Thanks, it looks a lot different now. :P I still need to take some better pictures of it.

ten gallon tank is looking good

Hey thanks! I got the driftwood off of aquabid for 9 bucks. I think the guy said he had 5 more. Look for Gentzel Pets on there. It's a good solid Piece of wood. I was kind of upset at the beginning though because the picture was completely different than what he sent me. Which was more of a branch look. I am happy with it though. I just can't wait to put it into my tank!

Thats gotta be one of the coolest pieces of dw i've seen! ive been trying to find a piece like that since i started the tank. where did you get it?

9 months is a long time, but I can see all the work you have put into it. I am always reading up on stuff I want in my tank, before I get it. I am learning so many things on this forum. I am glad I joined!

Well it took me 9 months to get it to where it's at now. 3 months of that was before aquarium advice and with stock lighting which was a 24 inch 20 watt aquaglow bulb. then i got an upgrade on the light. i put 2x 39 watt t6ho 34.5 inch bulbs over the 40 gal and the few plants i had at the time finally started to grow instead of sit there and rot out. then i got some more plants and they slowly grew until i added the diy co2. thats when they took off running. i was using the flourish excel which is a liquid carbon source for the plants but it seems they like the gas better.
best advice i can give you at this point is dont rush it. it is gonna take time and the slower you go, the more you read up, the less mistakes you make. When you go to the pet store take notes on what you see that you like and want to buy and research it on-line before you buy it.

It is definitley worth it in the end.

Yeah I noticed your tank was the same one after i posted, very pretty and I am envious of it! I am working on getting mine to where I want it. It's gonna take some time, but it will be worth it :P

Thanks for the compliment. It's actually just different stages of one tank. Your tanks are off to a really good start.

Hey thanks I love your fish tanks! They are beautiful!

nice profile page looks great and i like your Dr Seus fish avatar.