1.5g Moss Cube

Specs:
Tank: 1.5g Tetra WaterWonders Aquarium
Lighting: 3W LED
Filtration: None, just an airstone
Fauna: Zebra Danio Fry
Flora: Taiwan Moss, Peacock Moss, Round Pellia, Flame Moss, Fissidens, Notocyphus Lutesens, Riccia (floating)

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I have plans to add 3-5 RCS eventually, just to keep the moss clean :-) and to have something to watch while I'm sitting here at my desk.

1g Window Bowl

I have been oogling planted bowls/vases/jars for quite awhile now, and I am fascinated by natural (dirt) tanks. I've tried a wabi kusa before and wasn't overly excited with it. 

Anyway...

Specs
Tank: 1g Fish Bowl
Lighting: Natural, East facing window
Filtration: None
Substrate: Miracle Gro Peat Moss (fertilized) topped with Hyponex Potting Soil topped with Play Sand
Fauna: 2 Tiny Snails (the flat ramshorns, name?)
Flora: Java Fern, Java Moss, Taiwan Moss, Anubias Nana 'Petite', Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides, Rotala Rotundifolia, Unknown stem or two, Dwarf Hairgrass

02/27/2013

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03/01/2013

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Can't Wait for Friday!

Assuming 3 day shipping on everything, I should have plants and shrimps both arriving on Friday. I'm so excited I can barely contain myself. I can't wait to get the 20H and 10g fully planted and the shrimp settled into their new home. I was going to get the standard Red Cherry Shrimp, but since I was last in the hobby, they have bred new variations and I was able to get some red/blue rilis for nearly the same price as I would have been able to get the RCS.

I've found myself just sitting and staring into the new tanks, imagining what they might look like very soon.

Indoor Gardening Afternoon

This afternoon, I have spent A LOT, like an unhealthy amount of time reading about aquariums, planted tanks, fish and all kinds of related stuff.

I took clippings from three of my pothos plants and stuck them in three different aquariums. The fish are fascinated by the additions and I can't wait to see how well they root and what kind of growth I can get out of them.

I dropped by lucky bamboo in the goldfish filter, should be interesting, definitely has to be better than what it's been living in (gravel w/ a little bit of water, no nutrients).

Nano Idea

I would love to to a planted nano tank. I have a 3.5g that currently houses 6 guppies, but they will be moving to the 20H within a week or two. OR I could dig out the 1.5g cube.

I'm thinking dirt substrate topped with gravel or sand or something. I'd like to grow both submerged and immersed plants.

Off Topic - My Studio

I'll update on the hermies in a few minutes, but here's a quick update on some new changes to my "studio".

Finally!!! I found the motivation/inspiration/energy, whatever it was that I was missing that was holding me back on the progression of my studio.

I share the space with my boyfriend. I can do whatever I want as long as he still has a clear desk, chair and floor space for his chair, lol.

Yesterday, I purchased some inexpensive shelves to store my supplies. Then I went to work clearing out two 18 gal storage tubs full of beading supplies. Finally, I got everything sorted, organized and stashed on the new shelves. The rest of the room still needs some work, but I'm finally on the right path! Last night, I even had the space to tackle a small project. 

This morning, I cleaned up from last night's project, plugged in the radio, and dug out a small fish tank that I had in storage. It's full of water and running already :-). I don't have any decorations left from before, so now I have to save up for decor and a fishy. I really want two fishys, a pleco and a goldfish. I know, both are messy fish with the potential to get very large, but as I was digging in storage the other day, I found a 20 gallon tank with stand and all of the accessories. It will be my motivation to get the rest of the house in order.

Anyway, photo time!

 

 

Another Quick Update

The plants are growing very slowly. I discovered that the first sprouts actually were the lettuce seeds I had tossed in with the grass seeds. A few days ago I added some random seeds from last season to get a little more growth going.

I moved two of the four hermies in this afternoon. They explored, but showed absolutely no interest in The Garden. Hopefully, they'll get hungry and go after it later. I'll be keeping an eye on it them this evening, and as soon as the other two surface in the current habitat, they'll be moved in.

A few other notes, I created a 6" dish garden with grass seed and an assortment of seeds from last season. Then I created a 6" dish garden with nothing but vine vegetable plants. When the first two have been destroyed, I will unveil the vine garden. I picked up a small plastic basket, cut holes in two sides and it will make a great plant stand and cave once this gets going.

I'll update with pics and more info later!