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Old 01/03/2008, 11:07 AM
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Wow.....very sharp pictures! Love the extreme close-ups....makes you feel like you have a hidden camera inside the coral.
Thank you! I have a lot of fun taking pics. Now I need to get more stuff to take pics of

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Looking good.

I bet the fear of bleaching had you chewing your nails Good to see excellent growth.
I definately had a few moments of terror... But a few days later it was followed by some pretty good growth... Thank goodness!

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Very cool Hop!
Thanks Micki!
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Old 01/03/2008, 11:11 AM
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Needed to blow off some steam last night and decided to to it by setting up the camera. 260 shots later I still didn't have anything spectacular. But I spent some time this morning cleaning the pics up and a few are OK... Decided to post a couple...









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Old 01/03/2008, 11:13 AM
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Old 01/03/2008, 11:55 AM
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Ok...just ok? Man...if you think these are just "Ok" I'd hate to see what a really good (or really bad) shot would be!!
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Old 01/03/2008, 01:04 PM
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Thanks Jason... But I guess I drool over the photography section too often. Some of the pics in there are just incredible... Guess it's good to always have a goal
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Old 01/03/2008, 09:11 PM
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WOW Those clown shots are incredible!
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Old 01/03/2008, 09:52 PM
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And the coral shots are very impressive as well.
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Old 01/04/2008, 05:57 AM
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And the coral shots are very impressive as well.
Yes I agree.
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Old 01/05/2008, 12:13 AM
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And thanks, but I'm hiding the truth about the tank right now... I think I just kicked the small outcropping of dinos and now I'm going to work on the bryopsis and hair algae Guess I should have cooked all that rock, but I didn't and now I'm paying for it. Hopefully after this round, things settle in!
Congrats on beating the dinos. We just got back from vacation, did New Years in Key West. Found the tank almost completely taken over by dinos. It was lights-out when we got home, so I don't really know how bad it is yet.

By the way, wife really loves her new Rebel XT
She must have taken 500 pictures, the camera was always in her hand.
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Old 01/10/2008, 10:24 PM
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Sorry, work has been a little crazy, so I have not been on much lately...

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WOW Those clown shots are incredible!
Thanks Micki! He is a pain to photograph... Wish I had some fishy downers so they would quit swimming all the time

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And the coral shots are very impressive as well.
Thanks Melev
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Old 01/10/2008, 10:26 PM
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Congrats on beating the dinos. We just got back from vacation, did New Years in Key West. Found the tank almost completely taken over by dinos. It was lights-out when we got home, so I don't really know how bad it is yet.

By the way, wife really loves her new Rebel XT
She must have taken 500 pictures, the camera was always in her hand.
Good to hear she is getting some quality practice in before photographing your tanks

Any updates on the dinos? I found keeping the pH up really helps... and I cut the photoperiod back, but didn't do a lights out...
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Old 01/10/2008, 10:29 PM
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Decided to break the camera out for a bit and after about 300 blurry pictures, I found a couple that were not too bad... Nothing spectacular, but I really wanted to share an update of some type

Figured I would start off with the side of the clown that I normally have no trouble getting into focus:


A few more clown pics:






Devil's Hand finally starting to bounce back from nearly being killed by shrooms:
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Old 01/10/2008, 10:31 PM
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A gorg that came in as a hitchhiker on a live rock about 4 years ago. It never grew until this tank. The 8" piece was blown somewhere I have three of these little outcroppings going now:




Monti:


And the Tricolored Acro:




Thanks for looking
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Old 01/10/2008, 10:46 PM
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beautiful shots Hopster!
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Old 01/10/2008, 11:00 PM
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Good to hear she is getting some quality practice in before photographing your tanks

Any updates on the dinos? I found keeping the pH up really helps... and I cut the photoperiod back, but didn't do a lights out...
Key West at New Year's was great practice! Lots of "wild life" to photograph. Everything from a Fuzzy Elvis to Cleopatra
Now she's given me a shopping list of lenses she wants. LOL
Of course, nothing from the AE-1 is usable on the Rebel.

The dinos are still here. Since I was away for a week they got out of hand and are now starting to get on the rocks. It wasn't as bad as I thought when I first saw it. I ended up scooping out the infected sand and picked it out as best I could. A bunch came out in sheets and was easily discarded. I soaked the sand in kalkwasser, that killed what was left. So, I'm pretty much back were I started. There is a spot in the back corner I can't reach and I just noticed a spot pop up in the sand that I "cleaned". I haven't shortened the photo period, though I did unplug the 250w MH while I was gone since that's the end where the dinos are and just left the 150w to light the tank. Didn't help much. I may try the 3 days of dark next week. I've tried it before but it didn't seem to do anything. This time I'm thinking of wrapping the tank so NO light gets in.

The new tank is going up in a couple weeks so I'm just trying to keep them from taking over. Going to start over with new substrate. I'll clean off the small amount on the rocks, maybe cook them for a few weeks since it's only two rocks infected so far. The sump/fuge is clean, so I'll use it as is. There is enough sand not infected I'll have plenty to seed the new tank.
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Old 01/10/2008, 11:19 PM
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Great shots!!!

Wish I could shoot a macro to save my life
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Old 01/11/2008, 01:09 AM
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Great pics!!

I do not think my tank will ever look that nice!
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Old 01/11/2008, 02:00 AM
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Are you sure that is a Monti? As in Montipora digitata? Looks different to me for some reason, with too many bumps.

Does the tricolor have any pink yet?

Excellent pictures.
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Old 01/11/2008, 06:57 AM
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Great pics Hop!!!
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Old 01/11/2008, 06:59 AM
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The new tank is going up in a couple weeks so I'm just trying to keep them from taking over. Going to start over with new substrate. I'll clean off the small amount on the rocks, maybe cook them for a few weeks since it's only two rocks infected so far. The sump/fuge is clean, so I'll use it as is. There is enough sand not infected I'll have plenty to seed the new tank.
Here is a thought for seeding your new sand. When I upgraded tanks I used new sand but I put 1 cup full of sand in 2 stockings and tied a knot in the ends. I then laid the 2 stockings in the tank for a few weeks to seed the new sand. Worked great!
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Old 01/11/2008, 07:27 AM
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amazing shots hop beautiful i wish my camera could take those pictures
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Old 01/11/2008, 09:06 AM
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Here is a thought for seeding your new sand. When I upgraded tanks I used new sand but I put 1 cup full of sand in 2 stockings and tied a knot in the ends. I then laid the 2 stockings in the tank for a few weeks to seed the new sand. Worked great!
Thanks Micki. That's exactly what I plan to do. Yes, I read your thread, too

Great pictures as always Hop!
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Old 01/11/2008, 09:36 AM
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beautiful shots Hopster!
Thanks Jnarowe!

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Key West at New Year's was great practice! Lots of "wild life" to photograph. Everything from a Fuzzy Elvis to Cleopatra
Now she's given me a shopping list of lenses she wants. LOL
Of course, nothing from the AE-1 is usable on the Rebel.

The dinos are still here. Since I was away for a week they got out of hand and are now starting to get on the rocks. It wasn't as bad as I thought when I first saw it. I ended up scooping out the infected sand and picked it out as best I could. A bunch came out in sheets and was easily discarded. I soaked the sand in kalkwasser, that killed what was left. So, I'm pretty much back were I started. There is a spot in the back corner I can't reach and I just noticed a spot pop up in the sand that I "cleaned". I haven't shortened the photo period, though I did unplug the 250w MH while I was gone since that's the end where the dinos are and just left the 150w to light the tank. Didn't help much. I may try the 3 days of dark next week. I've tried it before but it didn't seem to do anything. This time I'm thinking of wrapping the tank so NO light gets in.

The new tank is going up in a couple weeks so I'm just trying to keep them from taking over. Going to start over with new substrate. I'll clean off the small amount on the rocks, maybe cook them for a few weeks since it's only two rocks infected so far. The sump/fuge is clean, so I'll use it as is. There is enough sand not infected I'll have plenty to seed the new tank.
Well good luck. I hope yours goes away and then doesn't bring in the next wave like mine did. I'm really thinking that I should have cooked all that baserock I used in the tank so I could have skipped this, but oh well, live and learn.

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Great shots!!!

Wish I could shoot a macro to save my life
Thanks Bax... I'm just learning. This round was from playing with the f-stop and exposure. I think I'm making progress, at least in the guessing world

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Great pics!!

I do not think my tank will ever look that nice!
Actually the tank is still bouncing back from a couple algae phases. Rather than panicking this time, I'm going slow and letting the phases go away while controlling what is put in the tank, removal and husbandry. Thank you
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Old 01/11/2008, 09:44 AM
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Are you sure that is a Monti? As in Montipora digitata? Looks different to me for some reason, with too many bumps.

Does the tricolor have any pink yet?

Excellent pictures.
Yes, it's an ORA montipora digitata, or at least that is what I paid for I reallt should start documenting it's growth. Although the tips are slowly growing, the portions where frags were taken from the facility have some incredibly fast growing nubs on them

As far as the tri color, yes, it is just starting. I (on my monitor) was able to document the tri as close as I think I've ever come (color-wise for any coral) on this picture:


I hope you can see the pink/purple tied into the coral...

Thank you!
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Old 01/11/2008, 09:50 AM
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Great pics Hop!!!
Thanks. I hope your feeling better and becoming self-propelled again

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amazing shots hop beautiful i wish my camera could take those pictures
Thank you! I appreciate you looking!

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Great pictures as always Hop!
Thank you for the compliment!
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