrzQHI-h44QAwY998plPiHRNkvX-Vrta7pZazODD0lXdwPQ2G4SksctYJWV7YVm_cSMvCKFFGN52uPm7IYE-zwnyOC1PivASBE/s320/Picture+318.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fcaM19EyUmGWvuEMXX9k83EkmDdOD53_nO5DhCXeVqN-rzkrkMBjKWqlKWrv3akyivgcIPPjN2D6NM0dmg-B3jWfMkiiL8IWorxzq-6Eg88ub2C8fYi58BExyNww6CjOBtX9SQdCJgSZ/s1600-h/Picture+320.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326991605372212514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fcaM19EyUmGWvuEMXX9k83EkmDdOD53_nO5DhCXeVqN-rzkrkMBjKWqlKWrv3akyivgcIPPjN2D6NM0dmg-B3jWfMkiiL8IWorxzq-6Eg88ub2C8fYi58BExyNww6CjOBtX9SQdCJgSZ/s320/Picture+320.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p></p><p>Stay tunned for more pictures. :) </p>Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-28868444849741175672009-04-16T00:59:00.009-05:002009-04-16T01:55:00.542-05:00Tank is set up and ready to be planted!So finally my tank is set up and ready to be planted. Plants are ordered and should be here on Friday, still waiting for my CO2 parts; hopefully they will show shortly after plant. Here are some pictures of my newly set up tank.<br /><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">Day 1 - 04/11/09<br /></span>Picture taken right after I filled the tank with water. A little cloudy but that is expected. Don't mind the monster heater in the front, I borrowed it from my 55 gallon tank for now untill I get a different one.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshjc2hqK6RKNwiJIi3hiLEE6GCwKVWLek4G_WME1yjIUhh2Dd0uAYmiaCYmdPsbaXbSYnsebZOpA1dpOub_9drnmtCUDfl1piekUqB-hv6KNdFMFbGAQkfiJvAAs742Dl4D5WlhIGjVmq/s1600-h/Picture+196.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325165958350047634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshjc2hqK6RKNwiJIi3hiLEE6GCwKVWLek4G_WME1yjIUhh2Dd0uAYmiaCYmdPsbaXbSYnsebZOpA1dpOub_9drnmtCUDfl1piekUqB-hv6KNdFMFbGAQkfiJvAAs742Dl4D5WlhIGjVmq/s320/Picture+196.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwziWpRCZwloNWNo7S4KK0bHAXnYlJFpK33sztoOIq-oW-y0djq8CBm-zXZsV-aUCfjtR2GdJayeeaeElR0Fs-ho_alMuOmr-9yWqnNZsKRJCCDJ7zWrxP_UBg-PAcb2-D4527SfxgswD/s1600-h/Picture+198.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325165865693391538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwziWpRCZwloNWNo7S4KK0bHAXnYlJFpK33sztoOIq-oW-y0djq8CBm-zXZsV-aUCfjtR2GdJayeeaeElR0Fs-ho_alMuOmr-9yWqnNZsKRJCCDJ7zWrxP_UBg-PAcb2-D4527SfxgswD/s320/Picture+198.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#33ff33;">Day 2 - 04/12/09</span></div><div>The water is clearer on day two, but I realize that I did not like the driftwood so the first thing I did the next day was a trip to the store to find a better driftwood for my tank, and maybe a cool rock. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyEJI9wO-WJha7JvK3tDHdMtbvLiJcGOBOm_6jI6RBanmUqLam3PmMKoEadFEthYcWHRPLsUK_bAKmAThmjz78T7yBskfbiCB2ipgLb7CJCLsab73c4jCTCGWhCYH-lvyYRixTJ9DyVdq/s1600-h/Picture+203.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325165763648423698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyEJI9wO-WJha7JvK3tDHdMtbvLiJcGOBOm_6jI6RBanmUqLam3PmMKoEadFEthYcWHRPLsUK_bAKmAThmjz78T7yBskfbiCB2ipgLb7CJCLsab73c4jCTCGWhCYH-lvyYRixTJ9DyVdq/s320/Picture+203.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_R6k82kibLUSCQP_hbnzgjcVzFz6CNrDZZ6YqE94QRouu5gH0AcUFJX8G6CFrXVKw3JPc4Y18a_Ke0bSYcH1sRtfdjO0Jvtfqtf6W3N1A4CmLqsSx1Rs5uYMGpSHcONxYPOeMZA1oWsqS/s1600-h/Picture+222.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325165606540368866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_R6k82kibLUSCQP_hbnzgjcVzFz6CNrDZZ6YqE94QRouu5gH0AcUFJX8G6CFrXVKw3JPc4Y18a_Ke0bSYcH1sRtfdjO0Jvtfqtf6W3N1A4CmLqsSx1Rs5uYMGpSHcONxYPOeMZA1oWsqS/s320/Picture+222.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;">Day 4 - 04/14/09</span></div><div>The water is clear and as you can see there is a new piece of driftwood in the tank. Its Malaysian driftwood and I did boil it for couple of hours just to clean it and hopefully after all this boiling it won’t satin my water too much. I also did find a nice rock to go into the tank but no picture of it yet.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtvI879666708_Sjq1yuOXIAghGPHja4vyXj7WZ1F1zo83Kk3fAU7hokgTinsiRreIuB4grZO5G0onMEPP5aoJUaAcPdaNO6u8CU6o7aia5VHXC2EnPzQaFGMf7B0aY7cZ0bO-U4cKcXg/s1600-h/Picture+226.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325165419248716658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtvI879666708_Sjq1yuOXIAghGPHja4vyXj7WZ1F1zo83Kk3fAU7hokgTinsiRreIuB4grZO5G0onMEPP5aoJUaAcPdaNO6u8CU6o7aia5VHXC2EnPzQaFGMf7B0aY7cZ0bO-U4cKcXg/s320/Picture+226.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNyuwUr-sLqzJ_p_RM4qRnPQ35pUPBPdqhyH9z9-DNqDTCmBtg43MfvXoERphqo5w2ve_WzRxRFBOgMkk4NLhN2yN2sJR545p0DVYtjzvv1A4AwQwtlrySNK7YZLgMcfkCPolCeFm9PciT/s1600-h/Picture+227.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325165230464392162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNyuwUr-sLqzJ_p_RM4qRnPQ35pUPBPdqhyH9z9-DNqDTCmBtg43MfvXoERphqo5w2ve_WzRxRFBOgMkk4NLhN2yN2sJR545p0DVYtjzvv1A4AwQwtlrySNK7YZLgMcfkCPolCeFm9PciT/s320/Picture+227.jpg" /></a> </div><div>So for the substrate I have mineralized soil topped with black color quarts T grade. I will be adding a little more color quarts to create a slope in the back so it gives a little depth.<br />I also did a water test yesterday.</div><div><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">H2O test on 04/15/09</span></div><div><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#3366ff;">pH 7.5<br />High range pH 8.0<br />Ammonia 0.25<br />Nitrite 0<br />Nitrate 0<br />KH 5-6ppm<br />GH 11-12ppm</span></div><div><br />Not to bad, tank seems to be cycling well since ammonia is almost 0.But I’m still kind of confused on the KH/GH part, and I’m not sure which pH I should go by?! I’ll figure it out later.<br />So that it for now. Once my plants arrive I will take more pictures and post what my tank looks like with plants in it. </div></div></div></div></div>Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-24510692343022915352009-04-14T19:12:00.000-05:002009-04-14T19:12:23.658-05:00SAY NO TO BILL H.R. 669 !!!!!!<strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">What is HR 669?</span></strong><br />H.R. 669 stands for House Resolution 669 and is titled "The Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act". It is a bill currently before Congress that if passed will change the way that the US Government classifies animal species that are not native to the United States. H.R. 669 will make it illegal to breed and sell many animals that are very common in the pet trade.<br />To view full text of H.R. 669 click on the link<br /><a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h669ih.txt.pdf">http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h669ih.txt.pdf</a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">Why should you care about HR 669?</span></strong><br />Anyone with pet fish, birds, reptiles, or small mammals will be affected by this bill. Any company selling product or services for pet fish, birds, reptiles or small mammals will be affected by this bill. Would you be impacted by "The Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act"?<br />Virtually all fish in an aquarium are not native to the United States<br />Most pet birds are species not native to the US<br />Most reptiles kept as pets are not native to the US<br />Hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs and ferrets are not native to the US<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">What can you do to stop HR 669?</span></strong><br />Pet owners support the concept of a risk based approach to non-native imports, unfortunately H.R. 669 as drafted does not provide a constructive way forward.You can help by standing up and making your voice heard. Let your Representative know that you oppose H.R. 669 as drafted and the financial and/or emotional effect it will have on you, or your friends, or your family members if it passes. The link below will allow you to send an email to your Representative in Congress and even give you the option to follow up with a phone call.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">What else can you do to help?</span></strong><br />The best thing that each of us can to do help is to recruit! There is strength in numbers. Send a link to this site to friends, family, church groups, car clubs, and anyone else that might be willing to take a couple of minutes out of their day to send an email via <a href="http://www.rallycongress.com/no-hr-669/1733/tell-congress-no-to-h-r-669/">http://www.rallycongress.com/no-hr-669/1733/tell-congress-no-to-h-r-669/</a> or contact your state congressman by email or phone our voice does count.<br />Visit <a href="http://www.nohr669.com/">www.nohr669.com</a> for more info and tips on what can you do to stop bill H.R. 669<br />Support PIJAC.<br /><br /> PIJAC is the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council. They are a unified voice for the pet industry representing all of our rights in Washington. There is strength in numbers, so joining PIJAC here <a href="http://www.pijac.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1">http://www.pijac.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1</a> it will definitely help. Or you can just visit the link for updates here <a href="http://www.pijac.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=504">http://www.pijac.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=504</a><br /><br />I want to keep my fish and continue with my hobby and I hope that you do too, so please take 5 minutes out of your time and do something about it. Doing nothing accomplishes nothing. Make your voice to be heard, stand up for your rights and rights of responsible pet owners. This bill won’t accomplish anything it has too many holes, people need to be educated instead. And government doesn’t need to spend all this money on something this stupid there is other ways to regulate non native species.Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-76109423495651931422009-04-08T01:03:00.000-05:002009-04-08T01:05:10.513-05:00Almost ready to start setting up my tankSo it’s been couple of weeks and I got everything I need for my tank, some stuff is already here and some should arrive very shortly. And after everything is here I can finally order my plants and get started as soon as they arrive and for plants it doesn’t take long at all. So I hope by next weekend I will finally start my tank. So far I got my lights my mineralized soil, my color quartz sand which is black. I like the look of black, the colors of plants and fish will stand out very nice against it. As soon as I get my CO2 components I will make my own CO2 reactor which is very easy to make and I will post a detailed step by step directions on how to make one. <br />For now I will post some links to some reading about CO2, some more on water chemistry and some links which could be useful for anyone who is interested in this wonderful hobby.<br /><br />Mineralized soil<br /><br /><a href="http://gwapa.org/wordpress/articles/mineralized-soil-substrate/">http://gwapa.org/wordpress/articles/mineralized-soil-substrate/</a><br /><br />CO2<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/co2-narten.html">http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/co2-narten.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.plantedtank.net/articles/DIY-Yeast-CO2/7/">http://www.plantedtank.net/articles/DIY-Yeast-CO2/7/</a><br /><a href="http://www.gpodio.com/diy_co2.asp">http://www.gpodio.com/diy_co2.asp</a><br /><a href="http://www.akvashow.info/users/%CE%E1%F9%E0%20%E8%ED%F4%EE%F0%EC%E0%F6%E8%FF/C%CE2%20%F1%E8%F1%F2%E5%EC%E0.pdf">http://www.akvashow.info/users/%CE%E1%F9%E0%20%E8%ED%F4%EE%F0%EC%E0%F6%E8%FF/C%CE2%20%F1%E8%F1%F2%E5%EC%E0.pdf</a><br /><a href="http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm">http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm</a><br /><br />Water chemistry<br /><br /><a href="http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/acidbase/faq/what-is-pH.shtml">http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/acidbase/faq/what-is-pH.shtml</a><br /><a href="http://www.h2ou.com/h2wtrqual.htm">http://www.h2ou.com/h2wtrqual.htm</a><br /><br />There is a big planted tank community with lots of people who are willing to help a newbie I will list some that helped me out a lot. You can browse articles and useful info on fish and plants or just post a question on the forum.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.plantedtank.net/">http://www.plantedtank.net/</a><br /><a href="http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/index.php">http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/index.php</a><br /><a href="http://www.barrreport.com/">http://www.barrreport.com/</a><br /><a href="http://rexgrigg.com/">http://rexgrigg.com/</a>Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-48865638306729663622009-04-04T02:05:00.002-05:002009-04-04T02:18:50.938-05:00Water quality … pH, GH, KH Oh my!I want to touch up a little on the water quality. And what I learned after reading and reading on this subject. If there is some mistakes I hope that someone can correct me.<br />Water is more that just simple combination of hydrogen and oxygen. Water can be describe as hard or soft, and alkaline or acidic, and it acts as a carrier for a wealth of nutrients, toxins, bacteria (both beneficial and harmful), as well as pollutants. Providing good water quality means ensuring that all these factors are at the correct levels so that the water in the aquarium is not only safe for plants and fish but also actively encourages their health and growth. In nature water is rarely pure in the “distilled water” sense; it contains dissolved salts, buffers, nutrients, etc. with exact concentrations dependant on local conditions. Plants and fish have evolved over million of years to the specific water conditions in their natural habitat and may be unable to survive in significantly different environment. As a beginner I think it’s a good idea to select plants and fish whose needs match the qualities of your tap water. An advanced aquarist can change water characteristics there is many ways to do it but its way more complicated than first appears and could potentially cause more problems. In any case I think it’s important to be familiar with water chemistry to ensure that plant and fish in your tank are healthy and happy and have the best suitable environment.<br />Water has 4 measurable properties that are commonly used to characterize water chemistry. They are PH, buffering capacity (KH, Alkalinity) general hardness (GH) and salinity. In addition there are several nutrients and trace elements, but I won’t be discussing those. The only things I will talk about are pH, GH and KH.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#33ffff;">pH </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span></strong><br />pH refers to water being an acid, base, neutral or alkaline. A pH of the water is a measure of the balance between the hydrogen (H+) and hydroxide (OH) ions in the water. I think most know that low pH means that water is acidic, high pH is alkaline (or basic). So pH of 5 is slightly acidic water, pH 7 is neutral and pH of 8 is alkaline water. There is one very important point and if you mathematician you will see it. The pH scale is a logarithmic scale. In other words a pH of 6.0 is 10 times more acidic than pH of 7.0 and a pH of 5.0 is 100 more acidic than pH of 7.0. When keeping fish is very important to understand that slight and sudden change in pH is very stressful to fish than it might first appear. Remember that it’s not a difference of 1 when you go from 6.0 to 7.0 it is 10 times more, if the difference is 2 it’s 100 times more, 3 a 1000 times more and so on.<br />In fish keeping hobby pH is very important because rapid changes in pH are very stressful to fish and should be avoided. Changing ph by more than .3 units per day is known to stress fish. And that’s why you want to have the pH in your tank to remain constant and stable. Fish have adapted to thrive in a certain pH range in their natural habitats so you want to make sure that your tanks pH matches the specific requirements of the fish you are keeping.<br />Most fish can adjust to a pH somewhat outside their optimal range. If your water’s pH is naturally 6.5-7.5 you will be able to keep most fish species without problems and there is no need to adjusts your pH.<br /><br /><strong>Ways to lower pH</strong><br />Filtering water over peat<br />Add bogwood to the tank<br />Injects carbon dioxide CO2<br />Use a commercial acid buffer<br />Water changes with soft water or RO (reverse osmosis) water<br /><br /><strong>Ways to raise pH<br /></strong>Aerate the water, driving off the carbon dioxide (CO2)<br />Filter over coral or limestone<br />Add rocks containing limestone to the tank or use coral sand substrate<br />Use commercial alkaline buffers<br /><strong></strong><br />Here is a pH scale<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMwXBjdOEHpzrAMBRqDgadplKVpyI7AZR5D0PsDbo56rUDx_un0d65MHOKJSuN7_f_D-gkAhz8AGgt15GT3KEx1ecVht18QpVwzNuS8fds4yDeqgEZ3YRIcU0TeZVpDlgQU3iL853wvJm/s1600-h/184phscale.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320728901905592866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMwXBjdOEHpzrAMBRqDgadplKVpyI7AZR5D0PsDbo56rUDx_un0d65MHOKJSuN7_f_D-gkAhz8AGgt15GT3KEx1ecVht18QpVwzNuS8fds4yDeqgEZ3YRIcU0TeZVpDlgQU3iL853wvJm/s320/184phscale.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#66ffff;">Carbonate Hardness (KH, alkalinity) or Buffering capasity</span></strong></div><div><br />This is were lot’s of people get confused and me too, so I hope writing about it will make it a little less confusing for me and hopefully will be helpful to anyone who reads my blog. Sometimes the term alkaline is avoided and the term basic is used for the pH scale is because this reading is measuring the alkalinity of the water. IT IS NOT THE SAME AS ALKILINE. In fresh water aquariums most of the water’s buffering capacity is due to carbonates and bicarbonates. That’s why the terms “carbonate hardness” (KH), alkalinity and Buffering capacity are used interchangeably. They are technically not the same things; they are equivalent in practice in the context of fish keeping. Again I will remind that “alkalinity” should not be confused with the term “alkaline”. Alkalinity refers to buffering, while alkaline refers to a solution that is base i.e. pH higher than 7.0. So alkalinity is a measurement of waters buffering ability, the ability to absorb and neutralize acid. The pH and buffering capacity are intertwined with one another. If the water has a sufficient buffering capacity, the buffering capacity can absorb and neutralize added acid without significantly changing the pH, so the more alkalinity or carbonate hardness in the water the less likely swings in pH. A buffer acts like a sponge, as more acid added the “sponge” absorbs the acid without changing pH. But the buffering capacity is limited, once the capacity is used up the pH changes more rapidly as acids are added. The nitrogen cycle produces nitric acid (nitrate). Without the buffering the tanks pH will drop over time (a bad thing). With sufficient buffering capacity the tanks pH stays stable (a good thing). Hard tap water almost always has a large buffering capacity. If the pH of the water is too high for your fish the buffering capacity makes it difficult to lower the pH to more appropriate value. That’s why when people try to lower pH without fully understanding the water chemistry usually fail because buffering effects are ignored. How much buffering does the tank need? There is aquarium buffering capacity test kits available that actually measure KH. The larger KH, the most resistant to pH changes the water in the tank will be. Tank’s KH should be high enough to prevent large pH swings in the tank over time. If KH is below roughly 4.5 dH, the regular test of the waters pH are required, roughly once a week to get a feel how stable the pH is. It’s especially important if regular partial water changes are not performed. The nitrogen cycle in the tank creates a tendency for an established tank’s pH to decrease over time. If pH drops more than 2 tenths of a point over a month, increasing KH should be considered, or performing partial water changes more frequently, which I think is easier to do as a routine. It is never a good idea to add or use distilled or any pure water for the tank. That means that adding even a little bit of acid will change pH significantly and will stress fish. The good thing is that KH does not affect fish directly. </div><div> </div><div><strong>Ways to increase KH</strong><br />Adding sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), one teaspoon of baking soda to 50 litters (around 13.2 gallons) of water can raise KH of water by approximately 4 deg dH without major affect on pH.<br />Adding an air stone to increase surface turbulence driving off CO2<br />Adding commercially available products to increase buffering capacity </div><div><br /><strong>Ways to lower KH<br /></strong>Increasing co2<br />Use reverse osmosis (RO) water. Mixing RO water with tap water until desired KH is achieved<br />Adding commercially available products to decrease the buffering capacity<br /> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#33ffff;">General hardness (GH)</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span></strong><br />General hardness or GH is a measurement of magnesium and calcium ions in the water. This is measured in the German degrees of hardness scale or parts per million. When fish are said to prefer soft or hard water it is GH and not KH that is being referred too. So the pH, KH and GH form a Bermuda triangle of water chemistry, they are all distinct and they all interact with each other to certain degrees, making it difficult to change one with out impacting the other. That is why it’s better not to tamper with water parameters unless absolutely necessary. Here is an example; hard water usually comes from limestone aquifers. Limestone contains calcium carbonate which when dissolved in water increases both GH (from calcium) and KH (from carbonate) components. Increasing KH usually increases pH as well. Theoretically the KH acts as a sponge absorbing acid present in the water, raising the water’s pH.<br /><br />Water hardness follows the following guidelines. The unit dH means “degree hardness”, ppm means parts per million which is equivalent to mg/l in water. 1 unit dH equals 17.8 ppm CaCO3 (calcium carbonate). Most test kits give the hardness in units of CaCO3 it means that the hardness is equivalent to that much CaCO3 in water and does not mean it actually came from CaCO3.<br />Here is a table that shows comparison between ppm, the dH scale and the generalized concept of soft and hard water.<br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;"> </span></div><div><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;">General Hardness Table</span><br /></strong> <strong> 0 to 4dH 0 to 70ppm---> <span style="color:#3366ff;">Very soft</span><br /> 4 to 8dH 70 to 140ppm---> <span style="color:#3366ff;">Soft </span><br /> 8 to 12dH 140 to 210ppm---> <span style="color:#3366ff;">Medium hard</span><br />12 to 18dH 210 to 320ppm---> <span style="color:#3366ff;">Fairly Hard</span><br />18 to 30dH 320 to 530ppm---> <span style="color:#3366ff;">Hard</span> </strong></div>Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-68870354396543047542009-04-01T01:56:00.003-05:002009-04-01T02:09:19.606-05:00A little bit about plants and how they grow.I think it’s important to understand how plants grow to be successful. So here is a little bit of what I learned. Aquatic plants grow in water and the surrounding water provides support for aquatic plants, most stems of aquatic plants are thinner and more flexible. Those flexible stems allow plants to move with the water flow and preventing them from breaking. Terrestrial plant leaves have a thick waxy outer layer and it prevent leaves from drying out, in aquatic plants leaves that part is thinner and water is able to pass thru much easily which help plants to get nutrients. Some aquatic plants do grow above the water surface and produce two different leave shapes below and above water. But like terrestrial plant aquatic plant leaves collect sunlight and carry out photosynthesis, stems provide support and transfer gases, water, and nutrients. Roots branch out to anchor the plant. Some aquatic plants grow in clumps or rosettes of leaves; some grow from bulbs which contain large reserve of nutrients. Terrestrial plant have roots that resemble fine hairs and its those are not present in most plants that grow under water, some of those hair like roots may develop in some bog plants when grown out of water. Large plants grow long roots for good anchorage and wide nutrient collecting area. Plants that grow in shallow water are smaller and have shorter, thinner roots. In nature the substrate where they grow is often shallow with little water movement so they do not need long roots for anchorage. Some plants are adapted to live above the substrate and will attach themselves to rock or wood. There is also floating plants that do not need anchorage and they have fine branched roots. Some plants like Anubias grow roots from rhizome, they can be grown attached to wood or rock or in substrate but do not burry the rhizome. Most of the aquatic plants produce seeds and flowers above the water so that they can be pollinated by insects. Some produce flowers under water and a few do not produce flowers at all.<br />Plants absorb important elements directly from their surrounding environment and that’s why plants were able to spread into many habitats. Plants have a little control over the rate of photosynthesis that occurs within its cells and several environmental aspects play an important role. Light is the most obvious component also temperature, CO2 (carbon dioxide) levels, all affect the rate of photosynthesis. Plants obtain their energy from sunlight, CO2 and water using the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis occurs during the day and unlike photosynthesis respiration is a continual process that doesn’t stop at night. Photosynthesis stores food (energy), respiration releases energy. In 24 hours plant release more oxygen through photosynthesis than they use during respiration. Many fast growing plants sold as oxygenating plant for that reason. Fish and bacteria also use up oxygen continually through respiration; actually bacteria are the biggest consumers of oxygen in aquarium.Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-55600652081649976922009-03-30T00:01:00.000-05:002009-03-30T19:07:57.635-05:00My 10 gallon planted tank plan.I’m starting slowly to get stuff for my tank. It will be some weeks until I get everything I need, the hobby is expensive and I want to get the best possible equipment so that I can have a successful planted tank. I quit smoking and all the money I’m saving from not buying smokes is going toward my tank. I also did a lot of reading and researching, I seriously spend like 5 hours a day on internet researching everything I need to know about water chemistry, plant care, CO2 systems, substrates, fish and everything else that there is to know. I want to be prepared for anything. I also joined couple of planted tank communities and I been posting tons of questions on forums. I am so glad that there are people who are willing to guide me and help me in my learning process and don’t mind my stupid questions. I have books on planted tanks but there is only so much you can learn from them, I think it’s better to talk to people who have experience in that subject. Sometimes I feel like a kid who is always asking why and full of stupid questions. Maybe one day I will be able to give some advice to people who want to start this amazing hobby.<br />So here is my plan for my tank, I drew a little diagram of my tank and what goes were. I know I’m a nerd but I want to be prepared. The plan is surely to change once I start planting and setting up my tank, but I think is a good idea to have something like this so that I try to stick to original plan. I tried to pick plants that are more suitable with each other that grow in the same water conditions as well as fish that I picked to stock my tank with.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">My plan:</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQqGSPymuZ9UIFNqfxzWU76PUj7ImoYoFIGS4KB2cwQ4SOmklK4J1_paZMtclBKP3f0CSFwvdUXW6u9Z1UjsS2jI2VEhcgt3T-zaqECvAAg1zgCUSafGXCOJ5wRle9mZ1HLdfmQ_IN7d0/s1600-h/Picture+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318849327330497458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQqGSPymuZ9UIFNqfxzWU76PUj7ImoYoFIGS4KB2cwQ4SOmklK4J1_paZMtclBKP3f0CSFwvdUXW6u9Z1UjsS2jI2VEhcgt3T-zaqECvAAg1zgCUSafGXCOJ5wRle9mZ1HLdfmQ_IN7d0/s320/Picture+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">1. </span><span style="color:#3366ff;">Driftwood</span></strong><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"> </span><br /></span><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">2. </span><span style="color:#3366ff;">Ludwigia Repens</span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5NPgHJgU0DGcSdVLrUf7BFlSAmRQXOqqj7R_f7AeoMIE2iAJbxDr3wToywWtb4nji-Iyh73zJLQ9BYzX3K6Rc0jA_oJxpDsT4-B0uBLIPK98BIXGkCGnCV44TrBUqHrBzYUf-MwbM-_X/s1600-h/Ludwigia%2520repens.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318849248539386130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5NPgHJgU0DGcSdVLrUf7BFlSAmRQXOqqj7R_f7AeoMIE2iAJbxDr3wToywWtb4nji-Iyh73zJLQ9BYzX3K6Rc0jA_oJxpDsT4-B0uBLIPK98BIXGkCGnCV44TrBUqHrBzYUf-MwbM-_X/s320/Ludwigia%2520repens.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>3. </strong></span><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>Java Moss </strong>(or some other moss it will be decided later. Will be attached to driftwood and rock)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjuSCqLRs1m7yJ32J24A6EPSDR1wjo6bTsB5ws7tdsxvO47R1X8QNCmbAdWvkXeqCooEVKL-i0ObeRvbH0RPH95pb8zQ_v35NxS67i8DrQ0DwikQtj4O0Hcu3fgh6Ss058jctHqcThacP/s1600-h/MossJava011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318849186550452610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjuSCqLRs1m7yJ32J24A6EPSDR1wjo6bTsB5ws7tdsxvO47R1X8QNCmbAdWvkXeqCooEVKL-i0ObeRvbH0RPH95pb8zQ_v35NxS67i8DrQ0DwikQtj4O0Hcu3fgh6Ss058jctHqcThacP/s320/MossJava011.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>4. </strong></span><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>Anubias Barteri 'Nana' </strong>(attached to driftwood)<br /><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBILw14ZCNNTqYNfxb96PLWkOV1bVdx2tvVPVVwgCNHBaAtYRkiKaSGvih0BiGEW1WShwcfM7neSCoLwbS_TQ7ApppLAuhRSOVozK3ESEo2_CxwMlu-Ml7ZxiDP6_PICuc9IzJ2ib47_5q/s1600-h/f36.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318849099436185442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBILw14ZCNNTqYNfxb96PLWkOV1bVdx2tvVPVVwgCNHBaAtYRkiKaSGvih0BiGEW1WShwcfM7neSCoLwbS_TQ7ApppLAuhRSOVozK3ESEo2_CxwMlu-Ml7ZxiDP6_PICuc9IzJ2ib47_5q/s320/f36.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">5. </span><span style="color:#3366ff;">Java Fern</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Dv8U6bpisR4Lo3U2cwTX4lzPM-L1VhDw_xwMxUHUpD_PH24zRD637qio-02yHPWnzZqymWRhfEb9KAHjckeC_81T76UWVhtOpHrVCvSrVJHDPFEpYm3JOYRSXvmUWz-_CSno9whH4vMe/s1600-h/JavaFern1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318849045452709138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Dv8U6bpisR4Lo3U2cwTX4lzPM-L1VhDw_xwMxUHUpD_PH24zRD637qio-02yHPWnzZqymWRhfEb9KAHjckeC_81T76UWVhtOpHrVCvSrVJHDPFEpYm3JOYRSXvmUWz-_CSno9whH4vMe/s320/JavaFern1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>6. </strong></span><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>Glossostigma Elatinoides </strong>(will make a lucious carpet for my shrimp to play in)<br /><br /></span><div><div><div><div><div><strong></strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318848446660073042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GqHfGnZQh2joiOJP9i_3jYF0lTShg-Sv3fclFdirk6QLuG9GzS5qJ53nQQE9weZcckKZQHEdVws7e3nE0uif3egWCsje3b7GVcHOCc9I_kI__Shub3G1yzaDetgA1wkoMhytkpjJO_IN/s320/Glossostigma_elatinoides_1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">7. </span><span style="color:#3366ff;">Cryptocoryne Willisii</span></strong></div><div><strong></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfhlvfZilmrfGxFmrMv7lMxftVPHas-X84e4ZCm8wbQMBWPf95CDm9hUPqgNKr5ZoBIRv-gMTY3qEPIC9shbfsQUw-X-VqJP-yU0wCaq3eMWxjiuUHmbkHPvjN2jT-_9cZJlUa0n8oeDa/s1600-h/Cryptocoryne_willisii.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318848366777496930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 146px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfhlvfZilmrfGxFmrMv7lMxftVPHas-X84e4ZCm8wbQMBWPf95CDm9hUPqgNKr5ZoBIRv-gMTY3qEPIC9shbfsQUw-X-VqJP-yU0wCaq3eMWxjiuUHmbkHPvjN2jT-_9cZJlUa0n8oeDa/s320/Cryptocoryne_willisii.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">8. </span><span style="color:#3366ff;">Rocks</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">9. </span><span style="color:#3366ff;">Substrate</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">10.</span><span style="color:#3366ff;"> Filter</span></strong></div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>11. </strong></span><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>CO2 Diffuser </strong>(I will be making a DIY at first and later I will get some sort of CO2 system, still doing some research)</span></div><div><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">12. </span><span style="color:#3366ff;">Heater</span></strong> </div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>13. </strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>Sand Trail </strong>(will be the last step)</span></span></div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">My fish list:</span></strong></div><div><span style="color:#3366ff;">I’m planning to have a small school of Neon Tetras around 5 or 7 of them.<br />A Dwarf Gourami, I decided to go with 1 to begin with and we’ll see if I’ll want to add another.<br />Cherry shrimp 5 or 7 in total, they will be the last addition since they do need more established tank.<br /></span></div><div>So this is my plan and as I said before some things might change, but I’m very happy with my fish and invertebrate selection so they will stay the same.<br />So far I have a filter, thermometer and heater. I ordered my lights this Friday and a glass top and they already been shipped and I can't wait to get them. My light will be 20” 1x28w Coralife Aqualight PC Hood w/ 1x28w 50/50 lamp. I will be getting a 10,000k or 6700k light bulb since it is way better for my plants. By my calculations I will have 2.8w/g which is by my research is very good to start with, but if I want I can get a higher watts bulb. Next step will be getting substrate and that were I can not make my decision. There is so many options and right now I am torn between Flourite black or MS (Mineralized Top Soil Substrate). I wanted to get some Amazonia II which is very helpful to stabilize PH and overall balance of the tank right of the bat not to mention superior plant growth, so it is a big plus because my tap waters PH is very high. But reading other peoples experiences with it I wasn’t too happy, a lot of people are getting a dust problem from Amazonia II that won’t go away after 4 months, maybe that problem was fixed but for the money they asking for a bag + shipping I don’t want to take a chance. I could go with fluorite black which is good and cheap but then I will need to do a lot of dosing with fertilizers and I still not too familiar with what exactly I need to dose and how much. MS is one of DIY methods and I found someone who will make it and all I got to do is follow step by step directions. MS will provide my tank with all of the nutrients my plants will need without harming the fish. The only thing that I would have to dose at some point would be potassium, it is usually the first thing to deplete. Some people had been doing this method for 20 years with a great success and I been told that you can go like this for around 7 years without dosing anything but some potassium. Of course if I will decide to get MS it will be a little more expensive than fluorite, maybe like $10-15 more + I will need to get something to put on top of it, but when I think of it I will be saving money because I won’t need to buy any fertilizers for a while and it will be easier for a newbie like me. Anyway I got like 2 weeks to think it over I will write on what I decided to get when the time comes for me to order. And I have great people to discuss it with on one of my forums. For CO2 I will be going a cheap way in the beginning by making my own DIY system, details on that later.<br />So the things I’ve learned so far are:<br />For plants to be successful you need good light, some kind of CO2 system and a good planting medium which will provide good nutrition source. There are a lot of things that might go wrong and I am prepared for it also having people with experience helps a lot.<br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2036859680671343586.post-15160950288592265422009-03-29T18:09:00.000-05:002009-03-30T02:09:25.439-05:00What inspired me to start a planted tank of my own.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjho8Sdr3rgSMkBvFpwj9gqBbA1dz4iFth7auSH587Djy9LfkSSbZ2ntRQvM_5a3CKs6RVlUNDr8ccCf9yKTk_83O4-KovcVwMmsn5mp6yM_8b2PxXOX06mRrjTdKRo4bO58UnQI4Ore9VM/s1600-h/adana10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318765815919074498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjho8Sdr3rgSMkBvFpwj9gqBbA1dz4iFth7auSH587Djy9LfkSSbZ2ntRQvM_5a3CKs6RVlUNDr8ccCf9yKTk_83O4-KovcVwMmsn5mp6yM_8b2PxXOX06mRrjTdKRo4bO58UnQI4Ore9VM/s320/adana10.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBFs68wEo6KeWPL_0thvkUU0S4X_GORHVymWauvKSQ6P7Yvmkayd_URLSCC638gntYX_LzSMtYKJBVwcWYyduQraSdRH8Zlh6mKX_oLNhIB_NjeFNLWV8ZjPAQvIFwz6bW5uhaifOf3XV/s1600-h/aga-competition-2008.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318765303579165026" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 154px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBFs68wEo6KeWPL_0thvkUU0S4X_GORHVymWauvKSQ6P7Yvmkayd_URLSCC638gntYX_LzSMtYKJBVwcWYyduQraSdRH8Zlh6mKX_oLNhIB_NjeFNLWV8ZjPAQvIFwz6bW5uhaifOf3XV/s320/aga-competition-2008.png" border="0" /></a>Since I was a little girl I always loved aquariums, and had some when I was growing up. I can sit for hours in front of the fish tank and watch fish swim around. There is something about aquariums that is so calming, and always puts me into a good mood no matter how bad my day was. I always watch any show that is about marine life, in fact I almost went to school to become a marine biologist and if I had the money now I would go in a heart beat. When I finally moved out of my moms house I got my self a fish tank with some goldfish, one of my goldfish ended up living for like 8 years, then I had some tropical fish, and a small tank with a betta on top of other pets in my house at the time. I also inspired my best friend to get a tank too and now she’s got 2 of them. My tanks were never anything special, some fake plants and some decorations, but I always spent hours in front of them watching my fish. When I got engaged and moved to Chicago to live with my husband he got me a 10g tank for my birthday in which I had a goldfish. I knew that it’s not nearly enough for a goldfish but they are one of my favorite fish, and I was hoping that my husband will agree to let me move it into out 55g that’s is empty, for now. Well he never did, so I finally decided that it’s not fair for the goldfish to be in a tank that is 10g so I found a home for it were its much happier. Now I needed to figure out what I want to keep in my 10g, so I was looking around on internet to see what fish I would like to have when I came across a website with pictures of an aquascaping contest, I was blown away by the beauty of those tanks. I seen some people have live plants in their tanks before but never anything like what I saw on that website. The tanks that I saw were like little landscapes taken from nature, actually when I saw some pictures I though I was looking at a photograph of a country landscape, the only thing that gave it away was some fish floating on the background and at first I thought it was some weird birds LOL. When I seen those pieces of art I knew right then and there that I want to turn my 10g into a planted tank and hopefully make an aquascape master piece. The picture in this post are the ones that inspired me to start a planted tank of my own. </div>Irena M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268464590105452573noreply@blogger.com0