And we also went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium! By the way, there are a number of nice videos I took too at both the zoo and aquarium, but I'm kind of too lazy (and inconvenienced) to put them up on Youtube. Maybe later.

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That 10 gallon tank was kind of a piece of crap! We got a 20 gallon off of Craigslist to replace it!

( Today is day 15 )

( Can you see them? )

Edit: The miracle of life! Skip to ~2:30 for the exciting bits.



The newborn shrimplet in the center of the picture. Note that this is the same scale as the first photo up top.

Tomorrow: a badass update to the puffer tank! It can now tank without clerics

Last night Kevin reshaped the substrate, which meant that I had to replant most of the HC (baby's tears). NEVER AGAIN.

( Mostly for my own records )

As promised, the impressive stuff! Upon finding out that I have a cubicle and personal desk at work, I decided right away that I wanted a little tank for it. However, our department didn't get "settled" into our permanent location until about a month ago, so I had this thing running and establishing itself at home for a few months, which is a good thing when it comes to my impatience :P Now it's sitting next to my computer as a terrible nice distraction.

Waaay more photos this time, and all hand-taken! Be prepared so that you don't get BLOWN AWAY.

( Tank specs: )

( Fishhhhh )

( Plants: )

( Extra pictures! )

So I've been (dragged by Kevin) into the aquarium hobby for oh, about a year now, but never mustered the effort to make any posts about it (mainly because it involves taking photos and blaaaah.) Today, though, I finally managed to set up a tank I've wanted to do for a while, so I want to take this opportunity to do a progress diary.

( Tank plans and specs: )

( Photos, day 1: )

On Monday I'll take the camera to work and get some good pics of the almost-2-gallon nano tank I've got running there :)