April 21, 2007
I did a water change (RO) this morning, and also made some planting adjustments. First, I removed most of the green hygro (except for one or two stems in the back right of the tank) because it was starting to get out of control again, and because my other slower-growing plants have taken hold and I no longer needed the hygro to be a "nutrient sponge." I also cut the rather large adventitious shoot off of my compact sword, separated the plantlets from the shoot itself, and planted them around the tank. I now have 6 compact swords, although only one of them actually has any real size.
I planted one of the swords through the hole in the lace rock where I used to have my anubias before I moved it to the rock work on the right side of the tank. It's a little compressed in the hole, but I'm hopeful that it will take root and grow - it's a really neat effect.
Tomorrow is the GCCA Swap Meet, and I'm really geared up for it. I'm as happy with my tank as I have been since the CO2 disaster, particularly because I feel like I'm past the "new tank" issues I got a taste of (algae, etc.) when I re-set it up. Even before I did the vacuum and water change today, the tank still looked clean, which I always take as a good sign -- and I've had no real algae growth since the last of the BGA died off.
Here's a quick glance at the current state of the tank:
Many, many more pictures to come...
(Also, thoughts on the new avatar? That's a shot I've been saving for a while
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