Recent content by Mawgan

Re: Live aquascapes at a London art gallery True to form, I failed to pitch up to the gallery on the Thursday evening as I had hoped to do. Instead I went along on Friday afternoon and caught the exhibition at a quiet moment. This was much to my advantage as I was able to take in all the...

Re: Live aquascapes at a London art gallery To my considerable discredit, I haven't visited the forum for yonks but I'm really glad that I did in time to see news of this event! I certainly aim to attend on the Thursday evening, and hope to meet the exhibitors as well as enjoying their...

Indeed, yes, Tyro, but as ever not on the same scale as you! Thursday before last I introduced six otocinclus (affinis, I think :? ) hereinafter known as the Clean-up Crew (originality never was my strong point) and six Amano shrimp, these Japanese now known as the Brothers Kamikaze. I was...

Xavi, This has come on beautifully. I really like the way you have used the walls of the tank to place plants -it gives more depth to the display. Could I suggest that you make a background of some kind to prevent the distraction of the windows, etc? Maybe a frosted film, which would still...

Forgive me, fellow Forummers, for I have sinned. It is 26 days since my last post. I have been immersed in matters totally divorced from this serious interest - ephemera :thumbdown: . But time does not stand still, and things have moved on. Firstly, some acknowledgements and thanks: How...

Re: Swamp Creek - established 20/04/2010 OK. Thanks for that. I admire your confidence in introducing the fish with that drop checker reading :shock: :wink: .

Re: Swamp Creek - established 20/04/2010 Just catching up with your journal, Tyro, and it makes for interesting reading. Picking up on this quote, and given that you are about to add fish (lovely choice, btw), are you not a little nervous about the CO2 levels...? You were kind enough to post...

Rather later than expected, some evidence of further planting activity, as mentioned above. This remains very much work in progress, as I'm still waiting for the rest of my foreground plants, which are likely to be mainly HC. I'm pleased with the ability to fill in the left side somewhat...

Re: Swamp Creek - established 20/04/2010 I've obviously been more patient than you in planting - or is that just slower? :) It's a lovely design and certainly achieves your aim of the 'rotted trunk' look. Because you're that much further on in the process, I haven't yet been hit by your...

Thanks, LD, appreciate your comments. You're not the first to say that the rocks a rather low, certainly in the foreground, and I'm conscious that I may lose them if the nearby plants take off. Careful pruning will be needed, as you say. Another visit to Living Waters yesterday yielded some...

Saturday dawned overcast and cold but, nothing daunted, I girded up my loins and set off to collect my plants, ready to finally set up my tank. The thirty miles to beautiful downtown Croydon passed in moments as I took in a couple of podcasts from BBC's History of the World in a Hundred Objects...

Re: My First Planted Tank "Never Ending Journal" Juwel Rio 1 Nicking a chaps fish! :jawdrop Is nothing sacred? Lovely tank, lovely fish, lovely photographs...

LD, Thanks. The order has been placed. As we speak, minions in places far off are scouring the waters for suitable flora to send winging their way to good ole Blighty. Either that, or someone's just nipped out the back to see if anything's still alive... :shifty: I keep telling myself that...

Well, I could blame the Icelanders who, not content with unleashing on us that well-known weapon of mass destruction, Bjork, then chose to chuck all their second-best volcanic ash over the garden fence, to the mild annoyance of one or two holiday makers. But not me, instead I opted for a spot...

Fine, thank you, Tyrophagus. That name's a mite interesting... :wink: A missive received today from distant Taiwan tells me that another regulator is winging its way westwards as I write. Good news! I aim to publish some photos from the weekend tomorrow, and in the mean time wish you well...