Today's Post

Just been watching my tank when I suddenly saw Snailly again! It's good know he's not been sucked into the filter. Took a video of him doing a sprint across the glass too.
Everything looks really bare in my tank now there are no plants in there but the fur on the other plants looks like its going. That's good.

Tuesday 7th July 2009

More of the blue fur on the plant, looks quite pretty.

Monday 6th July 2009

Turned the thermometer up to 30 degrees today to give it a bit of a 'roadtest'. Noticed some blue fur in 1 of the new plants.

Sunday 5th July 2009

Having looked at the new thermometer this morning I can now safely say that it doesn't work, think the glass is too thick for it to able to read the temperature. So off we go for a lovely trip to 'Pet's At Home' in Christchurch.
I bought another new thermometer, this time it's placed inside of the tank, it should work being that close to the water. Got some suckers that hold the air pump pipes in place. Bought 1 artificial plant to hopefully hide the filter pipe, heater, wires, and air pumps. It should also act as a weight to weigh the air pumps down, keeping them in place. I rinsed everything thoroughly before doing anything else with them. Got 3 more plants for the tank, placing them in, then rearranging the tank possibly for the last time, so it is now perfect. Found a snail playing in the tank after placing the plants in, have named him "Snailly".

Tuesday 30th June 2009

I washed the gravel today, 2 bags of purple gravel, gorgeous. Washed the Athenian ruin, Clam and my very first plant. Placed all of the decorations into the tank, the filled with water, which was quite exciting. Put in the 3 trial sized packets of Stess Zyme + and Stress Coat + in the water. Don't think that there is enough gravel in the tank for my liking. Then came the grand turning on!!

Monday 29th June 2009

My brand new fish tank arrives, am so excited!!
Then came the tricky part, where to put all the wires and out of tank equipment, and installing all the other electrical equipment where there's little chance of water getting into it or being seen from the outside world, but where it will also be easily accessible in case of an emergency. By 1am Tuesday morning is was sorted.