I got babies!
After a few unsuccessful spawns, I finally got wise and removed the male and the female had a successful hatch!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Looking forward to Spring
There is a huge diversity of plant life in the marsh at Belle Haven Park. The peninsula is between two marshes along the Potomac River.
In May the marsh explodes in growth.
May 6, 2007
May 28, 2007
These above closeups were taken from the bridge
On the other side of this small bridge is another marsh, and a marina beyond that, with the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge, being built in the distance
Nice variety of marsh plants!
Here is a video of the marsh. The sound of the Red Winged Blackbird is on the video and at the end of the 2.5 minute video there are some closeups of the birds singing.
You can hear the planes in the background as it is close to Ronald Reagan National Airport
Cheers!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Crypt tank
I have been cultivating small crypts in the hopes of getting a large grassland going.
I am starting to think that maybe these should be planted in groups around the aquarium instead of short plants in front and with tall plants in the back.
So here’s some pictures. There’s crypt parva on the left, crypt pygmae in middle, crypt willisi lucens on the right. In the back is a curly enchinodoras and another val like enchinordorus in the back right.
Here’s the curly enchinodorus between crypt parva and crypt pygmae
Here is the neato enchinodorus that is remarkable for it is growing at a moderate height!
And a group shot
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Just a quick update:
The apistos had bred, but either babies were sucked into the filter or?
and the female who is more shy than the male:
