Tom's Bucket O' Mud

[BigTom]

haha, sounds good! Look foward to pics

Not the easiest fish to photograph, will dig the flash out once they've settled in a bit more...

 

[PDSimon]

They look great

 

[Verminator89]

They are ute, and will look very serene in what is a very very uber natural tank. They are going to really compliment everything this tank stands for - great choice!

 

[BigTom]

Thanks chaps

Also, flash helps

 

[hensonc4098]

Love it! It's amazing how all the plants have filled out with no added nutrients and things Just goes to show that glosso will grow in low-tech conditions... just verrrryyy sloowwwwllyyyy

 

[lljdma06]

BigTom, when I become a famous opera singer, can I fly you over to my luxury apartment (could be in New York City, Milan, London, San Francisco, who knows?) and you make me a pretty "Bucket of mud"??

I want one...

 

[BigTom]

BigTom, when I become a famous opera singer, can I fly you over to my luxury apartment (could be in New York City, Milan, London, San Francisco, who knows?) and you make me a pretty "Bucket of mud"??

I want one...

Someone's been on the gin

Would be a pleasure.

 

[lljdma06]

BigTom, when I become a famous opera singer, can I fly you over to my luxury apartment (could be in New York City, Milan, London, San Francisco, who knows?) and you make me a pretty "Bucket of mud"??

I want one...

Someone's been on the gin

Would be a pleasure.

Uh no, completely sober... That's me singing the solo.

http/www.upload-mp3.com/files/288165_f8gjh/AgnusdeiRossini.mp3

 

[Biulu]

What kind of lighting did you have again? It is amazing how welll the plants grow. My crypts seem to have a meltdown every time I go on a trip....

 

[BigTom]

What kind of lighting did you have again? It is amazing how welll the plants grow. My crypts seem to have a meltdown every time I go on a trip....

70W Metal Halide (£20 spotlight off ebay!), 3 feet above the tank, around 12 hours a day. It's also next to a window but is north facing so only gets a small amount of indirect daylight.

 

[BigTom]

As promised, full tank shot before I go off again. Haven't time to set up properly, but it'll do for the record. Have condensed the emersed plants back into one corner and given the parlour palm a pretty heavy trim as the old leaves were yellowing a bit. Seems to be a shortage of something, will try and figure out what next time I'm home.

Also ignore the still half-built light fitting

 

[bae1994]

Amazing

 

[Verminator89]

Love it the more i see it, and each update makes me drool that little bit further down myself!

 

[BigTom]

Well, back from another 5 weeks of tank neglect and everything looks good. Fish looking plump and happy, most of the plants are healthy, no algae, lillies are flowering again and the triffid is now 4 feet tall. Crypts finally melted shortly after I left but there is decent regrowth.

A wide shot, will take some more once I've had a bit of a tidy up -

 

[ian]

Nice Tom!

I presume you're using your new slr?

Also, is that a UWA lens you're using?