Returning to what I love - My new 180 Rimless
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How do you manage to capture the colours? A lot of my corals are getting as colourful as yours, but even taking photos in RAW or using custom white balance readings I cannot get the colours to comeout. Its either everything is blue or just washed out.
Hey Sahin.... I'm gonna make a really bad attempt to answer your question, and then quickly defer to dvanacker, who is a beast with his camera to expound on my photography jiberish... I have always found that manually setting the white balance by submerging something completely white like a piece of white PVC under both conditions (all lights on & dusk dawn) is the best way to start. Many cameras will allow you to save more than one custom white balance setting. I shoot with a Canon 7D for reference. It does a really good job of rendering actual colors especially in raw mode. I find that T5s are heavy on the blue spectrum and can easily throw off digital optics resulting in a very heavy blue hue in the pictures. I have found that this can be corrected with a slight adjustment in color temperature through your computer software if needed in order to render actual colors.
Thanks Bro.. Now, please be the great friend that you are and help me to properly respond to Sahin's question above.... :lol2:
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dvanacker
DID I SOUNDS SMRT??
I'm not expert when it comes to the camera...but I think you pretty much got it Jon. I set my white balance with a coffee filter (IDK...heard it works better than a ordinary sheet of paper?). That usually gets me almost all the way there...if there is still some more adjustments it usually is just taking some blue out and adding some red to warm up the picture(I have a blue/green/red slider in my photosoftware)........adjust so it is what your eye sees and your done.
Hey Brett,
I don't know if you use to play the arcade game, Defender, back in the 80s, but in that game, they had a weapon called a smart bomb that blew up all enemies.. Well, when I get back from my business trip on the weekend. I am going to smart bomb my tank for those B@$t@rd$. I've been following a few threads on in-tank treatments using levamisole soluble drench powder, which is a worming agent used for livestock that has proven to be very effective, with little to no loss given the proper dosage. The plan is to treat once every 4 weeks. Hopefully, this will break the life cycle of live worms and hatchlings. I will follow this up with a maintenance treatment every six months. I will document the process on this thread.
As for the dusk/dawn bulbs, I'm using ATI Blue+ & Purple +(first time using this bulb)
I don't know if you use to play the arcade game, Defender, back in the 80s, but in that game, they had a weapon called a smart bomb that blew up all enemies.. Well, when I get back from my business trip on the weekend. I am going to smart bomb my tank for those B@$t@rd$. I've been following a few threads on in-tank treatments using levamisole soluble drench powder, which is a worming agent used for livestock that has proven to be very effective, with little to no loss given the proper dosage. The plan is to treat once every 4 weeks. Hopefully, this will break the life cycle of live worms and hatchlings. I will follow this up with a maintenance treatment every six months. I will document the process on this thread.
As for the dusk/dawn bulbs, I'm using ATI Blue+ & Purple +(first time using this bulb)
clowndude
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Good luck with the treatment. I'm going on my fourth treatment this week. Haven't seen flatworms in a while now and all my sps color is looking even better.
dvanacker
DID I SOUNDS SMRT??
Good luck!
250G
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What he said - and in addition should you ever get by the camera store purchase a digital grey card (apx. $15) to calibrate your white balance. Improved the colour accuracy of my pics, taking good pics is a whole other thread).
And a really great tank here.......
And a really great tank here.......
Thanks Man. That is fantastic news about your tank.. I have been following your posts...Fingers are crossed.
Thanks Bro! This is the most nail biting thing I have ever done to my reef. However, we have to make advancements with these pests and some of us have to take it on our backs to make others more comfortable with new treatments... This is all for you Mannnnnnnnnn!!!! :lmao:
Thanks on Both 250G! I will certainly look int the card when I visit the camera shop.
agcneves, Thank you so much! I believe the same... I'm really big fan of your reef and some of the other reefs in your country! Keep up the awesome work with your tank! It is totally beautiful!!!
Ok folks... First Levamisole treatment started at 11:25 this morning.. I went a little on the stronger side with my dose, but in the acceptable range... I used the method of some others and did not account for rock displacement.. Once the medication went in, Within minutes, I notices some of the smaller flatworms floating in my water column. In addition, My mini brittle stars started to freak out. My guess is that they are casualties, but that was expected.. SOme of my SPS have retracted their polyps. My clams don't seem to like the stuff and two have retracted their mantles, but that was also expected.. All the fish seem unaffected. I removed the top off my skimmer and kept it running so that the fish would have plenty of oxygen throughout the treatment. I also removed my carbon and put on fresh filter socks to catch whatever is floating... I will wait an hour then baste the coral and rock and repeat this a few times during the treatment to dislodge anything that may be hanging on. I will start a waterchange (although some say is unnecessary) around 6:30. At that point I will also replace the skimmer cup and add a fresh bag of carbon to the sump and replace the filter socks. I may opt against the water changes in future treatments, but it's time for one any way 
so what the hey! More updates to follow!
so what the hey! More updates to follow!
Thanks man... Me too! LOL.. No secrets really... Stable water conditions, good lighting and flow and regular water changes. A really good skimmer doesn't hurt either...
I received the Levamisole ("Prohibit" as it is labeled from retailers), which is a Pig wormer from a hobbyist on RC. Levamisole has been used for dipping corals for some time, and is also used in the freshwater hobby for worms, but at much higher doses than saltwater. Some folks have made the mistake in the past to dose at freshwater levels and destroyed their reefs.
He sold it to me in 5 gram packs. Here is the formula i used for my tank volume (1 - 5 gram pack treats about 300 gallons & left in the tank for about 6 to 10 hours. I used one 5 gram pack in a measuring cup, a cup of tank water and then add 3/4 cup of the solution to the tank (0.75 X 300 = 225 gallons) Many have stated that you can go over the suggested dose with no ill effects. You just can't go overboard with it.. So, I basically mixed one 5 gram pack with a bottle of RO/DI and dosed 75% of the bottle.. I decided to leave the treatment in for 8 hours.. So i will be getting busy in a few moments.. Some say you need water changes after some say it is not necessary.
Ok after 8 hours, fish are fine, but eventually started hiding as expected as time went on.. Mini Brittle stars are definitely toast from what I can see, but other inverts seem fine.. When I basted after a couple of hours, I didn't really notice any Flatworms coming of any of my colonies.. even the one that I know are the most infected.. This was strange because I had not basted in over a week so that I could see the effect on them when I treated. I am always guaranteed to get a few big ones off as a result. This time around....nothing.. The only ones I saw were the small ones in the beginning of the treatment.. I did not watch the tank the whole time, so it is possible that they could have come off without me noticing or simply dissolved as some folks have witnessed. Clams have begun opening again without me doing anything. More updates to follow.
