April 16, 2000
What's new? I traded some plants with Cavan Allen. I got some great E. tennellus,
and some Heteranthera zosterifolia, which I've been trying to get for quite
some time. For those curious, I sent him some Hemianthus sp.(Amano Pearl weed),
Micranthemum umbrosum (Baby Tears), Najas quadalupensis, and some Amazon Frogbit.
The new plants are visible in the pics, but haven't grown in yet. One additional
plant that's in the tank, but was left out of my list for a while, is Myriophyllum
aquaticum (Parrot's Feather). I picked up a small bunch at a fish store a few
months ago, and it didn't do much for a while, but has now taken off well. One last
note: My banana plant is still flowering. It's the one just right of center,
with lots of long vines reaching to the surface. Every single stem has a flower
bud right under the floating leaf. Something has made this plant happy, and it
looks like it's going to keep flowering for quite a while.
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Wanna see my catfish?
Ok, just kidding. But here's a cool pic of a real catfish. He's there, looking back at you, you just
need to look really carefully!
Look close!
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March 20, 2000
The tank continues to evolve. When the pictures below were taken, two new plants
were added: Najas quadalupensis and some Jungle Vals, which I obtained from Dan McMonigle
from Ohio. Thanks Dan!
On Saturday (March 18, 2000), I attended the Colorado Aquarium Society spring auction.
There were lots of interesting things to see and buy. Next auction, I'll be sure to
bring my clippings, I could have made at least $100! I ended up buying a great assortment
of Crypts (including Cryptocoryne blassii v. "Narrow Leaf" and Cryptocoryne crispatula v.
"Balansae Green". I also got a Red Mellon sword, and some Bacopa carolina. I'll try to
get some good pictures of the new plants posted in the next few weeks.
Other interesting developments in the past month: My Boesmani rainbows have started
spawning quite frequently. I've got some spawning pictures on the Rainbowfish page.
Also, my Anubias barteri has flowered. Pics of that are on the Plants page.
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February 16, 2000
No big changes. Just moved some stuff around, and pulled up the small clump of Pennywort on the
right side. I also pulled up and re-planted the Pennywort on the left side. I still need to trim
the Pearl Grass and Baby Tears.
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February 10, 2000
I finally replaced the horrible blue background with a nice plain black background.
It's much nicer to look at now! As you can see, things are growing in nicely.
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Jan 23, 2000
Lots of rearranging. Moved out a couple swordplants, put in several new species of plants, including
a spectacular anubias right in the center.
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January 11, 2000
I just finished rearranging the plants. A few areas look real sparse right now, but
they will grow in by next week. Also, I'm leaving a few spaces available for a few
new plants I'm hoping to get in the next week or so.
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Close-ups of the left and right ends of the tank
Here's how the tank looked a few weeks ago, before re-arranging:
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