Tom's Poco Pozo

[Edvet]

Never even seen those green Ammo's in a LFS, if i ever do they will be mine, mine ,mine i say, alllll mine.....

 

[BigTom]

You've probably got more chance of getting a LFS over there to put in a Glaser order than I do. They only seem to crop up about once a year in limited numbers...

 

[Guest]

Another great video of a seemingly natural ecosystem...reminds me of the techniques employed by Oxford Scientific Films. Way back in the day, they used similar set ups - then very innovative - to capture the hitherto unseen behavior of fish etc.

 

[Lindy]

The headstanders look like ballet dancers pirouetting around. Fabulous.

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi BigTom, Stunning Video it all looks so natural

 

[BigTom]

Time for a wee update I guess.

All the L. sediodes finally died 🙁. Not enough light I guess (stems got longer and longer whilst the leaves got smaller and smaller and eventually vanished). Have replaced it with L. inclinata var. 'verticillata', will have to see how that does. Also had an explosion of duckweed but not too fussed really as the current keeps it all in the back corner anyway. Looks quite effective.

I've given the palm grass a pretty aggressive prune as it was trying to escape through the skylight and was flowering like mad. Other emergents and submerged hair grass all doing fine. Still loads of tannins despite fairly frequent water changes.

Some fish photies from this evening (I rigged the old Kessil back up again) -











I've got 15 Iguanadectes spilurus and some more N. eques arriving next week 🙂

 

[Alexander Belchenko]

Is it some fry on the last photo (top right)?

 

[BigTom]

Yup that's one of the Guianacara fry. They're about 1cm long now and I'm just starting to find homes for them.

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[nayr88]

Very inspiring! Very much my kinda tank.

 

[Edvet]

Yes, looking horrible. Totaly rubbish. Just pack it up and send it to me.

 

[tim]

Looking really good Tom, a slice of nature captured in glass

 

[BigTom]

Had a bit of a re-arrange, plus my Iguanadectes arrived this afternoon! They're lovely fish but I'll be interested to see how big they get - some sources say 5-6cm, others 10cm.



Guianacara juvies will be rehomed soon, they're growing on nicely now -

 

[Guest]

Fantastic...

 

[Michael W]

Now that is a proper nature aquarium! Absolutely stunning!

 

[Edvet]

 

[BigTom]

Turns out that Iguanadectes are not easy to photograph without flash! AF wasn't cutting it because they wouldn't sit still long enough, but weirdly just using room lights gave better contrast and allowed faster locks, so a couple of keepers. White balance all over the place!

I also beefed up the pencilfish shoal 🙂

 

[Samuran]

Tom... are you back in Kernow now? I might have to at some point, as long as it isnt too cheeky, come and by a ticket to view 🙂

 

[BigTom]

Hey Ben. Yup living it up in Carnon Downs, for the moment at least. Feel free to pop by, tickets are issued in return for rehoming juvenile Guianacara, haha.

 

[Samuran]

Umm yeah I've not long moved mate so all I have now is a 3' community tank and my 20L "betta" tank which is now full of cherry shrimp and over growing frogbit... once the roots found the substrate crazyness began.... If I had anywhere to put them I'd snatch them up... I might have to pay with alcohol instead 😉

Stunning tank mate, I'll drop you a PM or something after the new year fun has passed. I do fear that you may get totally sick of the brain picking tho... I might even bring a note pad haha 😛

 

[haytch]

V. Nice - an amazing eco-system