Bunny13's Planted Tank Journal....many pictures...consider yourself warned

I love photo journals (they are my favorite types of post) so I thought I would create one of my 20 gallon tank. I have complied pictures of my tank, about one a month, since February 2006. It’s been less then a year but there have been huge changes in my tank!


Here’s the first picture of my tank. I had just set up my tank again after being on winter break for a month. It looks so bare compared to what it is now!

2/24/06:


3/17/06:


4/10/06:


4/15/06:


4/25/06:


4/30/06:


5/22/06:

This is the tank set up at home for summer break. I added pressurized CO2. I also have a very good selection of live plants back home so I was able to try some different plants.

7/12/06:



The tank was too warm for the Limnophila aquatica in the back right corner which is why it was so stemy. Once I lowered the heat it became much more bushy. Of course I also thought it was Cabomba for awhile which may have been the problem!

7/18/06:




7/21/06:



The Leopard Val in the front right gets really tall so it is now in the back of my tank but since I was heading back to school soon I left it where it was until I set my tank up again at school.
8/1/06:



Oh boy...this was a mess. This was after I got home from a one week vacation. Took me awhile to clean it up. I had some plants that had grown more then 3-4 feet long in that week...crazy!!!
8/12/06:

These following pictures are of my most recent set-ups. The first one is from the day I arrived at school. I've reset up the tank once between 8/15/06 and 9/19/06 but I didn't take a picture. On 9/19 I rearranged it again becuase I felt the set up I had at the time was unbalanced and it was driving me insane to look at it! I personally think I have too many types of plants in my tank right now but I just can't bring myself to throw them out!!!


8/15/06:


9/19/06:


9/21/06:



I will continue to add to this as the tank grows and changes. Let me know what you think, I am always looking for ways to improve!!!!

Thanks guys! Plah, I haven't seen any more so I don't think they made it. One of my female ottos was getting really fat and I noticed the other day that she wasn't looking so plump anymore. I will have to keep an eye out for any new babies!!!