*** UPDATE *** NOW ABOUT 8 WEEKS IN ***
Well, I have been playing around with my camera, and am getting a little better with photos. Since I first posted this I have had some significant changes in fish... Some casualties from an accidentally OD of NO3 (1 Oto, 1 SAE, 1 RCS), others found new homes (all the clowns, the rainbow shark, and most recently my blue gourami)...
I updated my profile / myinfo with my latest fish stocking information if you are interested.
The biggest change in the last two weeks is my new light, received and setup yesterday:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=89400
So this morning, after my weekly PWC, I set out to snap some more pics of the tank... Sorry if this post is getting a bit large, but I love seeing other's photos, so I am hoping others feel the same:
I had to shuffle some plants around this morning after trimmings. One of the swords got move up to the front corner for now, since I am kind of out of space in the back...
I had my wife help me rotate my hood around the other way this morning, which has made the cord arrangements a bit better and will place my moonlights more directly over the tank. Perhaps tonight I will try and get some pics with the moonlights on.
I also realized last night that the light was blowing hot air right near my thermostat, making it believe the house was much warmer... Another good reason to turn the hood around. There is a fan on ones side that blows the heat through and out the other side:
A few more shots of the plants to the left:
Since I removed the gourami, who I suspected of eating $90 worth of shrimp, I have seen some of the come out of hiding... Whewww...
My kids begged from some aquatic frogs... they are pretty clumsy things and even if they did want to try and eat the shrimp I don't think they are clever enough... The shrimp completely ignore them:
Ok, bare with me... just a few more pics. The Red Nose Shrimp are really hard to get pics of, probably because they like to hang around too close the top around the light... Here are a couple attempts:
The Nerites are laying eggs everywhere... Perhaps the season?
Finally a really bad shot of the Kuhli Loach, out and about: