I'm a man of secret agendas. My wife likes exercise, just for the sake of it. I usually find an aquarium angle or fish angle to what I do.
Yesterday was a good one. In the morning, we went out kayaking on a quiet blackwater lake not far from here. I brought a net to catch Fundulus diaphanus, the barred killifish. I'd like to figure them out, and I have a spare tank set up for them. Alas, it was too windy and they'd moved from their usual sandy shallows to the deeper water weed beds. And so, I explored, paddling up a small bay and finding a stream. I had to turn around so I wouldn't cut across the lines of a group of fishermen, but the water was clear and the fishwatching good.
I probably shouldn't mention the bathtub, the tires, the wooden pallets and the other debris I drifted over in the one section you could bring a truck up to. People...
In the afternoon, I went hiking on a path that circles a sea island. I threw a sturdy bag over my shoulder, and close to where we parked the car, I gathered a good bag of granite chunks for aquascaping. Doing so is legal here, and we have rocks! Heavy rocks. very heavy rocks when you have a bag full.
Today, I'll get to enjoy the fruits of my holiday day, and plan out how to use those rocks in my tanks. After drifting over so many habitats yesterday, I have some ideas...
Is there anyone else here who profits from time spent camping, kayaking, walking, etc to get aquarium design ideas?
Yesterday was a good one. In the morning, we went out kayaking on a quiet blackwater lake not far from here. I brought a net to catch Fundulus diaphanus, the barred killifish. I'd like to figure them out, and I have a spare tank set up for them. Alas, it was too windy and they'd moved from their usual sandy shallows to the deeper water weed beds. And so, I explored, paddling up a small bay and finding a stream. I had to turn around so I wouldn't cut across the lines of a group of fishermen, but the water was clear and the fishwatching good.
I probably shouldn't mention the bathtub, the tires, the wooden pallets and the other debris I drifted over in the one section you could bring a truck up to. People...
In the afternoon, I went hiking on a path that circles a sea island. I threw a sturdy bag over my shoulder, and close to where we parked the car, I gathered a good bag of granite chunks for aquascaping. Doing so is legal here, and we have rocks! Heavy rocks. very heavy rocks when you have a bag full.
Today, I'll get to enjoy the fruits of my holiday day, and plan out how to use those rocks in my tanks. After drifting over so many habitats yesterday, I have some ideas...
Is there anyone else here who profits from time spent camping, kayaking, walking, etc to get aquarium design ideas?
But the whole time I kept thinking about the landscape and admiring the details of the trees and was definitely thinking about aquascaping at the same time!
