Puffer Tank
February 16th, 2010This is my 4th aquarium, and my 2nd using the awesome Picotope Aquarium Kit. I loves me some adorable mini-puffer fish, even if they are vicious killers. That cute look in their eye? It’s them figuring out if they can eat your living flesh. Anyway, I’ve always wanted a tank dedicated just to puffer fish. On top of that, I got some bonding putty and made some rock sculptures, and contained all the plants inside of clear plastic tubing, allowing the tank to be infinitely re-arranged without making a mess.
I originally planned to also house a Badis in this tank (it can be seen in one of the photos) but he wasn’t happy in there so I returned him to the 20 gallon tank.
Specs:
- 3 Pea-Puffers
- 3 Mini Corys (forget which kind)
20 Gallon
February 15th, 2010This is the first planted aquarium attempt. It’s gone through a lot of phases of plants and layout. Currently I’m trying to get the entire bottom surface covered with ground cover plants.
Specs
- 9 Green Neon Tetras
- 5 Harlequin Rasboras
- 3 Bumble Bee Gobys
- 3 Amano Shrimp
- 1 Chocolate Gourami
- 1 Badis (the smallest known Perch, a labyrinth fish, related to Gouramis and Bettas)
- 1 Dwarf Loach (an endangered species)
Lands End (Cliff House) – Jan 23rd
January 24th, 2010My second attempt at some decent photography, this time around the Cliff House/Lands End area of San Francisco. Today was a sunny but cold day, and a lull from the week long storm system. Lands End has always been on of my favorite city hikes, and is a great place to go rock climbing in the summer (when it’s not slippery).
Welcome to Zombieland
January 19th, 2010A trip to Zombieland during a lull between waves of El Nino rainstorms. Not a soul was in sight (it was very spooky). Zombieland is an abandoned set of buildings at the top of Sweeny Ridge, a trail in the hills/mountains just south of San Francisco. Atop this peak, one can see the Pacific on the west, San Francisco to the north, SFO and South San Francisco to the East, and on a clear day down to San Jose at the South. Nearby a placcard claims that it was here that the San Francisco bay was first discovered by the Spanish.