{"id":1502,"date":"2009-07-23T09:10:44","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T13:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2009-07-23T09:10:44","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T13:10:44","slug":"project-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/1502","title":{"rendered":"Project updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quick status check on some of the irons I have in the fire.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/brackish-mangrove-tank-project\">brackish tank<\/a> is doing well. I&#8217;ve managed to persuade the archerfish to take <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquaticeco.com\/subcategories\/625\/AZOO-Arowana-Sticks\">Arowana Sticks<\/a> in addition to crickets, so feeding is a lot easier. The scat will eat anything, but loves the sticks too. With summer and increased insolation, I&#8217;ve had some trouble with green water (single cell algae free-floating in the water column) &#8211; increasing the frequency of water changes has helped and I&#8217;m awaiting the delivery of\u00a0 some <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azgardens.com\/p-224-substrate-burrower-golden-clams.aspx\">Corbicula fluminea<\/a><\/em>. I&#8217;m hoping that filter feeders in the tank will consume the last of the free algae. I&#8217;m growing out some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfrc.ufl.edu\/4H\/Black_mangrove\/blacmang.htm\">black mangroves<\/a> (<em>Avicennia germinans<\/em>) that <a href=\"http:\/\/hydrophytesblog.com\/\">Hydrophyte<\/a> sent me (along with some other aquatic\/emergent plants in an awesome care package) &#8211; not sure yet how I&#8217;m going to integrate the blackies into the brackish tank, but I have time to ponder while the mangroves embiggen.<\/li>\n<li>Plants in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/1429\">African stream tank<\/a> have gotten over transplant shock. All the Anubias are sending out new roots, the Bollbitis are fiddleheading and the Java moss is sending out new growth as well.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/frogs\/rack-project\">frog rack<\/a> is fully populated. I moved my new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azdr.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DEN-LEU-BG\">banded leucs<\/a> out of their quarantine tank into the middle level viv. They are quite shy; I&#8217;m hoping they get bolder as they get used to their new home and as the tank grows in and provides more cover.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/mtoynbee.com\/\">Mediated Toybee Tile<\/a> project keeps simmering. Adhesive testing is pretty much done, though we may want to run some additional tests with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epoxysystems.com\/702.htm\">this stuff<\/a> (or just use it, give how nicely plain ol&#8217; 5-minute stuff performed). I need to touch base with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tikaro.com\/\">JY<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/eagleapex.com\/\">CT<\/a> and talk next steps as regards tile fabrication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ephemeral project &#8211; over and done with &#8211; baking with cherries from my little tree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3598\/3688617284_35bd6aa5bd_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3598\/3688617284_35bd6aa5bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick status check on some of the irons I have in the fire. The brackish tank is doing well. 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