Sahin Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 Heres a few pics of my tank as it is currently. First up is my tank pic. Not at all as good looking as it used to be. I got rid of many corals etc. Slowly making room for acro's and soon to have in-tank ref built. Heres a pic taken today: Here is my new Goby. I havent ID'd him so far, so if anyone knows, please let me know. Here's my cleaner shrimp: Here's a TINY feather duster. My camera managed to get a good shot. Heres a closeup pic of my pipe-organ coral. Now this was a TINY frag bought for £1. Now its getting huge. Heres my pretty Green Goby. Now he was very underfed when I got him from the LFS. Now he's doing pretty well. These are known to be quite fussy eaters, and said to only eat food when it literaly passed over thier face--well, mine has learnt to eat food floating on the surface-just like my clowns. Here is my maxima clam. I have had it almost a year now. I got this at a bargain price of £20 when I introduced a friend to my LFS. Its been growing nicely. And finaly a small Acro frag. I bought this piece for £10. Its growing very nicely. It was a drab brown all over at the LFS. Its now got pink growing tips and the polpys are an awesome flourecent green (which doesnt show up well in the pic). Hope you enjoyed the pics. I am sorry that the pics are too large for dial-up users. I am planning to install T5 lights again, but this time I have found proper T5 tubes, made by Arcadia for Reef use, and am not going to use generic ones made for commercial lighting use, so that should be good. I also plan to install an intank ref. as well. Link to comment
_platy_ Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 Very nice tank... Are you keeping acroporas with succes under fluorescent tubes? Where you purchase the acro frags? Here in spain there aren´t any shop shelling acro frags... Many thanks Link to comment
Sahin Posted March 29, 2003 Author Share Posted March 29, 2003 Hi there. I have kept the acro frag you see for more than 6 months. Not only has it survived, but it has GROWN as well. And its coloured up very nicely. I am also keeping a flourecent green Hygnophora, which has doubled in size since I got it. I live in the UK, and recently some LFS such as STM in Kent have started coral frag farming. This is great for both the natural reef environment and for us reefers. i bought that frag for £10. If it were a collected specimen it would have much more expensive. Once I have the T5's installed with the Arcadia Tubes I will buy a few more acro frags. Link to comment
chufa Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 Hi Sahin, I have a dialup, but your pics were worth the wait! Outstanding pics and an outstanding tank. Link to comment
Croman Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 What kind of camera do you use ? My camera can't even zoom that close. Link to comment
Sahin Posted March 30, 2003 Author Share Posted March 30, 2003 Hi there. I am using a Fujifilm 6900z. Its 3.24Megapixel (can also output 6Megapixel as wel). Having a very good camera is only one part of taking good pics. You need a tripod as well. Make sure the glass is clean. Focus onto subject and if using a tripod, you wont get camera shakes-hence blurry pics. Dont use Digital zoom-the camera is interpolating the pixels, hence lower grade picture. There are good articles/threads over at ReefCentrals Photography section. Read those and I am sure your pics will improve even using the same camera. Link to comment
Nishant3789 Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 sahin, whats hte soom on the camera? i have a 3 megapixel camera and a macro feature, but i cant seem to get good shots. i have yet to use a tripod but still they turn out very crappy. should i use the zoom when useing hte macro feature? thanks nishant Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Beautiful as usual Sahin! I always like to see updates on your system And that green goby still has me in awe! Link to comment
Crakeur Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 as always, the pics are awesome. The tank is looking great. The acro is looking real good. I love watching them color up. I bought one frag that was all brown and has started turning bright purple with highlighter yellow polyps (new pics in the crakeur's member is one ...thread). If only I could take macro shots as nice as yours (and post more than one pic at a time - man that would be nice) Link to comment
freakaccident Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Awesome! I am sick of you people and your beautiful tanks. Link to comment
Sahin Posted March 31, 2003 Author Share Posted March 31, 2003 Thanks peeps. Nishant, hi dude. My camera has got 6xoptical zoom (35-210mm on 35mm equivalent). My camera can get as close as 10cm to the subject. Thats not that great considering even some of the new mid-range digital cameras can get as close as 2cm! However having full manual control to set custom white balance, aperture size, shutter speed, metering, ISO level, flash control etc etc goes a long way. Anyway, Crakeur, I agree, I too love the way the acropora has coloured up. I am going to buy a few more frags next month. I will take good before and after pics. Chris; I too just love the Green Goby. They are a great addition to nano's. Link to comment
duckhuntboy Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 How how many gallons is your tank, Sahin? Link to comment
Sahin Posted April 2, 2003 Author Share Posted April 2, 2003 Its 24G. Not the average sized nano. Link to comment
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