Hey everyone,

Thank you for taking a minute to check out my new blog. I'd like to thank Aquaristic.net for providing this excellent new service. I'm sure it'll be a great succes.

Well, my favorite fish are the rainbowfish from Australia and Papua New Guinea. So this blog will mainly be about them. Let's hope I can convince everyone just how beautiful and interesting these fish really are.

Cheers,
Gunther

Sorry for the lack of updates, but I'm dealing with a sickness in my tank. Most of my Melanotaenia praecox are sick.

I don't know yet what disease it is. I'm treating with ESHA2000, but it doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

The other fish seem unaffected (thank God!).

I'd hate to loose all my Melanotaenia praecox, but the way it's looking now, that might just be the case.

Serious bummer!

Hey everyone,

In an attempt to have my plants grow a bit better, I've purchased a pressurized CO2 system. It's a 2kg CO2 bottle with eletronic night switch and an outside-reactor which can be attached to the filter outlet.

I hooked it up yesterday, so now it's just waiting and hoping the plants 'kick in'. :)

Cheers,
Gunther

Well, what I can say. I've been busy.

I was working on a new website for our aquariumclub, which is finally finished. So I have got some spare time again.

I'm working on a new project for my main aquarium. I'm going to add an extra TL light (T8) in an effort to grow some "low to the ground" plants such as Pogostemon helferi or Lileaopsis. I love those plants, but they just won't grow in my tank. (YET! ;) )

The CO2 system is working great now, my Eustralis stellata has never looked better.

Algae is a lot better too, just some green thread algae left, but nothing in the amounts of last year. So I'm quite happy about that.

Only thing bothering me at the moment (there's always something to nag about, isn't there? ;-) ), is that the snails in my tank are multiplying just a bit too rapidly to my taste. Hehe. I'll have to catch a few dozen again soon.

I tried to make some photographs again, but it's useless with my current camera. I'm looking to buy a new camera, but there's so many choices I haven't got a clue anymore what to pick. My budget is about 400 euro so if anyone has any suggestions, they are more than welcome!

Yesterday was the first IRG Belgium meeting of this year.

We saw a very interesting dissertation on "The history of Rainbowfish".

If you're into rainbowfish, I really suggest you join the IRG because they will give you the possibility to find the most beautiful rainbowfish in Europe.  

Pfff, do any of you have the same problem?
I want to make a new backdrop for my tank, add new plants, put in new gravel, add extra lighting,...

So many ideas and "to dos", but I can't even get the little things done.

Maybe I should pretend to be sick for a week or so, so I can stay home from work. But don't tell anyone I had that thought. ;)

Aren't they cute ? :)