DonaldmBoyer

New Pics!! Lots of them!!

So, it was quite a day yesterday. I had seven plant packages that I had to ship out to some friends and hobbyists, and afterwards I had decided to do some rearranging and trimming. I started with these projects after returning from the Post Office with the boxes for shipping plants, which would have made it about 9:30am. Took a break to run said (and now "full") boxes back to the Post Office, came back, and dug into the little project of trimming, moving, trimming (again), cleaning, water changing, fertilizing, and cleaning the outside of the tank. I think I wrapped things up at 7:30pm last night, and I didn't take a lunch break. I did take a quick 5 minute break to shotgun a Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper in the mid-afternoon. Back hurt last night, but it's fine today (surprisingly)....I've GOT to figure out how to put this lighting on a track system; suggestions needed!!!

Obligatory "Before" and "After" pictures. If you have dial up internet still, come back tomorrow.

I'll do this in a series of posts.....so the Pre-trim shots...this is what happens when I leave the tank along for about ten days:

Left Side-


Front, Eye Level-


Front/Right Corner-


Right Side-



I don't know what's going on here....the Lotus leaves are roping around each other and threatening to choke my Hygro Lancea-



Upon closer inspection, I see that I have a juvenille Blue Kerri Tetra (dead-center of pic, by the Sagittaria Platyphyta leaf. I've never had a successful tetra survivor ever from a spawn. Nifty!


Some random species shots:

Rotala Mexicana 'Goias'....though it may appear to be a nice portion, this amount equates to an area about half the size of my palm. Tiny plant-


The last ones are for the crypt lovers:


New two crypt Kota's I got last week....you can see C. Nurii close by:

DonaldmBoyer

Post pictures, following a hard day's work yesterday (5-7-12). Water is cloudy due to rearranging of species, and so on. Only four of the twelve T5's are on, which is adding to some of the dim effect. too. I want to also point out that spending that amount of time on my tank is a rarity...usually, when I do maintenance or trimming, I work on the tank for 30-60 minutes twice per week, if that.

Left Side post trim-


Left Side "Rows"-


Front Side eye-level-


Front+Right Side "Rows"-


Right Side-


Right Side "Rows"-

DonaldmBoyer

Finally, pictures of the tank this morning, post-trim, no cloudiness, and all the lights back on (this morning at 8:00am):

Left Side-


Left Side "Rows"-


Front-


Close up-


Right Side-


Right Side "Rows"-


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Simple Before and After:

Left Side Pre-Trim:


Left Side Post-Trim:



Front Pre-Trim:


Front Post-Trim:



Right Side Pre-Trim:


Right Side Post-Trim:


Thanks for looking everyone!!

AWMBonke

I'm so jealous.

DonaldmBoyer

Thank you AWMBonke! I feel kind of privileged that you said something considering you have been a member for eight years and have made 20 posts! I represent 5% of your post total...cool!!

Tex Gal

Looking good. What an armload of plants you removed! So love the colors! Your tank is my kinda tank!

DonaldmBoyer

Hey, thanks TexGal!! The amount that I removed was pretty substantial, between the plant packages and the trimming. I was a little surprised when I looked at it all. And, it was pretty amazing how much brighter it looked too!

I thought you might like my tank. You and I....share similar aquatic plant tastes and aesthetics!

Riverboa

Amazing tank, amazing colors =)
Great job Donald.

DonaldmBoyer

Thank you Riverboa!!

jinsei888

That bunch of reddish 'rotala' plant that you have on the bottom middle and bottom RIGHT cluster...what species is that? The color is gorgeous and I was hoping it'd make an awesome background plant for me with enough stems... Along that line, when's the next stem trimming sale? haha, great tank man!