Neat growth GIF, alternating photos 11 days apart.

Wiskey

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Hello all! I thought this was fun. This is a growth Gif that alternates 2 photos which were taken 11 days apart by a camera mounted on the side of my tank.

If the photo doesn't flip for you try right clicking and downloading it.

11DayGrowth.gif


Whiskey
 
Thanks all!!

I think that this growth rate may not be all that fast actually. I really thought that my corals were not growing at all until I saw this comparison. It's really hard to tell when you see the tank for hours each day.

Set something like this up!!! It's cheap! I think you might be shocked at what is going on in there :) I'd love to see other threads like this to compare to.

Whiskey
 
Here is the camera I have that captured this, it takes photos every 15 min during the light period. The eventual goal is a timelapse, something like 30 seconds of film = 6 months of growth.

The Camera was about $28, it's 5 megapixel, and the Raspberry Pi was about $35. It runs linux and there are lots of instructables out there about how to configure it to take the pictures. I mounted it to a car cell phone holder and stuck it to the tank:

IMG_4553 - Copy by Wiskey2727, on Flickr

IMG_4552 - Copy by Wiskey2727, on Flickr

Whiskey
 
Wow. I'm about to start a new tank. Cool idea. Are you will to share info on obtaining a camera such as that?

Sure - this is simply a raspberry pi with a raspberry pi cam attached to it. I think these links are allowed:

Camera (Click)


Raspberry Pi (better than mine, quad core)

This is great for a computer hobbyist because it runs a special distro of Linux, but there are apps you can even run on an old cell phone that would do the same thing for people looking at a more plug and play solution.

Whiskey
 
I just wanted to keep this thread up to date. It is now 12 days later and I have a new image to add to this sequence. All 3 pics are 12 days apart, first to last is 24 days.

SmalForWEB3step.gif


Whiskey
 
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