72G bowfront as of March 2, 2003.

Java moss has really grown in since I planted it in October.

These red plants quite often need to be pruned. At least once a month. I planted them just to the left of center to give the tank an offset aspect in terms of colour.

Contrasting greens and reds give the tank depth when viewing. Bright cardinals and rummynosed tetras keep the eye moving around the tank.

I've let the tank grow wild on the right side to see what nature would do. I had to recently prune the sessiflora so that I could view further into the tank.

Here is one of my favourite fish that is often hard to find at the fish stores. It is called a Day's paradise fish or sometimes called a Brown Spike-tailed paradise fish (Parosphrmenus dayi). It's iridescent blue fringes on all fins are very striking.

My prized Black paradise fish (Macropodus concolor) displaying his fins. The colours on this fish are incredible, with the body being gun steel grey, bluish fins with dark black edges. The pectoral fins are orange.

One of my cleaner crew - an otocinclus. I also have a sailfin pleco and a couple of sterba cories. I don't have a lot of algae at this time so my cleaner crew is quite small. That is the benefit of having a HEAVILY planted tank.

Notice the plants "pearling". This is when the plants are maximizing photosynthesis and are expelling oxygen.

A contrast of colours that only nature can provide.

One of my sword plants - new leaves come out blood red and sometimes they are purple too.

Two different red plants together provide different perspectives on the colour. Their integration has pleased me.