I've been meaning to give you an update on my big tank for ages, but have been so busy. Got time now finally . So my tank has been up and running for nearly a year now.



I finished the cupboards and shelves around the tank, so it is now boxed in and looks great. The plants have grown well, too well for some of them. The wisteria and fluffy weed stuff (cambomba?) had to both come out as they went mad. I had to trim them every 4 days or so, it was a bit out of hand. The Amazon swords are getting huge, and one of the even had babies which is good, free plants I've gradually added further fish and the others have grown bigger. The shoal of harlequins now numbers about 50 and make a good site when they school. I've added some upside down cats (no photo at the moment, they hide all the time ). I have also added a rainbow cichlid called Romeo, he was a valentines present. He did have a Juliet, but she died of hole in the head, just wouldn't respond to my treatments . I do plan to get Romeo another girl friend when i see a female.



I've also added a paradise fish. Again i had two, a supposed pair. But they turned out to be both males and started really fighting, so one has been taken back to the LFS. He doesn't have a name yet. I'm planning to get him a girlfriend too when i find one.



And Sinbad has grown even bigger, he's now 10.5 inches nose to tail. My biggest fish by some margin. And he loves eating, happily munches his courgette. He eats an inch or so a day. It is amazing how he can balance on top of plants and things though, guess that comes with having a swim bladder.



That's all for now, I'll do another update soon when i can get the fish to hold still for some pictures. Like that's ever going to happen.