Dark Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Last night i finally managed to get some free time to start putting my new tank together. The tank was re-sealed about 2 weeks ago, needed to be left for a week to cure (external re-seal only). So, two frustrating weeks later, in goes the substrate. I had this kookie idea for the base substrate - this is a fully planted tank so i'm using a mixture of aquatic potting mix and propagating sand - it looks surprisingly good. In order to stop the majority of the potting-mix mix getting disturbed when i am moving the remaining substrate around on top of it, i put it in a 'bag'. the bottom of the tank is lined with a weed mat, and the base substrate is covered with the loose mesh of wind-break material - still enough room for plants to get their roots in but enough covering to stop it from getting mixed in with the soil covering it. sounds like a great idea - all the material is non-toxic and has been throughtly prepared - so i'll let y'all know how it goes in the long run. anyway, the annoying bit - i was snapping away with the camera getting all the shots of how the whole thing goes together - equipment line-ups, the substrate bag, the primary terraforming etc... (its still 'terra' due to a lack of 'aqua') and making up what each picture was about in my head so i can put them altogether on my website. this-morning i take the camera into the photo-lab and ask them to run my prints - the guy opens up the camera and to my complete horror... no film. apparently the counter and max-shots features on the camera work regardless of the presense of film. ARGH!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 You need to get a digital camera...It warns you if there's no card in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 My thoughts too Ira :lol: I feel your pain dark! Would have liked to see the pics. Don't suppose you want to pull it all out and start again hmm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 trust me i have considered it! last time i took photos of a tank going together (from glass construction onwards) someone chose to spill pineapple juice over the photos when i was reviewing them for scanning. none survived so far, as you can see from photographic representation i have a grand total of 0 tanks with no fish, and i just hang around here because i have nothing better to do... *sigh* now what i need is a GIANT flatbed scanner... i'm reading up on aquascaping at the moment and fine tuning my plant and landshape requirements... so much fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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