close up pics

[BeakerBob]

Here is a shot of a baby feather duster:

 

[melev]

That's a great shot of those spirorbid worms too!

 

[Cuby2k]

Bob or Marc, are the spirobid worms hard shelled? AND are they considered undesirable? Don't mean to take away from the incredible photos, just seems like a decent opportunity to gather a little info.

The baby feather duster pic is pretty cool.

 

[BeakerBob]

Thanks Marc! The size of the spirorbid worms show how small the baby duster is!

Cuby2k, yes, they are hardshelled. I am not sure that they are undesirable, they don't bother anything other than needing to be scraped off the glass once in a while.

 

[melev]

Rod - reef safe.

 

[BeakerBob]

Marc,
Here's a better shot of a spirorbid worm.

 

[melev]

Excellent. My picture of them is from the otherside, and is so large (too much of a closeup) that people often don't realize they are looking at something the size of a pinhead.

 

[argo]

Mobile nursery...

 

[divecj5]

Wow...awesome capture Art. Did you notice this before or is it just something that you noticed after you took the shot. Amazing...

 

[kicbak]

I think those are pyrimid snails. I'd try to pick them off.

 

[argo]

divecj5, thank you. The pic above is of the first Astrea snail carrying Cerith snail(s) babies. The second Astrea has about a dozen of these baby snails attached to it (it always hovers lower in the tank where there's more algae on the tank's glass - or it's too heavy to get higher up ).

kicbak, I doubt those are Pyramid snails; they are most likely an offspring of my Cerith snails. I hope I'm not wrong.

Close-up of baby snails:

Adult Cerith snail:

http://www.pacificeastaquaculture.com/ShowProductCategory.aspx?CategoryId=4

Pyramid (parasitic) snails:

http://reefers.org/album/viewphoto.cfm?albumimageid=743

 

[melev]

Here are some pyramellid snails.

 

[argo]

Thanks Marc, that helps with both snails' size and shape comparison.

 

[zenya]

kicbak, I doubt those are Pyramid snails; they are most likely an offspring of my Cerith snails. I hope I'm not wrong.

Art, I think those are most likely Pyramidellid snails that parasitize Astraea and Trochus snails. IIRC, there are couple of species that are commonly found in aquaria that parasitize snails and Tridacna clams. Do some searches using pyramid snail as a keyword, I think you can find some old threads discussing this critters.

 

[Avast Marine]

argo, looks like pyramids to me as well. I would PM a member by the name of greenbean36191 and ask to take a look at your picture.

Nice pics guys!

 

[ReefBuddha]

what is everyone currently using for their macro setups for lenses? I've got a nikon D50 and I want to get a dedicated macro lens to take photos at 1:1 to 5:1 with Kenko lenses and reverse methods.

I'm considering Nikon and Sigma, but don't know if I need a 105, 150, etc or if I can get away with a wider focal length. Typically I'll be shooting in a dedicated aquarium for photography, but on those occasions when I want to macro shoot subjects that cannot be moved(like in other peoples' tanks) then I want to still be able to get in close....thoughts? thanks in advance!

so thinking of combining a dedicated macro lense with kenko tubes and maybe a canon 500d closup screw-on lense.

 

[louist]

For all my macro work I shoot with a Canon 10D + 180 f3.5 macro lens. Some of the super macros are shot with the MP-E65 which was on loan from a fellow reefer.

 

[thor32766]

great pics everyone!

 

[argo]

Not to hijack this thread, but the snails in the image I posted earlier are indeed Pyramidellid. I pulled a few out of the tank and used a 30X mag. lens to take a "closer" look. Alas, they were. That brings the number of parasitic bastards in my tank to 3. Arghhhh. And to think I'd put a nice frame around this image - arghhh.

 

[louist]

Art, sorry to hear about the parasites in your tank

That's one advantage of shooting macro too, you pick up all sorts of interesting details, good and bad ones!

Good luck in your blitz!