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I don't think I've ever posted pictures of my aquaria on here, at least not for a very long time. I didn't take any of the 60 or its inhabitants, but I got a handful of shots of my two 10s and the 20 I've recently converted into a paludarium.

The planted 10

cherry barbs (male is obvious, the two girls are hanging out behind the heater)

another shot of the male cherry barb

Badis (chameleon fish)

better pic of his face


10-gallon guppy tank (plastic plants), full tank shot didn't turn out, so here's some of the fish - two young males

Male and female (and algae scrubber)
There are a bunch more guppies in the tank, of various ages, but they don't sit still very well so I moved on...


20 gallon paludarium (aquatic part is ~4 gallons), contains one badis that you can't see, water is pretty turbid ATM

you can see some of the java fern and crypts through the murkiness in this pic

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Nice cherry barbs.
Is the paludarium new? Are you going to add lots of plants?

Well not "new" new, but it's beginning a new life as a paludarium. I used to have Neolamprologus brichardi in it. Yes, there will be more plants (there already are quite a few in the aquatic section, I just got a bunch of crypts today), going for a Southeast Asian sort of thing (although the maidenhair fern I have, I suspect might not be so SE Asian... but there are some species of maidenhair fern from there so I'll call it ok). Will be getting a cutting of a jewel orchid from a family friend who used to run an orchid greenhouse. I probably will want to get one more small terrestrial plant for the back corner. And I am keeping an eye peeled for hairgrass, as I'd really like to put some right in front of and around the slate waterfall thing

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Slate waterfall thing? I see the slate, but not the waterfall?
I like that first 10g. planted. Too bad it isn't brighter, so we could see more.

The slate that is sticking up out of the water has water running down it. Rather slowly right now, I need to work on that and figure out what it is that's slowing the pump down. I think the piece of nylon stocking that I covered it with to keep dirt from going in is bunching up and blocking the inlets.

I'm glad you like the 10. I'm pretty happy with it, but I want to get the Egeria to fill in the back half or so. It'll be a while before that's done. I'm looking forward to taking the twine off the Anubias and them getting bigger too (at which point they may move to a different tank)

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Want to see more pics of the Paludarium once the water is clear

The Amazon Nut...

It's a waste of a paludarium if it doesn't have a mudskipper in it. Haha, just pulling your leg, it looks pretty cool. I REALLY like that piece of wood sticking out. My skipper tank just has a fake floating turtle rock, so it definitely kicks the butt out of my pseudo-paludarium in terms of aquascaping.

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haha thanks

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