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Anyways enough fooling around and back to the journal. A plant flowered in my tank last night. My girlfriend was ver impressed so I have a couple pictures to share.

pull out the weed whacker!!

Special little fish

Isn't a 5.5 gallon a bit big for an arowana? Mine's in my 3 gallon shrimp tank and quite happy, lol!!!

I was thinking a full grown arow. then my shrimp wouldn't get eaten. But I would get eaten alive on this board!

I never thought about entering. I think there's still room for improvement. Perhaps I stuck a arrowana in there?

I found the charger to my camera so here are the pictures.

FTS

Pic after I cut the tops off the tall plants and planted them in the right rear side of the tank. The new plant I got with the shrimp is on the left side of the tank.

I like how you piled the rock. Are you going to plant something in the cracks between them?

I agree with finaddict about the powersweep. If you are going with SPS you will need a high flow rate. I'm running a turnover rate of 37x the volume of my tank per hour. 3600gph in a 95G tank.

Is it a bad thing that I'm laughing? That's one expensive meal!

I've never met this Jerry fellow but his photography skills are so amazing I use one of his pictures for my desktop background. Don't worry I asked first!

Here is a couple of pictures of a Fahaka puffer that my gf named Tubby. I sold him when I went SW.

This was it's coloring when it was hungry.

very nice tank!

I lost the charger to my camera so I don't have pictures. When I find it I'll post some pics.

My tank is doing very good. Shrimp are doing great eating all the algae they can find. The tank has no visible algae on plants, gravel and glass thanks to the little hitchhiker snails. Hemianthus growth is so small I can't even tell but still looks healthy. Anubias is healthy and growing new leaves. Pogostemon has suprised me the most because it's the hardest plant to grow in my tank and it's growing the fastest. They are growing so fast that they have grown to the top of the water and are now blanketing the surface. Can I cut the tops off and plant them? On the plastic label that came with the pogostemon the picture of the plant has red stems mine don't, anyone know why or have a solution?

I also got a new plant that came with the shrimp I bought. I have no idea what it is but when I find my camera I'll post a pic.

Here is the schedule I have chosen for my tank:

- treated tap water change(25%) every month

- dose .1ml of excel and iron once a week

- feed shrimp every 3 days

- 10-11hrs. light/day

Very nice clown. I like it's coloration.

I'm starting to get these little snail around my tank. Seems there's more every day.

sorry about the pic it's the closest I can zoom without loosing focus.

Should I worry about these?

Welcome to Canada.

Yeah clowns can get aggressive. Mine will bite my hand when I put it in the tank.

Perhaps pop eye? Has it been sick for awhile? Looks like you angel is taking a beating.

Sharuq1 you should post a pic of that clown in the top right of the first pic. Looks very nice, is that a picasso?

It's not a fish but it is a FW inhabitant!

What are you looking at?!!

excellent color!

pics as of March 01, 2009, Enjoy.

FTS

new Pink Zooanthis (ignore the Cyano ARGGG!!!!)

small Zoo garden

Hairy mushroom rock

Yellow Tang

Regal Tang hiding in it's house

Jason.

I like your rams. I had some yellow ones and I liked watching them guard their territory. They seemed to stop swimming and hover on the spot.

I studied on the internet and read a book on nano tanks then jumped in with a 10G.

My 95G is 3 months old now, It's not established yet but I still think it's easier than FW tanks.

Go ahead and take the plunge..... weeeee!!!. DON'T buy new if you don't have to!!!

Me to.... he says salivating.

Don't have the what it takes yet.

John

What wattage/#of bulbs is your light fixture? Looks like a tek5.