2feet Aquatic PTS 3.0

In my laziness i've decided to abbreviate the title of my post in lieu of making life a lil' more breathable... ah heck, i'm just gosh darn lazy! :P Afterall, this is suppose to be a photoblog of my hobbies, which if one would take note ... consists of panmee n fishes :) So, Aquatic PTS stands for Aquatic Planted Tank Setup ver. 3.0! Some updates of my tank! Pictures were taken on the 7'th of April, nearly 3 weeks ago, from the day of conception. And what do you know, i'm a happy daddy of two baby wagtails!! They're so small, i wished christmas woul come early this year... n i could afford some really good lenses! Afterall, i'm using a portrait 50mm 1.8 Nikkor on my D40 body. Ergh... as difficult as this is, there really isn't much choice as lighting isn't the best and the standard kit-lens can't catch up...unfortunately. Anyone's got cheap close-up lens n know where to buy 'em?

Glosso's taking roots!! Yay, never thought i'd see the day glosso growing on its own, sunlight fed! 

This is the other baby wagtail! Somehow one guy tend to lurk at the bottom, nearer the substrates while the other will always hover on top, on leaf petals! Hmm... can't be that territorial so early in their life  kah?! 

There's been a few additions to the tank also!! I've bought a pair of ottos, a pair of yamato shrimps and dump in a bunch of snails too!! 

As you can see, there's a whole lot of algaes growing wild in this tank! Hoping this guys will help combat the algae burst all over! :P 

The snails went in first and after a few days, you'd notice the piece of driftwood above had actually cleared!! These are your normal typical snails from a water-catchment near my place! They've grown wild and it seems to eat algaes, though i'm hearing horror stories of these guys eating your plants too! I'm afterall experimenting with these guys, and wasn't too concern.... :P Afterall, it's a small tank :) I think these guys are mystery snails or some sort of pond snails. Time to read up more on 'em...!

This last picture was taken after a few days... Notice the driftwood!

Here's another problem i've got, since putting the tank outside! I get unwelcome visitors at times, especially after a really heavy rain... and loads of insects decided that my lamp is the best place to warm up!! Been feeding them to my cichlids! :P Good source of proteins :) lol!!