amanda's first post

firstly, i think I just made everyone in the group receive an email with their log-in info... sorry! this is my first ever blog post, and i'm off to a pretty crummy start : )

this is my fish bowl, and these are my plattys! my husband and I started with two plattys, i'm guessing about 3 years ago. They had 3 kids, and they eventually had several. Over the last few months we've had about 10 new babies at different intervals, so there's several different sizes in there.
This past weekend we gave them a big cleaning with a new plant, and they all had to be caught and kept in a bowl for a couple of hours. My plan was to count them, but I lost count at around 15. My guess is about 30.
Their ecosystem is as simple as it gets, a plant light and a plant. The glass needs de-algaeing every two weeks, but the water stays pretty clear. : )

Fish Tank from my iPhone camera

some shots

5 Gallon Blackwater Cherry Shrimp Tank

Here is the blackwater tank I started earlier in October.

Here are the specifics on it:

5 gallon (30cm) tank, 26 Celcius, custom canister filter (found chemistry equipment), 13 watts cfl 6700K, pH 6.4, KH 120 ppm, GH 75 ppm, NO+2 0mg/L, NO-3 0mg/L

Flora: Weeping Moss (Vesicularia ferriei)

Fauna: Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina heteropoda var. red)

The weeping moss is sparse now, but with the hopes that it will look really nice when it grows in on it's own from those few strands. I did something similar in another tank and was really happy with the results, all be it a very slow process. I'll post that tank when I tinker around with it a little more.

21 Borden Biotope

Fish Desktop

add this one to your nature desktop, booooyeah macro lens photography :)

This Store Sells Really Cool Moss

Aquatic Magic

The 20 Gallon & a Snail in the 5