My First Tank

[the_faze]

Hi, All I am new to the forums but thought that I would share with you all some picture of my aquarium.

It's a 10gal with a snail, a betta and some platties.

Any and all comments will be appreciated.

Thanks for looking.

-picture of the whole aquarium

-a picture of my betta

-a bunch of my platy you can clealry see the male

-here is a pic of one of my females

-here is a pic of my snail

 

[black angel]

I dont think ive seen a brighter tank, fab!!

 

[superjalami30]

very bright isnt it.
Looks great!
I need to get a better camera.
Everyones pics look so clear when the pic is up close!
I like the betta and that big 'ol snail!
Is that an apple snail?

 

[Angry_Platy]

Thats a really nice tank. I like the platies

Do your fish need sunglasses?....VERY bright

 

[the_faze]

Thanks for the positive responses.

Responding to superjalami yes it is an apple snail.


About the tank being so bright:

I put in some high wattage bulbs for taking pictures, makes everything look better. It doesn't seem to affect the fish at all, and because it's only temporary I don't think it's a problem. Also I take the pictures at night so that all the light is coming from the tank and nowhere else.

Also those are the best pictures that I have taken, and I have taken a hundred or so. Ahh.. the advantage of digital cameras.

 

[Nospherith]

I really like the colors. Good snail pic too. For some reason it reminds me alot of Gary from Spongebob.

It's probably annoying to hear everyone saying "Gary" this or "Nemo" that but for some reason that pic exemplifies the little gastropod really well.

 

[superjalami30]

I love spongebob.



Digital camera's are great arent they!

 

[the_faze]

lol, Garry... I never thought of him looking like that, but I think because they all have names already.

Here is the story of my tank.

I first got the betta, because I just am amazed by the colours and large wavy fins. I called him Optimus Prime, because he was the king of his tank, was red and blue and I love the old school transformers. I grew up on them.

Next after two months or so I thought I would get him a buddy, an apple snail. After putting the snail in Optimus was flaring at him regularly. So I pitted them as mortal enemies and called the snail Megatron.

After a week, I think Optimus and Megatron settled their differences and lived together in harmony. Though I think Megatron lost a few battles.

So now I had the tank for about 8 months and decided to add some platties. I got five red wag from the LPS and added them in. Optimus didn't mind much and neither did Megatron but for the first little bit the Platties were always around Megatron hence the five of them were called the Contstructacons (the red-orange colour also aided in naming them).

And they have all been living in harmony for about a month and a bit now.

 

[-*-MicHAeL-*-]

nice tank , the water is very clear

 

[Torrean]

interesting backstory. i feel like it's saturday morning about ten years ago.

 

[Synirr]

Haha, great names! I got a real kick out of the story behind them

 

[Karah's_Mommy]

Boy do those names bring back memories of Saturday morning cartoons!