Well, here is a brief story of me setting up my BiOrb, ending with photos of my fully stocked 30 litre wonder!
It all started with JennyBio posting some photos of her BiOrbs on a VW forum.
16th July 2007 – I took delivery on my BiOrb and set it all up though I did not have a heater!
20th July – the heater arrived and I set that up and left to settle down for 3 days before I went to get my first fish.
29th July – I bought my first 2 fish, Stan and Ollie, two zebra danio’s.
10th August – after waiting to peak, and that not really happening, I took the plunge and added Maz and Mauld, two black widows.
16th September – I went and threw all caution to the wind and bought a BiOrb Intelligent LED light. This has transformed my fish watching beyond belief!!!
13th October – I added another 2 black widows as my original 2 seemed abit lost in the BiOrb, called Dave and Jaz.
16th October – I added 3 sunset platy, which are called Jen, Jenny and Orange!
I have now completed my mission to set up my BiOrb in time for the long nights in during winter.
I am very surprised at how much I do enjoy watching the fish and how I already know how they behave etc. It is very peacefull and chilled and now I can just leave things to settle with weekly 10% changes.
At the end of October I will be attempting my first sponge and carbon pellet change! I am nervous but will seek helpful hints for that later!
Here are some photos that I took over the weekend. If you look hard you can see my 2 zebra danio, 4 black widow and 3 sunset platy.
Thanks to all of you for all your help and support over the last few months. You all made it a lot easier and thanks for making it so friendly that I am never afraid to ask any question!!!
Special thanks to JennyBio, the guardian angel of my fish!
