mikeperkins
Seedling
Greetings to one and all!
I'd like to share my little nano adventure with you all and hopefully get a lot of feedback and advice along the way. I've had planted tanks before but never with a great deal of success - plants always grew but the algae grew quicker - so after a few years break from freshwater tanks I thought I'd give it another go.
SWMBO said no to another tank so whilst she was at work last week I added a 22 litre AquaOne nano to the kitchen, JBL Aquabasis for substrate with a layer of fine gravel over the top. Threw a couple of bunched plants in and a bit of bogwood so it didn't look bare and waited for the flack! Well it didn't come so it's now a fixture.
Day 1 (26/9/2012)
Next step is to aquascape while tank is cycling and get some decent plants in there. I have to say the light is disappointing so I'll try alternative bulbs. ( 9 watt PLS bulb ) any suggestions gratefully received.
I do need help with how to upload photos, the help area suggests I can't show photos stored on my PC?????
"Yes, images can be shown in your posts. If the administrator has allowed attachments, you may be able to upload the image to the board. Otherwise, you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.example.com/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor images stored behind authentication mechanisms, e.g. hotmail or yahoo mailboxes, password protected sites, etc. To display the image use the BBCode tag."
How do you guys show your photos?
The other area I struggle with is how to take a decent photo with my Olympus SP-620UZ so any tips would be gratefully received.
I'd like to share my little nano adventure with you all and hopefully get a lot of feedback and advice along the way. I've had planted tanks before but never with a great deal of success - plants always grew but the algae grew quicker - so after a few years break from freshwater tanks I thought I'd give it another go.
SWMBO said no to another tank so whilst she was at work last week I added a 22 litre AquaOne nano to the kitchen, JBL Aquabasis for substrate with a layer of fine gravel over the top. Threw a couple of bunched plants in and a bit of bogwood so it didn't look bare and waited for the flack! Well it didn't come so it's now a fixture.
Day 1 (26/9/2012)
Next step is to aquascape while tank is cycling and get some decent plants in there. I have to say the light is disappointing so I'll try alternative bulbs. ( 9 watt PLS bulb ) any suggestions gratefully received.
I do need help with how to upload photos, the help area suggests I can't show photos stored on my PC?????
"Yes, images can be shown in your posts. If the administrator has allowed attachments, you may be able to upload the image to the board. Otherwise, you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.example.com/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor images stored behind authentication mechanisms, e.g. hotmail or yahoo mailboxes, password protected sites, etc. To display the image use the BBCode tag."
How do you guys show your photos?
The other area I struggle with is how to take a decent photo with my Olympus SP-620UZ so any tips would be gratefully received.