I am really pleased how nicely the Cyclamen has been growing. Anticipating nutmeg pink pinwheels in a few months!

I've improved the look of my 20gal simply by changing the background. It's a temporary fix. I found a piece of cardboard long en...

This is one of the plants I hardly ever mention- it gives me no trouble, doesn't do anything interesting, isn't among the top five i...

My final blue platy has gone to a new home bye, little fish she had looked pale and blotchy lately- a sign of stress (or maybe cam...

just barely opening two days later fully open cut it off on maintenance day- the stem was over a foot long

Yesterday with water change I trimmed out a lot of watersprite- cut dying bits out of the thicket (light blocked by its own upper leaves), t...

I lost one. Have moved the remaining three into sunlight.

in the frozen mud at playground:

Light through the leaves of my Boston Fern

Last week saw that some of my barbs were often going to the surface- even when no food on offer. That they tended to just hang in the wate...

Looking back on earlier posts, I'm surprised how different the growth on my Boston Fern is. I used to think it was so pretty, but no...

I have noted about my plants lately. Still eating lots of the Parsley. If I pinch off leaves from outer edges of the plant, just above wh...

I love the burnt red-brown color in his fins and scales, seen against ambient light and the dark edging on his pectoral fins Excus...

just admiring

I've named these two black ones Moe and Sid.

I've been trying to learn to take better pictures of the aquarium. It's hard to avoid glare/reflections. On the smaller tank, I just...