So it's been a while...
I’ve had a couple of journals before. Here’s the ‘transparent tank’ showing the journey from the moment I knew nothing at all, found ukaps and managed to make something half-decent. Here’s the ‘bookcase tank’, a 259 litre effort from when I’d learned a bit more. And here’s a sort of aborted 'matchstick brink' one in a tiny tank that looked lovely to start with and never got enough attention (or even any water!)
The advice I’ve got on this forum has been incredible, and it seems somehow amazing that the two proper 'bookcase' and 'transparent' journals have been looked at 50,000 times, and that both are in the top 15 threads across all of ukaps. I’ve learned a lot more than I expected too: about aesthetics, chemistry, biology, botany, DIY techniques, a jumble of other random things, and the odd titbit about fish too.
So this is the big, final, do-it-properly journal.
The one that starts with architectural drawings, planning permission applications and getting the builders in. (I kid you not). The one that tries to think things through properly, so life down the line is a lot easier. The one with some nifty gizmos and ways of doing things.
I hope this journal will be as useful to people as I can make it. It’s going to digress a lot, but hopefully take the time to explain things in a clear way.
It’s worth saying at the outset that this whole approach was inspired a lot by Tony Swinney’s set-up. It’s taken a lot longer to do than I’d thought… which is why I haven’t posted anything on here for about a year.
The first few posts are going to fast forward over the period of about a year. And then it’s going to settle down into a normal journal. So here we go...
I’ve had a couple of journals before. Here’s the ‘transparent tank’ showing the journey from the moment I knew nothing at all, found ukaps and managed to make something half-decent. Here’s the ‘bookcase tank’, a 259 litre effort from when I’d learned a bit more. And here’s a sort of aborted 'matchstick brink' one in a tiny tank that looked lovely to start with and never got enough attention (or even any water!)
The advice I’ve got on this forum has been incredible, and it seems somehow amazing that the two proper 'bookcase' and 'transparent' journals have been looked at 50,000 times, and that both are in the top 15 threads across all of ukaps. I’ve learned a lot more than I expected too: about aesthetics, chemistry, biology, botany, DIY techniques, a jumble of other random things, and the odd titbit about fish too.
So this is the big, final, do-it-properly journal.
The one that starts with architectural drawings, planning permission applications and getting the builders in. (I kid you not). The one that tries to think things through properly, so life down the line is a lot easier. The one with some nifty gizmos and ways of doing things.
I hope this journal will be as useful to people as I can make it. It’s going to digress a lot, but hopefully take the time to explain things in a clear way.
It’s worth saying at the outset that this whole approach was inspired a lot by Tony Swinney’s set-up. It’s taken a lot longer to do than I’d thought… which is why I haven’t posted anything on here for about a year.
The first few posts are going to fast forward over the period of about a year. And then it’s going to settle down into a normal journal. So here we go...