Two additional upgrades were made at the same time the stand was being built. For my birthday I received a set of Cal Aqua Labs Glass Lilly Pipes and I also bought a Hydor 200W Inline Heater. Just an attempt to get as much out of the tank as possible.
Also, you will notice that there are a lot more plants in the tank! After scrounging around the swap-n-shop forums on www.plantedtank.net, I was able to get Blyxa japonica, Echinodorus tennellus 'micro', Hemianthus callitrichoides and Heteranthera zosterifolia. I also got rid of the Cryptocoryne spiralis, and replaced it with another tall Crypt that I have not yet identified.
The down side in all of this tank work? Green Peas Soup! My best guess, is that in doing all the re-planting, moving the tank, and adding all the new equipment, I agetated the tank enough to create an ammonia spike and leave me with green water. The above pictures are of the tank after I did a 3 day blackout. The plants were quite pale, but are starting to come back once again. Unfortunately, I had planted the Stargrass right before the green water struck, and seeing as they were sitting in a box for three days, then got re-planted, and then got blacked out for 3 days, they didn't make it. I pulled them our right after I took these pictures. New stems are on the way however!
Also on the way; an Aqua Controller Jr./DC8 as well as 2 APT SP-100 Peristaltic pumps for my new auto dosing system!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One last thing I did add was LED Lights to the inside of the stand. These were lying around the house, who knows where I got them... They use a small magnet that when removed turns the lights on. I plan on attaching a wooden dowell to all three magnets, so I can turn them all on and off at the same time. The lights are attached using double sided mounting tape. Here are some pictures:
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