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Your log's nice to read, you've a great sense of humour. I think you SHOULD be congratulated on a free find of petrified wood. I couldn't find any for sale here in Aus (unless polished up as ornaments) or any free lying around near lakes & what not, so I bought some from USA on ebay. Very envious you can just find it& pick it out. Even so, takes talent to pick & arrange the right pieces, and you've done it nicely.

Well, I guess we will have to continue to wait for more pics. I glad you're changing the gravel - what colour have you chosen?

Cheers
TW

Thanks Robyn. As far as the petrified wood goes.....why would someone especially want it in their tank? I just picked it out cause it was flat. Why do other people want it?

The colored gravel in my 18g. I'm changing over to a natural colored gravel. I bought a big bag of Pea Gravel at Lowell's. I did the second 1/3 of it the other day. Just one more time & I'll be done. It's already looking a lot better with the new gravel & all the green hornwort forming a nice background. Plus I've already added a few different rocks & a nice piece of driftwood (not a stick) lol It looks like a different tank already.

I'll get a pic when it's done.....weather permitting me to leave to borrow a camera. I live in Oklahoma, which is a National disaster area right now from that ice storm. Thankfully our house has been spared this year from loosing electric, so far.....unlike last year's ice storm which left us without heat or anything for a week. But the weather just said snow is coming now as our ice storm is headed to those who live in the East now.
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Oh my gosh! It just occurred to me! I wonder what rocks you guys are referring to as being petrified wood!? I thought you meant the rocks in my foreground, as those are the ones I got from my lake. But petrified wood would be round wouldn't it? Now I'm thinking you guys might be referring to the wood in the pic of my background! lol Some people are having trouble distinguishing what is on my background & what is actually in my tank. There are two logs in my background pic.....one on the far right & one on the left side of the tank. Someone please tell me what exactly what it is that you are thinking is petrified wood??

Ah, this is funny, if it's what I think it is. I loved that background cause I thought it looked so real, but I didn't think it was real enough to deceive people.

Wow its been a long time before the last post.....

TO answer the question, i think petrified wood is wood that has been fossilized(?) and the organics and wood on the inside has been replaced by minerals seeping in, therefore taking the shape of wood or wooden chunks, while retaining a nice stone color. THe stones in front of your tank are suposedly Pet. Wood.

Cant wait! Also, be safe in the snow!

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The squarish stones are supposed to be pet. wood? That's odd, cause trees are round. Oh well, I'll hang on to them anyway.

The person whose camera I was going to borrow said their camera wasn't very good, so I decided to wait & borrow the same camera I used before. That camera will be back in state at the end of next mo.. I will probably put up a new post with a before pic with the colored gravel in my 18g. & an after pic with the natural gravel now.

We never got the snow.......but we had tornadoes last week that killed two & injured about a dozen. Thankfully, it didn't touch our little town though. So......see ya next mo.. Thanks for stopping by!

Patty ... another month ...we will die of suspense .


Garry

awsome tanks patty
i truley beilive that the 55 gallon is the nicest tank i have ever seen
it looks like the lost city of atlantis !!!(in a good way)
you sure know what to do with rocks
how about a updated photo for us all?????????

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

Garry- Please don't die.......we will miss you!

Well, thank you so much platy boy! I'm glad you like my tank.

I guess I can take an updated photo of the 55g. when I take one of the 18g., though I don't think you'll see much change. The regular valls on the left have grown a little but the corkscrew valls on the right side have not really grown much. I am still battling hair algae. I bought Prime to combat the nitrates in my well water, & phosphorus pads to remove the extra phosphorus. I am also dosing with Flourish Excel as I read on here that it might help. At the end of next mo. I will post updated pics..

wahoooooooooooooooooooo
pics pics pics!


33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

patty!!! patty!!! i want pics!
comon patty lets see some pics!

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

At the end of next mo. I will post updated pics..

Platy boy .... You will soon learn there is no hurrying Patty..a very determined young lady .

Garry

hey garry i like the new avatar what type of fish is it?

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

patty i am awaiting picts as i have been eagerly reading all of this thread multiple times.. and well i think as a testament of how much you love those loyal FP readers you should post some pics a bit earlier...



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Platy Boy ... Black Shark ...hence the tag line..

Garry

hey garry seeing as patty wont show us some pics could we see a full shot of the shark please?

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

Mate ... check out my log in the Planted section ...you can't miss him he's in nearly evry shot

Garry

As flattering as you are brando...... how do you propose I take these early pics when my camera person will not be back till end of next mo.?

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please patty?

jk i know...
it would be hard w/out a camera... dang!!!!

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33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

The camera will be back in state on the 21st. Then a few more days before I see that person.

Patty very nice tanks i cant believe i havent seen this thread yet. anyways in my unprofessional opnion....a very very good tanks! good job matey

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Oh my gosh........it's the 28th already!!

I'm going to see my camera person today. I'll ask about borrowing that camera again.

Thanks for the compliments sora!

i am awaiting those lovely tank pics patty!

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Hurry up will you ? Sheeze !!!

The Amazon Nut...

its already MARCH PATTY!!!!!

geez!

what are we to do????

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what are we to do????

I dunno but someone is SURE taking her sweet time LOL.

The Amazon Nut...