Re: [GSAS-Member] It's Meredith's fault!

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

>> Alright, true confessions time everyone..HOW MANY
>> TANKS TO YOU HAVE???!!!

We have one tank...

...Upstairs.  It's a very pretty cylindrical acrylic tank 2' diameter, 2' 
high.  We just added CO2 to it after Luis was here.


Downstairs we've got a 75 gallon planted tank (2x54W T5 + 2x55W PC, CO2, 
fertilizers) that's looked like !*@& ever since I replaced the substrate 
with an ex-member's used Flourite (that I overpaid for and appears to have 
been mixed with large rocks and possibly reptile waste -- I am looking 
forward to replacing it with Turface!), another 75 with breeding 
Julidochromis ornatus, a 60 which will eventually house a colony of 
Neolamprologus leleupi, a 45 gallon with a plastic bin sitting on top of 
it with emersed Anubias rehabilitating from years of neglect, and an array 
of 12 20-gallon tanks with various fish and plants (four of which have 
CO2, four of which are high pH, and four of which are low-tech fry grow-out 
tanks that haven't seen fry in years).

As an aside, not to trash on used substrates as a whole -- five or six of 
the tanks have used Flourite from June Olberding (another GSAS member who 
left the hobby five or so years ago to become a nomadic adventurer with 
her husband & sold off her entire planted fishroom piece by piece). 
Where the flourite from the nameless ex-member has produced nothing but 
algae, the flourite from June has, over the years, spontaneously sprouted 
a variety of Cryptocorynes, to the point where there is now a pretty 
forest in several tanks.  I hope to have them in nice shape for the home 
show.

The garage is doing much better thanks to the last two general auctions. 
I think I've got a 10, a 15, a 20-long and a 40 acrylic left.  We've 
got enough scrap glass to build five more tanks.  Does that count? :)

   - Erik

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Erik Olson
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