bencollinz Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Looks good, how much carbon and gfo do you run? Dont run too much carbon and gfo.... it can strip the water and make it too clean. You want some nutrients in the tank. My buddy learned this the hard way eh, beats me. whatever I dumped into the reactors...half full maybe? Link to comment
FishDooD65 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 eh, beats me. whatever I dumped into the reactors...half full maybe? Not good lol. Go to the bulkreefsupply website and they have a reef calculator and it tells you how much carbon and gfo to use according to your system water volume. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 ^ Take that number, though, and cut it in half, and if needed add more to it. Link to comment
bencollinz Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 trying out kent coral accel, last night was first dose. Link to comment
bencollinz Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 and chromaplex Link to comment
metrokat Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Upside down urchin with gorg frag: too cute. Upside down baby: too cute Wifey shirt: too cute CAT WITH A BONE SWEATER? Link to comment
markalot Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Too cute. Throw the dog a ... cat. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Upside down urchin with gorg frag: too cute. Upside down baby: too cute Wifey shirt: too cute CAT WITH A BONEr SWEATER? Link to comment
bencollinz Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Oh boy where do people get these ideas. Link to comment
bencollinz Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 watch out world!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5XntwjlYEs Link to comment
markalot Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 What an adorable kid. I see outlet covers and gates ... oh I remember those days, We had safety locks, outlet covers, furniture tied to the wall. Link to comment
BattleAthletics Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Have you started training him ben? Link to comment
bencollinz Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 super tiny new family member Link to comment
FishDooD65 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 super tiny new family member The Sand Eater! Nice Fish Link to comment
hypostatic Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 ah I had one of those guys in my tank for a while. very interesting to watch. until he decided to jump lol Link to comment
bencollinz Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 I have canon t3i, how do I get the purple out of my pictures? Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Uh oh, heartbreaker can walk to the ladies now. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I have canon t3i, how do I get the purple out of my pictures? What kinda photo software do you have? You'll want to shoot in RAW, set white balance to basically whatever you want (usually 'warm' works best). Put the camera in 'Av' mode for shooting corals - this is aperture priority. You set the f-stop (usually as low as it will go, this makes only the focal point clear and everything else blurry) only and the shutter speed is variable. Put it in 'Tv' mode for shooting fish (or moving objects) - this is shutter priority. Set it to 1/125 for shooting fish. ISO is another setting you'll need to worry a little bit about. Usually you'll want it set to around 400 or 800 - the higher the number, the less light you need, but the more noise is introduced and if you rely on ISO to keep your pictures from looking dark, then your pictures won't look all that great. Once you take the pics, your post software will handle getting the white balance right - usually on import it gets really, really close, but sometimes you'll need to manually adjust it. I use Photoshop Lightroom, and if it doesn't look 100% right, I use the 'auto adjust' and it is usually spot on. Lightroom has a bit of a learning curve, but it's really, really awesome software for not only adjusting photos, but keeping track of them. Check out this thread from jeremai on photographing your tank: http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/190521-photographing-your-reef-and-posting-your-photos/ Link to comment
MikeTR Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Uh oh, heartbreaker can walk to the ladies now. slippery floor + socks = pro style. get this kid a skateboard Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Also, this helps with explaining aperture: http://www.exposureguide.com/focusing-basics.htm White balance: http://www.exposureguide.com/white-balance.htm ISO: http://www.exposureguide.com/iso-sensitivity.htm Exposure in general (a function of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO): http://www.exposureguide.com/exposure.htm This video helps explain the difference in real time: And if you get the pics from the camera and don't have any post-processing software, you can send the pics to me and I can run them through lightroom and turn them into JPEGs for you. Link to comment
bencollinz Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Uh oh, heartbreaker can walk to the ladies now. speaking of "heartbreaker" one year difference Link to comment
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