As one of you knows, Hurricane Irene hit us pretty hard. In addition to being evacuated and having water destroy our basement and family room, we lost power of several days. And because of the evacuation, I wasn't home to save my tank. I don't think I've ever been so heartbroken as when I finally got back to the house and started surveying the ( Read more... )

it's been a while since I've bothered you all with tank pictures, and I have some new stuff since July. Therefore, pictures!


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May as well post, even though I know only one person will answer. Haven't done one of these in a while ( Read more... )

I'm a little late, but almost a week ago my tank hit its one year anniversary of getting water. I think this is the longest I've ever stuck with a hobby. And I'm still enthralled with it.

One year ago it looked like this:

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Somehow, despite living an hour away from it all of my life, I'd never been to Coney Island before. Sara, Jay and I fixed that this weekend, with a trip to the NY Aquarium, the boardwalk and Nathan's ( Read more... )

I have a new camera!

I still need some practice with it, and I don't have to fast laptop with me to help. It's fantastic though. There's actual depth in my pictures. Now if only I could afford a macro lens...

So while I'm figuring stuff out, I give you a short fish video. Which lj apparently won't let me embed.

Hi. I just realized I haven't posted anything in a month and since I've still got some lunch break left, I may as well update ( Read more... )

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I got my lights! And haven't figured out how to photograph them well yet...

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Yay, my lights have finally shipped! I should have them in less than a week! Now I just need to find time once they get here to actually install them... Woohoo ( Read more... )