Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Sermons
If you interested in listening to any of my sermons you can check them out on Piedmont Park SDA Church's webstie here. http://lincolnpiedmontpark22.adventistchurchconnect.org/article.php?id=49
Monday, June 20, 2011
Something smells fishy...
So in my last post I said I was starting a fish tank again. It's true it's just been happening really slowly. I decided to try my hand at a community tank this time because I am only going to be here for another year then i will have to move it. On top of that I figured it was time to add some live plants to my aquarium experience.
So when I was buying the parts of my aquarium I decided to get a nice light fixture. What I didn't realize is that the lighting I bought is classified as high lighting for my tank (as opposed to medium or low lighting) I thought I was getting medium lighting. So I bought some plants mostly from a fellow fish lover at http://www.aquariumadvice.com/ (not only do I keep fish I like to read and talk about them too). Some of them seemed like they weren't doing so well. I found out that because of my high lighting I needed to be adding CO2 and fertilizers for my plants to remain healthy. So instead of shelling out a bunch of money for a CO2 system I tried to try my hand at a DIY CO2 system which failed epically. So I am adding fertilizers and hoping that will be enough.
I had a really hard time deciding what kind of fish I wanted to put in my tank since I am doing a freshwater community tank. I finally decided I was going to start with a big school of rummy nose tetras.
Well because of Nebraska's hard water the rummy nose didn't work out they were to sensitive to it. :( So I had to rethink my stocking ideas (the fish I am going to stock the tank with.) I finally decided to add a school of Black Neon Tetras. I went to PETCO and they were having a sale so I ended up getting 16 for the price of 6!
I took the rest of the rummy nose tetras to the fish store. Now I will let the black neons settle in for a couple weeks before adding anything else, but I am excited because now I have fish again!
So when I was buying the parts of my aquarium I decided to get a nice light fixture. What I didn't realize is that the lighting I bought is classified as high lighting for my tank (as opposed to medium or low lighting) I thought I was getting medium lighting. So I bought some plants mostly from a fellow fish lover at http://www.aquariumadvice.com/ (not only do I keep fish I like to read and talk about them too). Some of them seemed like they weren't doing so well. I found out that because of my high lighting I needed to be adding CO2 and fertilizers for my plants to remain healthy. So instead of shelling out a bunch of money for a CO2 system I tried to try my hand at a DIY CO2 system which failed epically. So I am adding fertilizers and hoping that will be enough.
I had a really hard time deciding what kind of fish I wanted to put in my tank since I am doing a freshwater community tank. I finally decided I was going to start with a big school of rummy nose tetras.
Well because of Nebraska's hard water the rummy nose didn't work out they were to sensitive to it. :( So I had to rethink my stocking ideas (the fish I am going to stock the tank with.) I finally decided to add a school of Black Neon Tetras. I went to PETCO and they were having a sale so I ended up getting 16 for the price of 6!
I took the rest of the rummy nose tetras to the fish store. Now I will let the black neons settle in for a couple weeks before adding anything else, but I am excited because now I have fish again!
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