The Looking Glass :)

[looking-glass]

wasn't expecting it but my bog wood came today too

 

[ericNH]

Very cool, I am very interested in following your experiences as you develop your tank!  Its so shiny and new and bright!  Good Luck!
 
edit: font sizing in this editor is all wacked out here.  Sorry if its huge or too small...

 

[looking-glass]

Thanks im pleased with how its going ive got more plants  coming tomorrow

 

[Meeresstille]

Oh, interesting looking bogwood.  
 
Looks like you'll be doing a fish-in-cycle. Hope all goes well!

 

[looking-glass]

the filter is mature and had only not been in use for a week before so it appears to be in good shape i added food to make ammonia to start the cycle but its appeared to break it down so from what i can see the bacteria is in good shape
 
 
ive just added some danio's to start with to take it slow and watch i dont cause a spike

 

[ericNH]

Hurray!  Are those the first fish added?  How are they liking their new home?  I bet youre not even reading reading this, youre just staring at the tank....its what I would be doing haha

 

[looking-glass]

they are indeed - and ive been doing a fair bit of staring at the tank ha ha.
 
3 of them are enjoying their new home since feeding time this morning however one of them who seemed a bit skinny as soon as he was out the bag hasnt really eaten so im keeping an eye on him but fingers crossed

 

[ericNH]

Well my fingers are crossed for ya too.  It's fairly normal i think to have a shy one here or there while they adjust to the tank.  I am no stranger to that - i've made a couple of horrible mis-steps in getting new fish in the tank, which resulted in some *really* traumatized and shy behavior, but it all straightened out in time.  I think i'll post about a few of my experiences in my journal thread - my horrible mistakes should make you feel much better about what's going on with your  setup

 

[looking-glass]

thanks i will take a look i took a risk when buying them tbf they were the only danios in the shop and looked a bit on the thin side but ill see how they go

 

[looking-glass]

update - hes perked up now i treated with some anti-internal bacteria and after a water change he was swimming normal with the others again - still a bit skinny but now hes eating he should be back to normal in no time

 

[sawickib]

pics man?

 

[looking-glass]

there ya go

just need a few more plants for the left hand side

 

[sawickib]

Actually it looks pretty cool draws your eyes to the left area. But nice tank!

 

[looking-glass]

thanks i should be getting more fish next week

 

[ericNH]

Nice!  Clean-looking.  I happen to like asymmetrical layouts for the more natural look, and to me your tank looks great already.