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Very nice Heidi. Looks a lot like our 75 with a huge piece of driftwood in the middle of the tank.

The floating plant looks like red ludwigia. I have some in my tank. It helps to leave the lead weight on the stems until roots grow and the plant becomes established.

Keep the weights handy. You'll need them again when you prune it and replant the prunings.

"You think you have an child on a sugar buzz? Let me show you energy!!!" These Danties are everywhere at once. They are only about 0.5-0.75 inches (1.27-1.91 cm), about the same size as the neons I just got, but they are literally everywhere all at the same time...funny little devils



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"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Not the best picture coming, but it shows how all the tetras are trying to form one schoolThat would be 20 Wild Neon Tetras, 10 Wild Emperor Tetras, and 2-3 year old Neon Tetras, probably a couple of Danty Corries in this school also, they have tried to school with everything:%)



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Cali I almost want to say those above are male and female, just by size, though time will only tell(ok I'm posting the pics, but forgot what each is,)

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As you'll be able to tell, I found out last night that my fish will try to school with anything that swims by

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Here we go again, as promised more photos!!!

Please excuse the water spots, I kind of forgot that while planting I made a mess climbing in



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Shannen as soon as I have finished planting the plants that are currently floatingI will take a full tank picture or two or three

So tonight I shall go home and finish planting my plants, and all for you shannenAlso tonight I wil be finally putting my drift wood in the tankI finally took it out of Leslie's trunk, and it is currently soaking in my bathtub

Now I shall add...Leslie and I went to Village Tropical Aquarium (or something like that:%)) this moring and also visited another lfs that we will not name (it had tons of tanks everywhere, but didn't have any fish to speak of, yes you read that correctly the tanks were running, but didn't have any fishgo figure. They did have a full size--i'm hopingRed Bellied Paco, thank ya'll for stopping me from making that mistake)

Anyways, Village Tropical is as awesome as I had been told, and it was worth the drive But, I kind of went a bit overboard I got 15 Hasboro Corries ($18), 20 Wild Neon Tetras ($24), 10 Wild Emperor Tetras ($20), 15 bundles of Anacharis, and 5 bundles of Twisted Vail ($15). I feel as though I got some really good deals

My new neons are schooling and swimming behind the other 2 neons i've had forever. The Hasboro Corries are just goofy as all get out swimming everywhere at once, and the Emperor Tetras are schooling loosely with themselves and the neons. Hilarious to watch, tonight I'll be setting things straight how i want them and I'll get pictures For now that is all the fish I'll be adding (also got some more of the bacteria stuff I use)

That place though was wonderful, and I think I could have stayed there for a couple of hours, but the guy who was helping us, ended up with my squealing each time I saw another breed of corries...there were at least 8 different types of corries...if anyone ventures to the Houston area it is well worth the trouble of getting to, call us and we will meet you Ok I'm still wound up from the trip, don't think there will be any sleep tonight:%)--Heidi

Last edited by heidi at 07-Mar-2005 23:33

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

How about a full pic of the tank heidi?

That is awesome Heidi! Thank you for sharing pics. Your tank is looking really nice! Check out my Avatar... That is one of our cories....

I have a 100, 62, 55, and 10 gallon all in a 2nd floor apartment...I used to build houses, so I knew it would be able to support it as long as the larger tanks are against main support walls (the 100 gallon is against the front wall while the 55 and 62 are against the far side walls of my apartment)...as long as I had the wall space, I'd be willing to keep the 225 I "took care of/moved" in my apartment...

No doubt that 125 was heavy heidi! I moved my 100 up the stairs and into my apartment with just the help of one other guy, and the worst I had to do was move a 225 WITH 150 lbs of gravel and a small amount of water through one apartment, across 100 feet of parking lot, and through another apartment with the help of just one other guy...and he didn't even struggle...and I thought I was gonna die...

Tank's looking fantastic heidi!

PM/email/msg me if you have any questions/comments regarding me or my knowledge or if you want me to read a thread.

Just for the record, what is the heaviest tank you would put in your apartment?

Heidi's apartment is on the first floor, on a concrete slab. So the weight isn't an issue in her apartment. However, I wouldn't put it in a second floor apartment.