Stuff Among Other Projects

Speaking of the heater- most any small 5 gallon and under heater will do, most come with a suction cup that will hold it along the back. The only thing I'll say about it is be careful! Most heaters this small do not have a thermostat and so will not shut off if things get too hot! So it's important to keep an eye on the temperature for a week or three while everything in the tiny tank is settling! You may need to get a less powerful heater or a more powerful one that comes with a thermostat! 

Haha mostly with LEDs? At least on the big tank and honestly it grows veeery slowly in that tank since most would consider the light I have on there a medium level light and dhg is a mid-high light level plant. It doesn't die in the big tank but it doesn't truly flourish either.. The dhg is the first plant I put in that tank a year ago and it's only really reached carpet status recently. In the bowl that's just an extremely powerful bulb on a small tank haha makes everything in there grow really well. Tl;dr - powerful lighting. Dwarfhg likes a lot of powerful lighting, the more the better :)

All the full tank shots I currently have on my phone to make a nice little progression series of the 55. I'll probably post a new one soon as it grows so stinkin' fast these days!

Photographic proof that my dog is nothing more than an enormous woobie. Don't worry, we would ne'er hurt the wee boys ears.

Forgive her trashed tank, Thymara was on a proper dragon rampage. She does this a couple times a week. Really seems to enjoy loomin over her domain.

Update for the big 55. News is: it's goin'. Fish are doing fishy things. Plants are going planty things. Got a new black marbled angelfish. Moved a stick. Love it. Fish life.

To round out the trio- this is Smaug, named so for his uncaring stare and unconquerable underbite. Really he's an enormous almost blind goof. But he loves being handled and sleeping in wierd positions so we forgive him.

Of course I can't post pictures of Thymara without also posting some of my main girl. She's still the best.

One of my newer additions, a little girl gecko named Thymara, from the Rain wilds chronicles by Robin Hobb. She's only just now starting to get used to me wandering around so I can get pictures. She's super cute guys. I hope to eventually co-habitate her with The Pink Lady/Lady Malta but for now she gets her castle to herself.

The toe nibbler continues her reign of terror. With an astonishing lack of regard for public decency.

Let's have something non-Steve. I know, your all disappointed. But this happened. Don't worry, the baby boa constrictor who lives here was out helping me make breakfast. Hence the open cage door that Rant managed to somehow get I into. Idk he seemed pretty content, maybe he's getting jealous of all the snake baby love going on around here.

Some proof that Steve and his lovely abowl are a-ok. It's been rough but we shall rise anew!!! Also a snail.

An hour and a half of walking later, I think I tuckered him out, poor boy.

Sad news my friends, I know you are all here for the magnificent Steve(long may he reign) but there has been trouble in the kingdom! Top is the way his impeccable bowl was about a week or so ago, then one day I turn on the light and it looks like those middle pictures there, all the crypts are dark green and curly looking. A sad case of tank-wide crypt melt. Not sure what caused it, I found the last surviving shrimp dead in a corner so I'm not sure if the shrimp died and cause an ammonia spike and killed my cycle or the crypts all spontaneously melting caused a crash that killed the shrimp. Steve is completely unphased and is just angry I keep deep cleaning his bowl. As of the last couple days though the water ha cleared again and everything is fine, though a little naked looking. Maybe ill stick with an iwagumi style.. Remember kids, even when you have a well balanced and maintained tank- the chemistry of smaller tanks/bowls is extremely unstable due to the smaller volume of water and can crash without warning. Thankfully Steve is ok but maybe I'll stay away from shrimps for a while.

Leetle update for Steve(the mighty) and his abode(abowl? Yis.)

Someone got pulled out of the closet with my underwear on his head. I don't know what it means.