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I like the idea of not needing a heater. The garage isn't cold in winter. The driftwood has a hole through it, and I have some native moss in there already, I thought I would push some java or xmas moss through the hole and it grow through and up around the java fern. There would be plenty of places to hide.

Don't like em much.

thanks, I will put them on the list of fish to look at in the shop

My personal favourites are twisted val in the background and/or corners, and crypts in the front. You have heaps of room and options though so lots and lots to choose from, I'm not going to go there!

these photos aren't good enough for the photos thread but I thought you might like the feathers on this pigeon that stopped by today. This one doesn't visit often. Any seed left for me?

They are pretty. One of the things I read said you should remove the male when the fry are free swimming - that isn't an option here though. I may have read something overly cautious?

It's a good arrangement. The wood joins the stones together to make one whole piece and it leading to the middle from off centre is pleasing to the eye. The rocks make for some good placement of plants and you could leave the foreground with very low growing plants.

Normally I hate these sort of threads but the worm has turned and now I'm starting one of my own :facepalm: My bugs tank that has few bugs - first go at culturing daphnia in a tank was not a success so am thinking about whether to ditch that idea and use the tank for something else. Tank details: 22 litres Sponge filter as you can see Small amount of gravel substrate - am not buying more so all future plants must be attached to the wood. Lighting - 7 watt 6500k clip on variety, with a timer Main factor - location is in the garage so it will not be in view most of the time. Therefore anything I put in there needs to be low tech, low maintenance. No stem plants wanted, no fancy rockwork and glosso either. Ideally the fish would be a single species and would be something that will breed if left to its own devices. And not guppies either. Ideas so far: Ember tetra Emerald eye tetra Mosquito rasbora Clown killies (Aq Advisor says warning warning this tank is too small as they might grow to 3.5cm!!! haha) A. Australe gold killies More shrimp –semi pointless as I know they can’t breed in freshwater but they are fun to watch

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+1 Ira got some nice hideyholes with that arrangement. Would look good with plants along the top like Blueeyes had in her tank in another thread

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Had a rearrangment today. Have removed most of the peat from the bugs tank, just a thin layer of gravel on the bottom and leaves. Surviving critters are snails-a-plenty, 2 shrimp, 1 green seed ostracod, some copepods. Have tried to hurry up my green water bucket with some actual green pea water.

haha just tricking you are they big enough for a photo yet?

go go

i think he was in the wrong thread leap

a shotgun for the day it escapes :nilly: here spidey spidey spidey....

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hard to believe, that happened quick

argh!

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