Come along, I'm starting a 24 gallon from scratch!

[H2OLUVSME]

i use dual 250w 20k XMs, with dual 110w URI super actinics, and dual 110w URI actinic whites.

the tank is a little bluer than it apears in the pics, but not as blue as most 20k run tanks.

this is what it looks like with the auto white balance, which i think is much bluer than it is in person.

here it is with white balanced as close as i can get it.

its a little closer to the whiter pic, but i wish i could add a little of the blue back.

EDIT: after looking at it in the post it may be closer to the bluer pic, but still not quite that blue. the actinic whites really make the supplemental light bright and pinkish, which really takes a lot of blue out, IMO.

 

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

WOW!!!!!! Fantastic!!!!! OH how I miss my 75 gallon!!!

 

[H2OLUVSME]

WOW!!!!!! Fantastic!!!!! OH how I miss my 75 gallon!!!

i miss your 75 too

cant wait to see pics of the 24 tho

 

[Jordan55]

 

[Jordan55]

 

[Flipturn88]

Jordo, looking good my friend.

Landon, your tank is so sweet! I love all the color. When taking pics, my tank looks too blue with AWB, so I use photoshop to "auto-level" the image. Usually, it does the trick.

 

[H2OLUVSME]

Jordan, its looking good man! you are getting quite a collection of zoas there. we may have to work out a trade in the future

Kayla, that is how i got the blue image its weird some days i get the white balance almost perfect with the manual setting. other days i set it with the same piece of PVC and the pics come out green i guess ill keep trying. i wish i could add a little blue with my photo editor, because it just doesn't seem to take enough out of the "blue shots". maybe i need to try photoshop, instead of this cheap knock-off i have

Amanda, patiently waiting i guess not so patient as i keep mentioning it

 

[jay24k]

You should be able to on most photo editors. Usually there is a gamma adjuster and you have to adjust it to have the blue stronger.

 

[H2OLUVSME]

thanks Jay,
my program does have "gamma". it only seemed to lighten or darken (if i remember correctly, as i only played with it once or twice).

im getting photoshop here soon, so ill definatly be able to do some doctoring with that. id really like to get the camera to do it though, so i dont sacrifice one thing to get another right....

guess ill keep trying.

Amanda still waiting..........:mixed:

 

[rjwilson37]

Great pictures everyone!

Amanda, we can't wait to see some pictures of your tank.

 

[rjwilson37]

Amanda, here is the latest picture of my tank before we leave for Iowa, I will send you a PM as to why.

 

[H2OLUVSME]

you have a great tank RJ!! i cant wait til mine fills in like yours

 

[rjwilson37]

H20, I just love your corals placement and can't wait to see it start growing out. It is looking just awsome.

It is actually hard to see in the picture, but the Red Brain in the lower right corner is getting it's color back slowly and starting to expand out as well. I hope it continues to keep going in that direction as it has always been one of my favorite corals.

 

[superswimmer]

Yay! I went to the LFS and they had some FAT and healthy mandarins in stock! I couldnt resist. I got a fat male (splendisidus)and i put him in the tank and was foraging, then I tried some frozen mysis and it ate it! I fed again today. He goes in a little corner where the other fish cant go and is chowing down! Woot Woot this mandarin will work!

Ill post pics later

 

[superswimmer]

 

[rjwilson37]

Very nice superswimmer, I always wanted a Mandarin in my larger tank but the scooter blenny was in a nano and needed a better environment with lots of pods. I have pods and brine swimming all over my refuge to give the main tank plenty of goodies and my scooter has a nice full belly.

 

[psycho_clown]

rj about the brine in your refuge do you just let them breed or do you hatch them and add as needed?

 

[rjwilson37]

They just started appearing one day and now I have bunches of them, even in spots in the main tank. I am not really sure if they are mysis or brine, but it is some kind of shrimp which is basically food for my tanks inhabitants. I am sure a lot get ate, but at night time I flash the light around in area's like entrances to the caves and such and you can see them all over.

 

[Flipturn88]

Nick, your mandarin looks like a male to me (note the longer dorsal fin).

Here's one of my mandarins. This guy is such a pig!

And...baby seahorses.

Kayla

 

[majesticangelfish]

Kayla, I will say it again, WELL DONE!!!

Thats So cool! also, great pics!