Me too we should get a few of us camera novices together to hang with a few of you camera experts and practice taking some shots. I'll provide the Pizza and Beer.
Am I cool enough to be invited? :dork:
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Am I cool enough to be invited? :dork:
Tank is still looking great Chris!
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Me too we should get a few of us camera novices together to hang with a few of you camera experts and practice taking some shots. I'll provide the Pizza and Beer.
Count me in :beerchug:
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Some pics for fun
....for fun and to generate envy. great pics, especially of that single sweeper on the favite (or is it an acanthastrea echinata?)
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Today's #tankspiration by BRS on their FB page features a familiar tank....heh heh
Nice dude - your tank is frigging EVERYWHERE these days!!!
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Nice dude - your tank is frigging EVERYWHERE these days!!!
https://www.facebook.com/BulkReefSupply?fref=nf
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I haven't been getting far with the classical aiptasia-control methods. Even if I kill the visible ones, there are more down inside the pukani rock out of reach. I'm leaning toward trying a few methods of biological control, and to start I added a dozen adult berghia nudibranch to one of the rock structures. From what I've read it can take months for them to breed to a point where they're able to make a dent. They are quite large and I don't think the wrasses will cause too many problems as they do most of their aiptasia hunting at night. It's amazing that these animals eat this anemone and nothing else in the wild. A couple fish shots:
The Bartlett's has a girlfriend and has started getting more prominent male features:
A better shot of the male Rhomboid wrasse:
I added my "last" fish again. He prefers caves and overhangs during the day but is more confident during the actinic periods. The color on this fish is as great as they say:
The Bartlett's has a girlfriend and has started getting more prominent male features:
A better shot of the male Rhomboid wrasse:
I added my "last" fish again. He prefers caves and overhangs during the day but is more confident during the actinic periods. The color on this fish is as great as they say:
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Is that the true deep water candy basslet? Its a beauty, hope you didn't break the bank on that guy.
I was wondering if you could recap your Zeo dosing strategy at the meeting you are hosting, I would be really curious to have a good discussion on the topic.
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Yeah it's L. Carmabi- a couple things came together at the right time so it wasn't too bad, but still the most I've spent on a fish. I've been keeping the screen tops on a little more lately..
For sure, I might need a reminder though
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It's that time to add the sixth month full tank shot. Other than a little growth and a few corals moving around, the only large disparity is my euphyllia have taken a pretty big hit from the torch coral aggression and I have a little more room in the center for softies. I've also taken a cue from a few others and cut back on my montipora a little- I may add them again once the acropora have a chance to base out for awhile.
The basslet has been coming out more and more so I've been able to get a few photos out of the shade, this one shows his (partial) fin flare which is spectacular:
I also got lucky with some freebies from Reef Raft which show some potential and are coloring up on the rack. A lot of these acros are pretty much wild, so they can be hit or miss but the colony shots are pretty amazing.
Yellow Submarine, Hellspawn, Dante’s Inferno, Orange Passion, Plant and Zombie, D-Day, The One, & Pink Floyd
The basslet has been coming out more and more so I've been able to get a few photos out of the shade, this one shows his (partial) fin flare which is spectacular:
I also got lucky with some freebies from Reef Raft which show some potential and are coloring up on the rack. A lot of these acros are pretty much wild, so they can be hit or miss but the colony shots are pretty amazing.
Yellow Submarine, Hellspawn, Dante’s Inferno, Orange Passion, Plant and Zombie, D-Day, The One, & Pink Floyd
WOW Chris the tank looks fabulous man ... lol ran to your thread expecting to see the new lens in action..
If you haven't already concluded this, soon you will: growth is the enemy.
Love the full tank shot. Is that a purple toadstool?
Where is the frag rack? Or what did you do with it for the full tank shot?
That looks like the "Miami orchid" I think you got from me in the back. With all that other fancy stuff, you are likely to cull that soon. It is something I struggled with, learning to let go of things because they just aren't interesting enough. You will soon have some VERY difficult decisions to make!
Thanks for the FTS.
Love the full tank shot. Is that a purple toadstool?
Where is the frag rack? Or what did you do with it for the full tank shot?
That looks like the "Miami orchid" I think you got from me in the back. With all that other fancy stuff, you are likely to cull that soon. It is something I struggled with, learning to let go of things because they just aren't interesting enough. You will soon have some VERY difficult decisions to make!
Thanks for the FTS.
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Thanks Frank- the basslet shot is actually from the macro lens. I'm still tinkering and trying to get accustomed to what it can do, but it gets really close. Maybe it will make my frags look like colonies
Hah, I definitely have a few that I wish would stop growing where they are. The soft coral in the middle is actually a variety of xenia that grows a thick base and branches out. It's quite a bit more manageable than the short stuff that creeps laterally and takes over. I had some in my first tank and really enjoyed it and it took me about a year to come across it again.
I slid the frag rack behind the left rock structure for the tank shot; there's just enough room to hide a couple racks back there. The purple staghorn is definitely from you, it's funny to think that was my first or second acro. It lived through all the lessons that I learned early on. Eventually I'll probably trim and just keep a few branches but hopefully someone else will enjoy it when the time comes.
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Thanks to everyone who swung by for the meeting. Since everything was all cleaned up I took out the macro lens on Sunday and took a few close ups:
Thanks for having me over, Chris. The tank looked amazing and it was good meeting you. Will be following along to see more!
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Left the screen tops off and had some jumpers. By the time I found them they were crunchy yet soft (Thanks Jason!)
Found this cool two-color colt(?) the other day for the softie rock. Still kind of wrinkly.
Found this cool two-color colt(?) the other day for the softie rock. Still kind of wrinkly.
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At MACNA this year, there was a speaker (Charles Mazel) who gave a talk called "The Function of Fluorescence on the Reef". Besides the great talk, he showed a lot of amazing photos and video and went over their technique. Basically, you excite fluorescent coral with the proper wavelength and use a special filter that removes the reflected light, leaving only the fluorescent pigments. Some coral simply disappear under these conditions, and some look stunning. I figured since all I needed was a filter, I would give it a try and took some shots. If Bulk Reef Supply recorded the talk, I highly recommend it especially if you dabble in reef photography.
