Right so back from a Nightmare of a journey from India, That took nearly 30 hours in total. Was stuck in Munich for most of the day yesterday due to the snow, and managed to fly out just before the airport was closed and left 15000 people stranded.
Did not get a chance to travel round any of the LFS' in Samrala, Doraha, Nuwana Sher, Patiala, Ludhiana,Chandigarh, Jalandhar etc due to the severe weather and freezing fog conditions. And also due to the chaotic wedding plans, ended up going to 4 weddings.
Steves Shrimp and otto's have survived and look to be doing well. have not had a good look in the tank yet. Could not see the female Betta, but she could be hiding.
Not sure how to vac the tank, as don't want to lose any of the shrimplets in the mulm, as there is a heavy layer of it on the substrate.
I am def going to have and open top tank, using the acrylic planting baskets people on here have been using. Will be using alot of bog plants, as they are cheap and always available on ebay all year round. And these give bushier growth for the money. Will use a few ferns and some flowering marginals.
Tank will be heavily planted with just anubias(fave), crypts, hair grass(fave) and Hydrocoytle(in baskets aswell).
Fish wise, I am going to stay in the nano/pico range so can have lots. And will be buying shrimp in bulk as had good results with the quality of them in the past. Fish will be ordered from malaysia/singapore when ready, and I have the BBS hatchery up and running again.
Hardscape will be using just a Single Slate Monolith, as like how it look when used before.
Substrate will keep as playsand, and pound shop pebbles, might try and see if I can find that fine mettalic gravel I used once.
Will give the External a Clean and Mod it with new Taps, as managed to break the other(to heavy handed). Will get the taps from the plumbing supplies, as they work just fine. Flow will be reduced and will used small powerheads to direct flow within the tank.
The K1 Moving bed filter is doing well and is now nice and mature. Now most of you know I do not test the water or do any stats. The water smells nice and earthy and mature so will not do a massive water change, So not to throw it out of kilter.
Will put on LED Bulbs this time, using the pooja frame as a hanging frame, and refit the refit the underwater lighting.
That is all for now, as still need to unpack all the suitcases.
Did not get a chance to travel round any of the LFS' in Samrala, Doraha, Nuwana Sher, Patiala, Ludhiana,Chandigarh, Jalandhar etc due to the severe weather and freezing fog conditions. And also due to the chaotic wedding plans, ended up going to 4 weddings.
Steves Shrimp and otto's have survived and look to be doing well. have not had a good look in the tank yet. Could not see the female Betta, but she could be hiding.
Not sure how to vac the tank, as don't want to lose any of the shrimplets in the mulm, as there is a heavy layer of it on the substrate.
I am def going to have and open top tank, using the acrylic planting baskets people on here have been using. Will be using alot of bog plants, as they are cheap and always available on ebay all year round. And these give bushier growth for the money. Will use a few ferns and some flowering marginals.
Tank will be heavily planted with just anubias(fave), crypts, hair grass(fave) and Hydrocoytle(in baskets aswell).
Fish wise, I am going to stay in the nano/pico range so can have lots. And will be buying shrimp in bulk as had good results with the quality of them in the past. Fish will be ordered from malaysia/singapore when ready, and I have the BBS hatchery up and running again.
Hardscape will be using just a Single Slate Monolith, as like how it look when used before.
Substrate will keep as playsand, and pound shop pebbles, might try and see if I can find that fine mettalic gravel I used once.
Will give the External a Clean and Mod it with new Taps, as managed to break the other(to heavy handed). Will get the taps from the plumbing supplies, as they work just fine. Flow will be reduced and will used small powerheads to direct flow within the tank.
The K1 Moving bed filter is doing well and is now nice and mature. Now most of you know I do not test the water or do any stats. The water smells nice and earthy and mature so will not do a massive water change, So not to throw it out of kilter.
Will put on LED Bulbs this time, using the pooja frame as a hanging frame, and refit the refit the underwater lighting.
That is all for now, as still need to unpack all the suitcases.