My Aquariums

I took some pictures of my two aquariums and their inhabitants today, and thought I should make a post about them. Ready? Ok!


Aren't they cute together? Not totally identical but the backgrounds and holey stone on the bottom right match. Left one is 26 gallons, right one is 5 gallons.


This is the 26 gallon bow, my two convict cichlids Ethel and Walter live in here. You can kinda see Ethel in the opening of skull mountain, and Walter is on the right. Since taking this picture I noticed the upper edge of the backer was showing and have since fixed it *twitch*.


A close up of the purple plant (I love the colour!) and look Ma! Some of the shells you brought back from Mexico!


Here's Walter lookin' a little blurry. It's very hard to get pictures of fish! Try as I might I couldn't get one of Ethel.


Here's the 5 gallon, in here lives Obi Wan the snail, Mo the marimo and a flame gourami named Darryl Strawberry. Obi and Darryl are over by the rock on the right, and Mo is the big green circle in the middle.


Look Ma! More shells!


Here's Mo the marimo with Darryl hiding behind. Marimo are living balls of aquatic moss from Japan, it's hard to tell from the picture but they are very fuzzy and feel very velvety! They seem alive because they sometimes move around and float/sink. They're also good for adding some oxygen to the water because this tank's a bit small for a bubbler.


Last but not least, Obi Wan the snail! He's fun to watch when he really gets cruising along.

Well, that's it for now, hope you enjoyed my pictures of the aquariums!

My new truck!

ERMAHGERD! I got a new truck today! Well not NEW, but new to me! It's a 1996 GMC Sierra 1500, and my favourite vehicle colour, red! Originally I thought I wanted to go with a black vehicle but turns out I just had to go red. Here are some things I like about it, followed by some pictures.

10 Things I Like About My Truck
1. It's big.
2. It's red.
3. It's old and HEAVY.
4. Opening the door feels like swinging open a safe door.
5. The extended cab is old school so there's no doors, you gotta squeeze on in over the front seats.
6. It's got the kind of e-brake you step on.
7. The seats have buttons you press to make them move around.
8. It's fun to be a wee person driving a big vehicle.
9. It has a cassette tape player AND a CD player (cha-ching!)
10. It's BIG!

And now some pictures!






Yay!

Mmm... lunch.

Yesterday's lunch, delicious and easy, thank you asian supermarket! So good I made it again today! Udon noodles, fish balls and fried crab flavoured nuggets. Yummm!

Butt Plants!

This is my first attempt at cultivating butt plants, aka "Lithops". Google it and you'll see why I call them butt plants. See the tiny green dots in the picture? Success!

Latest Plant Update!

Remember the pictures a while back of the little bulges on my dracaena? Look how big they are now!:


That plant is getting new growth all over the place!:




I've also rearranged a lot because I've gotten quite a few new plants lately, as well as gotten rid of a few that weren't doing well. Here's the current plant table by the fish tank. My christmas poinsettia is still alive!


I had to cut down a big piece of my palm tree, it suddenly got all dry and died off. Hm...


A polka dot plant, the tiniest agave ever, a sweet smelling hyacinth and some butt plant seedlings! More on those later...




That's all for now on the plant front!

Best Looking Pie Ever

Isn't this the most beautiful looking shepherd's pie ever? Mmm... melty cheese...

Random Plant Thing

Remeber the dracaena I chopped down because it got cold damaged? There's signs of life!


I was doing the daily misting and noticed these two new sprouts on the end of one of the stalks! Also...


Not the best picture, but you can tell that there is somethin' brewin' under that bark! I think we are due for another sprout! There's also this...


There was a small closed spike of leaves that survived the big chop because it was only partially damaged and I wanted to see if it would open up. Well all of a sudden one morning it looks like it exploded! I'm really happy one original leaf cluster survived!

That's all for now, I will be doing a big update soon because tonight I repotted and re-arranged some of the plants and the plant area is looking really snazzy!