bratyboy2

North im sorry to hear that you came down with that and i was just bout to message you about getting plants from you...pm me

northtexasfossilguy

Update:


By ntfguy, shot with G'zOne Boulder at 2009-08-18

Marbled radican sword flowering:

By ntfguy, shot with G'zOne Boulder at 2009-08-18


By ntfguy, shot with G'zOne Boulder at 2009-08-18


By ntfguy, shot with G'zOne Boulder at 2009-08-18

northtexasfossilguy

Update:

Full tank shot before Saturdays extensive trim.

By ntfguy, shot with G'zOne Boulder at 2009-08-18

Marbled radican sword flowering:

By ntfguy, shot with G'zOne Boulder at 2009-08-18

Apistogramma cacatuoides and my dumb looking reflection

By ntfguy, shot with G'zOne Boulder at 2009-08-18

Apisto enjoying his new home.

By ntfguy, shot with G'zOne Boulder at 2009-08-18

So a few things have happened, the pandas spawned again, the Endlers guppies had babies, I got that apisto and Crownman Mike gave me some more cherry shrimp. The Echinodorus cordifolius "Marbled Queen Radican Sword" flowered, the other is about to. They are really beautiful.

I'm going to be adding another box filter this week to increase the current and biological filtration load. The magnum micron filter cartridge is highly effective and gets the sludge out every week.

On that note, adieu!

alta678

What a beautiful tank! I would love to make this my screen saver. It is so peaceful and relaxing to look at.

northtexasfossilguy

Thank you very much! I put a lot of effort into it, and its constantly needing a trim. It is a jungle in comparison to some of the other styles out there (the "Dutch" garden style, etc.) but I love the chaos. The endlers are not easy at all to photograph, but they really bring it to life.

There are over 100 small animals in there if I added them all up, and about oh I'd say 40-70 individual plants. I keep seeing new baby panda corys all the time, but it is impossible to see them all at once to get an accurate count.

My new apisto. cacatuoides is really cute, he is very friendly to me and always comes to the front of the tank. The farlowella is funny as heck, I named him Chris Farley after the comedian. (He always wanted to be skinny... so anyway now in his next life he is a twig catfish. Karma.)