Righteo well this has been far too slow moving for me but I was away all last weekend and.....blah blah blah - lame!
Let's walk and talk, shall we?
It took a while for all of my bits n bobs to arrive but I eventually got the pre-loved sand clean
(spending ages picking out remnants of psychedelic gravel
again!) and in the tank with a black background on. Woo! I had a ...."moment", shall we say, in another thread when I discovered the Tetra EX1200 doesn't fit in the side of my cabinet but in the end I'm not *that* offended by it
I toured all of the local mopani wood haunts and bought some from everywhere! (Dunelm Mill, The Range and Pets at Home!) I ended up with six bits that I like and started putting them in trying to decide where they should go. Here's what I came up with...
They have been soaking in the bathtub for less than 24 hours and the buoyancy has already left them - I just hope the tannins go quickly as well!
Now...you can basically forget the hardscape above! Because after soaking the colours have come up nicely and now I want to turn most of the pieces back-to-front to show the nice red...ugh. So please help!
Now, back to this fancy filter...turning it on was a terrifying experience - did anyone else feel this way? I was just ready for water to go shooting out every which way lol. But it didn't - there's been no leaks and it's silent as the grave. I'm sitting here swearing at the little 48L for being so freakin noisy! Never bothered me before!
Next issue that I need some help with is these jd;alsdj;a plants
They were only in "fair" condition when they arrived but since then, due to me not being able to plant them for several days, they have completely melted away. Please give me some guidance on what to do. I have gone ahead and planted them after cutting away 90% of the leaves and stems (and trimming the roots back a bit) but in all honesty they are all going apart from maybe two or three leaves. Is there any coming back from this? I added a half dose of TPN when I added them to the tank last night and I'm trying to give them plenty of light. If I cut back all of the melted sections there won't be anything left, can they grow back?
The other plant melted back a little but is still looking pretty great really...
Here's the whole tank. I just put the plants in anywhere because I know I'm going to have to move them around when the wood is ready. Also there's no fish in yet because I'm treating for finrot in the little one and it's a lot easier to manage in a small tank. Also, I feel bad about chucking them into this naked tank??
The whole plants thing and the fact that it's not just getting set up "instantly" makes me depressed! I am toying with the thought of moving the fish tonight as finrot kid is on the mend..what do you guys think?
again!) and in the tank with a black background on. Woo! I had a ...."moment", shall we say, in another thread when I discovered the Tetra EX1200 doesn't fit in the side of my cabinet but in the end I'm not *that* offended by it
