Lunchbucket
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great now i have to be a camera guru too 
Lunchbucket
Lunchbucket
240 Inwall Construction (Image Intense)
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weatherson
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Sorry for the delayed response. For some reason, I didn't receive the email notification.
Thanks everyone for the kind words and photo explanations/links. I personally prefer the shorter depth of field for the closer shots as I feel they better simulate what the naked eye sees in a similar situation. It also adds a quasi 3D effect, if you will. But, as mentioned, there's trade offs in everything and photography is no different.
Joseph
Thanks everyone for the kind words and photo explanations/links. I personally prefer the shorter depth of field for the closer shots as I feel they better simulate what the naked eye sees in a similar situation. It also adds a quasi 3D effect, if you will. But, as mentioned, there's trade offs in everything and photography is no different.
Joseph
Broodingwolf
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Joeseph, what sort of lighting did your friend have over his aquarium?
weatherson
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Nick: I use the Canon 100 MM macro lens. It's an incredible lens.
Broodingwolf: I forget the Kelvin ratings but he has two 400w DE's, two 250w DE's, one 250w SE and four 110w VHO's. This over a 31" tall, 240-gallon custom tank. Unfortunately, he is taking this tank down due to a potential relocation of his family.
uncle_ben: Yes, you are correct. Otherwise known as the Blue Ridge coral.
Joseph.
Broodingwolf: I forget the Kelvin ratings but he has two 400w DE's, two 250w DE's, one 250w SE and four 110w VHO's. This over a 31" tall, 240-gallon custom tank. Unfortunately, he is taking this tank down due to a potential relocation of his family.
uncle_ben: Yes, you are correct. Otherwise known as the Blue Ridge coral.
Joseph.
brandon0350
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i am super impressed by your skimmer. where did you get the tubing at? was it online? the only places i can find sell it by 5 foot and thats all
brandon0350
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i am super impressed by your skimmer. where did you get the tubing at? was it online? the only places i can find sell it by 5 foot and thats all
weatherson
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weatherson
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Knyght: Thank you very much, belated or not. 
Joseph
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weatherson
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Shhh... I'm trying to sleep over here. Yes, it's been a while so I suppose an update is due. I'll start with the negatives. I lost one of my clams. I'm now down to just twelve. I'd been having issues with them all slightly retracted and sloughing mucus. This had been going on for several weeks but I couldn't pin down what the cause was. I found no clam eating snails so the best I could come up with is some sort of infection of some type. The good news is since the passing of the single clam, they are all now looking healthy with full extension of their mantles.
Next is the fact that the Red Bugs are back after a single treatment. They don't seem to be causing any real harm at this point but I know I will inevitably need to do more treatments. I really don't like doing this but until another remedy is found, it looks like I have no choice. And by the way, no corals or anything else was added to the tank during the time between the treatment and their reappearance.
Aside from that, and an isolated partial bleaching of an Acropora, everything is doing very well. Corals continue to grow well and coloration is very good. I did pick up a couple new SPS corals from a fellow club member who is getting out of the hobby as well as six green Chromis. I now have eight. Here's a shot I took today...
And a shot of a couple newly found zoanthid nudi's. I constantly look for these guys and they never seem to be eliminated. As long as I stay on top of removing them when I see them, they don't do much harm. The one on the right is on its back.
Joseph
Yes, it's been a while so I suppose an update is due. I'll start with the negatives. I lost one of my clams. I'm now down to just twelve. I'd been having issues with them all slightly retracted and sloughing mucus. This had been going on for several weeks but I couldn't pin down what the cause was. I found no clam eating snails so the best I could come up with is some sort of infection of some type. The good news is since the passing of the single clam, they are all now looking healthy with full extension of their mantles.Next is the fact that the Red Bugs are back after a single treatment. They don't seem to be causing any real harm at this point but I know I will inevitably need to do more treatments.
I really don't like doing this but until another remedy is found, it looks like I have no choice. And by the way, no corals or anything else was added to the tank during the time between the treatment and their reappearance.Aside from that, and an isolated partial bleaching of an Acropora, everything is doing very well. Corals continue to grow well and coloration is very good. I did pick up a couple new SPS corals from a fellow club member who is getting out of the hobby as well as six green Chromis. I now have eight. Here's a shot I took today...
And a shot of a couple newly found zoanthid nudi's. I constantly look for these guys and they never seem to be eliminated. As long as I stay on top of removing them when I see them, they don't do much harm. The one on the right is on its back.
Joseph
Lunchbucket
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Joe - sorry to hear about the bugs and the clam. have you looked into pinched mantle disease (PM) that will cause mucus sloughing and retracted or curled mantle.
nice full shot pic!
Lunchbucket
nice full shot pic!
Lunchbucket
weatherson
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Lunchbucket: Thanks and yes, I'd done some searching for pinched mantle but unfortunately, didn't find much of any substance. Do you have any useful links handy?
Joseph
Joseph
Well beat me down and call me tinky winky. (sorry nephews fault)
This thread is still going!
Joseph, your tank is still spectacular as always, very very sorry to hear about the clam loss.
I really like your kelk reactor, very well done.
Did you think about vacum forming the bottom and top???
It would have been a perfect project for you, technical, get to build things and do something really kewl!
And stop being so modest about your photography, an artist can paint a master peice with there fingers and only two colours of paint, just as a photographer can take a stunning photo with nothing but a poloroide!
Its the artist that makes the art, the brush or in this case the cammera is just a tool that the artist uses to get there vision across!
Hey how much is the tax to go scuba diving in your tank?
This thread is still going!
Joseph, your tank is still spectacular as always, very very sorry to hear about the clam loss.
I really like your kelk reactor, very well done.
Did you think about vacum forming the bottom and top???
It would have been a perfect project for you, technical, get to build things and do something really kewl!
And stop being so modest about your photography, an artist can paint a master peice with there fingers and only two colours of paint, just as a photographer can take a stunning photo with nothing but a poloroide!
Its the artist that makes the art, the brush or in this case the cammera is just a tool that the artist uses to get there vision across!
Hey how much is the tax to go scuba diving in your tank?
Joseph,
I cannot tell if you are being serious or now when you say that "all is doing well". Sorry about the clam, but on the flip side at least the others are now perking up. What sort of treatment do you do for the red bugs? Intercept? That must be quite an undertaking when you do that, especially with all the inverts you have in the tank! How did you find the zoanthid nudibrachs? I am curious because recently my zoas were really closed and then when they opened they looked terrible, so I am trying to eliminate all causes. I hope everything else is going alright, and that you are finding time to enjoy the holidays!
I cannot tell if you are being serious or now when you say that "all is doing well". Sorry about the clam, but on the flip side at least the others are now perking up. What sort of treatment do you do for the red bugs? Intercept? That must be quite an undertaking when you do that, especially with all the inverts you have in the tank! How did you find the zoanthid nudibrachs? I am curious because recently my zoas were really closed and then when they opened they looked terrible, so I am trying to eliminate all causes. I hope everything else is going alright, and that you are finding time to enjoy the holidays!
weatherson
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Zacrifice: Thanks for the kind words and I'm glad to see you are still kicking... just like this thread. Did you ever get that tank up and running?
McGinnis: Yes, I did (1) and will have to do again (2 or 3) Interceptor treatments. Have I mentioned how much I don't want to dump poison in my tank? It is quite an undertaking when you consider I pulled all the hermits I could find and the shrimp out of the tank. That took about a week and the shrimp weren't to keen on leaving their home either. Unfortunately, all but two acro-crabs perished from the treatment. With the few new acro's I acquired, there are more little guys to be nuked.
The zoanthid Nudibranchs are easiest to find at night with a flashlight. Look for closed or partially closed zoa's. The nudi's have great camouflage so you have to look hard. They typically take on the color of their favorite snack (zoanthid). There's some more info and photos on a friends site...
ZoaID.com
I was serious when I stated that all (else) was doing well. The tank is really taking shape and I'm getting good growth rates and stability. Thanks for the kind words.
Joseph
Did you ever get that tank up and running?McGinnis: Yes, I did (1) and will have to do again (2 or 3) Interceptor treatments. Have I mentioned how much I don't want to dump poison in my tank?
It is quite an undertaking when you consider I pulled all the hermits I could find and the shrimp out of the tank. That took about a week and the shrimp weren't to keen on leaving their home either. Unfortunately, all but two acro-crabs perished from the treatment. With the few new acro's I acquired, there are more little guys to be nuked. The zoanthid Nudibranchs are easiest to find at night with a flashlight. Look for closed or partially closed zoa's. The nudi's have great camouflage so you have to look hard. They typically take on the color of their favorite snack (zoanthid). There's some more info and photos on a friends site...
ZoaID.com
I was serious when I stated that all (else) was doing well. The tank is really taking shape and I'm getting good growth rates and stability. Thanks for the kind words.
Joseph
eh, unfortunatly just as the tank was cycling we had a move, it was just live rock at the time and water so it wasn't hard pulling down the tank but unfortunatly the move took out the tank (the tank broke) and its taken me this long to get the removelists to replace the tank (they dropped it and tryed to claim it wasn't there fualt!) and this long would be almost a year.
Fortunatly I have a new tank now, with everything I need and will be starting the tank after christmas.
On a brighter note I have had a little nano running now for almost 8 months on the kitchen counter with nothing but LR, LED lighting (yes the corals grow abit very slowly) and small micron filter (I'm using a micron filter from and RO/DI unit. Inhabitants are two clowns, one shrimp (can't remember the species name) a few snails and hermits) the dimensions of the tank are 20x20x20cm (or 200x200x200 mm) now idea of inches, I don't have a picture to show you (erm, my nikon took a small swim while trying to take a top picture of the cycling 4footer).
Anywho, this thread is about your tank hahaha.
I think the pipe fish are just adorable, perhaps you might need a few more to really take care of the Nudibranchs (if I have read this last thread right)
Fortunatly I have a new tank now, with everything I need and will be starting the tank after christmas.
On a brighter note I have had a little nano running now for almost 8 months on the kitchen counter with nothing but LR, LED lighting (yes the corals grow abit very slowly) and small micron filter (I'm using a micron filter from and RO/DI unit. Inhabitants are two clowns, one shrimp (can't remember the species name) a few snails and hermits) the dimensions of the tank are 20x20x20cm (or 200x200x200 mm) now idea of inches, I don't have a picture to show you (erm, my nikon took a small swim while trying to take a top picture of the cycling 4footer).
Anywho, this thread is about your tank hahaha.
I think the pipe fish are just adorable, perhaps you might need a few more to really take care of the Nudibranchs (if I have read this last thread right)
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