Santa brought me a digital camera, Tank Pics......

[spankey]

"Santa" brought me a digital camera for christmas. Figured I'd share pics of my 55 gallon. Mind you I am NO profesional at snapping off pics. And at shooting crystal clear pics...

But I think they turned out ok. I did 2 with the flash off and 1 with it on. The one with it on doesn't look to terribly bad.

Have a looksee.....

http://www.picturetrail.com/spankey

My crypts have fulled out like mad. And my sword plant are all its own new leaves about a month old. I pulled the older green house grown growth about 3 weeks ago. Now they are all its own growth.

It still needs some cutting back, actually all of them need a hair cut. I just hate trimming them. Because I am scared I am going to change something like stunt or shock the plant? WHo knows,.. I am crazy...



Thanks for your input.

Spankey

OH yeah, don't mind the Co2 bottles. I don't if you don't! LOL...

[gcvt]

Well, congratulations on your new camera and on your beautiful tank! You should be very proud of what you've done there! :)

[Richer]

Very nice indeed =)

Just a question... I can't quite tell what kind of plant you have there via the picture.. can you tell me what plant(s) you have floating in your tank?

-Richer

[tyler]

it said riccia and duckweed on the page

and by the way, nice pics

[Richer]

Perhaps I should learn to read more carefully, thx =)

-Richer

[Tempest]

Nice Spankey!!! I told Santa I wanted a digital camera too but I think I musta been a bad girl since it didn't happen. :D

[spankey]

Thanks guys.

Richer, Yeah its Riccia, Duckweed and Salvinia. A friend of mine gave me a bunch of it while I was at his house about a month and a half ago. Believe it or not the stuff went from about 3x3 square inch to my half of the tank in that time!!!! The stuff grew like mad... Only wish I would have separated it when I got it. Now I have all three mixed up! OH well...

Thanks for the coments... I need to read up on how to take better picures though. The camera is a Sony Cybershot 2.0 MP.... So I think it can do better? I am just not experienced enought to do it! LOL..

Any rate. Thanks and have a great holiday, whats left of it anyway...

Spankey

[spankey]

Tempest.

Ah don't say that... I am sure you were a good girl this year. Maybee he dropped your camera off here by mistake:eek: . I'll trade you for a CO2 system...:D HA HA HA.... I am praying that in January for my birthday the wife will let me spring for a Co2 system. I talked it over with her about a month ago and she was game, but lately , ah she hasn't said much...

Its a shame the systems' are so much cash.... I can see getting away with $50 -$75 on a budget but $150 to $170 isn't gonna happen. Not on my budget. At least not next month...

Maybee I can sell my tank to get a Co2 System, HA....

Spank

[Richer]

You could always slowly build up your CO2 system. ie. For now, just buy the regulator, later on buy the needle valve, a bit later your CO2 tank, etc. You may not have a working CO2 system from the get-go, but at least you'll be working towards one.

HTH
-Richer

[inxs]

Spankey - nice pics. Do you have a blue background or none? I'd go with black - just my opinion.

If you go with what Richer says you can rent a tank for $4-6/month until you can buy it, the rest of the stuff should fit into your budget.

[spankey]

INXS-

Yeah, its a blue background. I used to do black, but it seemed to show off the green spot alage really fast. I found myself always cleaning it off every other day. But thats just me being lazy...:rolleyes:

But yeah, I think black does bring out the plants even more. I can just turn the blue around next week and try it. I am really busy the next 3 days with work.

For the Co2, I can't seem to find a place that will rent me a tank? I can get my hands on a guage, but it might need re-building. Its like 20 years old. So I think buying new is my best bet. Safe from the get go...I don't need to take ANY chances with a presurized tank in my house and with my kids near by? If you know what I mean...

But again, buying one thing at a time isn't a bad idea. I will ponder it today....

THanks alot...

Spankey

[125gJoe]

Your plants are looking real good!! What type of fertilizers are you using and at what dosage? Thanks... :)

[spankey]

joe-

The tank has 160 watts of NO flourescent lighting on it. Two double shop lights 1 with two chroma 50's and the other 2 ultra daylight bulbs. I run them both ten hours a day.

I dose 6 drops of PMDD every day at the Krib's mixture. I also add every other day 6ml of flourish.

I do 30% water changes every week. 50% was a bit much for me, and I seem to get less algae around a 30% change. Call me crazy but thats what works for me.

Every now and then I get an ocasional fuzz outbreak but it subsides after about a week or two of adding things differntly.

The driftwood is coming out this weekend because its getting BBA all over it. Its spreading to the moss thats on it. SO I want to save what I can of the moss. Plus it takes up more room that plants could be using....


Thanks for the coments..

Spankey

[Pootspete]

Santa forgot to drop me off my camera for Christmas. Boo hoo. :(

But, I am glad he found your house to be able for you to take those nice pictures of your tank. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing the photos!