DanW's 187 SPS Dominated Reef Journal

[DanW]

You need to increase your aperture, or in other words, drop your f-stop number to increase your DOF, allowing more of the stuff in the front and back to be in focus.

Dan, what macro lense you using? F18 is pretty high, so your doing the right thing, but the ratio of your macro lense will limit your DOF (depth of field).

So I should set the camera at a lower F stop like 2.8 or like 6? I've got a Canon 100MM Macro lens and a Canon EOS XTI.

 

[DanW]

What box? Oh THAT box... Well unfortunately there were FedEx issues and the box that was supposed to get to me by 10:30 didn't get to me till ~4:00:mad2: I think that one, maybe two are not going to make it; even though there was a heat pack the water was a little cold. It was a little xmas gift to myself from a reefer in NJ that is shutting down his cube (I know some of you guys know him). I ordered 4 but it came with 5. Nice sized frags too! What came was:

Tubs Mystic Blue
Rommel's Watermelon
20K Lokani
Steve Elias Stag
Buko Acro

Sorry, no nippers.:rolleye1: I'll get picts up later.

 

[pookstreet]

So I should set the camera at a lower F stop like 2.8 or like 6? I've got a Canon 100MM Macro lens and a Canon EOS XTI.

Yes, the lower the f-stop, the greater the DOF. It's all up to you to decide how much you want or need. Just play around with different settings to see what you get.

Sounds like you got a nice little box of goodies there. Sorry to hear about the FedEx mix up. That's one reason I try to avoid shipping around the holidays. Hope it all worked out.

 

[Dave's Reef]

What box? Oh THAT box...

Tubs Mystic Blue
Rommel's Watermelon
20K Lokani
Steve Elias Stag
Buko Acro

I'll get picts up later.

Hope they do well for you Dan... I'll look forward to some pics when you get a chance.

By the way, big step up in picture taking skills man! I need to take some lessons from you photog guys and snap out some better pics!

 

[saltyg135er]

Cant wait to see your new xmas presents.

 

[mpoletti]

What box? Oh THAT box... Well unfortunately there were FedEx issues and the box that was supposed to get to me by 10:30 didn't get to me till ~4:00:mad2:

Its better than showing up the next day :celeb1: (Sorry Dan, I just couldn't resist )

 

[DanW]

Yes, the lower the f-stop, the greater the DOF. It's all up to you to decide how much you want or need. Just play around with different settings to see what you get.

Sounds like you got a nice little box of goodies there. Sorry to hear about the FedEx mix up. That's one reason I try to avoid shipping around the holidays. Hope it all worked out.

Thanks Kenny, I'll try to play with the camera this weekend. Yeah, I knew it was risky but since I was home I thought that I'd try to get the box shipped.

 

[DanW]

Hope they do well for you Dan... I'll look forward to some pics when you get a chance.

By the way, big step up in picture taking skills man! I need to take some lessons from you photog guys and snap out some better pics!

Thanks Dave but like my reefing skills, my picture skills are amateurish.

 

[DanW]

Its better than showing up the next day :celeb1: (Sorry Dan, I just couldn't resist )

Ouch, ouch, ouch. Sure tear the scab right off of that wound.

 

[Dejavu]

Dan, so haw are the new corals doing?

 

[mpoletti]

Ouch, ouch, ouch. Sure tear the scab right off of that wound.

What are friends for :lol2:

 

[saltyg135er]

Hey Dan,

How are the berghia's doing in your tank?

Michael

 

[DanW]

Dan, so haw are the new corals doing?

Well of the 5 pieces, the 20K is gone, the Buko is struggling, the Elias and the Mystic are browned out but polyps are extending and the Rommel's is doing good. Hopefully I can save the Buko.

 

[DanW]

Hey Dan,

How are the berghia's doing in your tank?

Michael

Hey Michael, the nudies are doing their magic mowing down the last visible aptasias. I only see one aptasia that they did not get (yet) and I'm assuming that there are some hidden ones or babies in the rocks. How did you know that they were starting to starve? I know that they are supposed to turn white but did they come out when the lights were on too? Thanks for the hook up and hit me up when your tank turns the corner.

 

[Last Version]

The coral look like..pie.

Good pic. :bounce1:

 

[DanW]

The coral look like..pie.

Good pic. :bounce1:

Thank you.

 

[DanW]

Thought that I was going to lose this piece during the tank issues as it discolored and had tissue recession but its fighting it way back.

 

[Dejavu]

Very nice Dan. Now I have to ask what is it.... more of a stick guy .

 

[saltyg135er]

Hey Michael, the nudies are doing their magic mowing down the last visible aptasias. I only see one aptasia that they did not get (yet) and I'm assuming that there are some hidden ones or babies in the rocks. How did you know that they were starting to starve? I know that they are supposed to turn white but did they come out when the lights were on too? Thanks for the hook up and hit me up when your tank turns the corner.

When your lights go off you can wait about an hour to see if you see them, usually they are hard to find and will take some searching. If you turn off your lights and see them within 10-15 mins, then they are hungry and ready to look for some food. If you find them you can turn off your flow and move them close to the aiptaisa and it should be gone it the morning or the next day. Thats what happen to me and I got to the point where I had no more aiptasia left and I would turn off the lights and 10 mins I would see 5-10 looking for food. If you see them during the light hours then they are really starve or about to die. I had a couple of them do that but I don't think they made it, because I moved them to aiptaisa but I think the move might have been too much.
As for my tank, it's gonig to take a while. I just lost my mini colonie of green slimer, it's not an expensive peice but I started out with an 1/2" frag and grew it pretty nicely. Hopefully things start to turn. Always trying to look on the brighter side. lol

 

[DanW]

Very nice Dan. Now I have to ask what is it.... more of a stick guy .

Thanks Brian, That is the Tyree Red Watermelon, still recovering. If you look at the bottom left of the picture you can see some skeleton where flesh used to be.