A new build....the time machine

[DigitalPunk]

Yes what else do you add to your soil?

[deranged chipmunk]

i add stuff pm me for details

[Mentat]

Good you started planting Bill! Just did some research and saw couple pics of Cryptocoryne nurii "pahang mutated." Gorgeous plant with the green and yellow striations .

[deranged chipmunk]

thanks Carlos! yeah, that particular species was my first venture into rare crypts. it's one stunning plant whether it is grown emersed or submerged. it's a sentimental favorite of mine

[deranged chipmunk]

forgot a few pics to add. first is the giant orange isopods i added to the tank today. the white thing is an eggshell. they love 'em!! it also had a few babies on it, so i tossed the whole lot in


next is a ridiculous amount of springtails, they pretty much dispersed before i could get a pic.


last one. i ALWAYS build a maintenance tunnel into my vivs so i can access equipment, run wiring and such. this is where my wiring and drainage tube come out.

[DigitalPunk]

Any new updates for this build Bill. I know you've been busy being on TV and radio shows Saw the TV show on youtube. Not bad. Looks like they are still working out the format and stuff but I liked what I saw so far. I think once I get my Sons tank and my Dart tank done I will repost the build log over on that Site as well.

[deranged chipmunk]

it was a hectic weekend. the delay was caused by a setting on my google + acct. luckily, i had a backup acct to use. radio this weekend. busy busy busy...lol

i took some pics today. added a few plants in, nothing major, but i just placed a large order wit Black Jungle today. hopefully it will come in this week. a friend of mine (owner of folius) has been saving an orchid he picked up for me at an orchid show in miami a few weeks ago, and should be shipped this week as well. i love when the weather gets a wee bit warmer..lol OH and i have a couple tiger lotus plants coming from another friend for my white's tree frog palu, which i will update after i post the pics here.



i had typical crypt melt, but my crypts and bucephelandra species are starting to make their comeback










i have some wonderful fungi growing inside my maintenance pipe. i'll be getting a fern to plant in there soon. Black Jungle didn't have the one i wanted for there, so i gotta shop around


that's all there is for now. i forgot to take a full tank shot, but i will do that when i have more plants in it.