the little ones were having problems, and me wanting to make everyone as comfy as i possibly can got the wheels turning.
i'll start with slip and slide:
--they had an algae problem so bad i was ready to cry. MAJOR algae bloom almost overnight, and it was bad enough that when i drained the water it was brown. didn't take pictures of that, was just too ashamed. did a full water change, and scrubbed all the deco. i did leave a little bit in there (the why in a bit
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--along with the algae problem was a space issue. it's bad enough the little ones have to be in a tiny 20 gallon
but all the stuff i shoved in there was taking up too much valuable space! the cave/basking platform was great, but it had two rather horrid flaws 1. it was rather short, so i couldn't set the water level very high, and the basking area was too small and 2. while it is hollow and it wasn't taking up a LOT of swimming space, it was still taking away too much. SO it went.
--the plate did help in expanding the basking platform, but it didn't let me raise the water level but a couple of inches. so i flipped it upside down and put the matching cup on top of it. inside the cup? live plants. since lucky is no longer in the big tank i put his hiding pagoda in the little tank so it could cover the big hole in its matching pot.
--the turtle dock was put back.
--the silk and plastic plant?
there are no more fake plants in either of the aquariums. uh uh, they're all real now
and the unveiling:
the water level has been raised from 10 gallons to 17. the little ones are loving it
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john and aeryn:
well they've never had an algae bloom that bad, but they did lose a very good hiding spot when the silk plant and hiding pot (which aeryn was getting stuck in) was removed. i attempted to plant the aqua plants in cups to give them some manner of hiding spot, but they uprooted those =Þ
--they got their cave back!
--because the cave does have the one little hole that both john and aeryn are big enough to get stuck in, i put the plants in that hole and tucked it snugly in the curves of the cave. no uprooting, no getting stuck! and it extends their hiding spot.
the unveiling:
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and check it out, there are still two surviving ghost shrimp (the second one stayed tucked under the cave so i didn't get him in the shot)
last but not least, meet the new addition to the menagerie
mys. chiana
mys. as mystery, i got a mystery snail
video!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb-4EymGasY
(i don't know what's up with the video right now, but i'm posting a pic)
she's not active right now
and my plant zha'an. i figure, i named my car... and talking to plants has been proven more than speculation so why not? heh. hey i just lost a feeder fish i'm prime to go nuts haha
So they're not eating the live plants?
