Short video of my tank

[gregr]

File is 24mb unfortunately, plus it's on the dark side because the computer I made it on has an uncalibrated monitor. Plus it's a slow download... sorry.
Anybody know who the music is by?
Video is here.

 

[edwing206]

Amazing tank! Looks like you have a lot of flow. What are you using? Love that BTA.

 

[ddaddy2420]

Great looking tank and that just happens to be one of the greatest all time bands....

Phish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GuOD]

Wow totally awesome!!

What video camera did you use?

 

[Mikeeee]

Very very nice video what are you recording with? what are dimensions of the 100g? specs please!

 

[gregr]

Thanks all. Phish- you guessed it
For flow I've got two Rio Hyperflow returns, two Seios in the tank and two more Hyperflows on closed loops. The tank is 60" by 20" tall and only 18" deep so it's very hard to get the flow right for the whole tank. But good news- I have a new tank coming and it should be a lot better (60"x24"x24").
Camera is a Canon XH-A1 by the way. More tank specs in case that's what you were asking for: two 250w mh plus two actinic T5's, two overflows, a small sump and a small refugium too. Phosphate reactor and skimmer in the sump plus two heaters.

 

[jwedehase]

Very nice work, Greg. Nice details like the focal fade from rear to front, and nice editing, as in the skunk clown. Thanks for sharing, and ... inspiring. What Kelvin lighting? You had a pretty decent white balance going there, relatively.

And a tank full of pretty colors. Great job.

 

[TwistedTiger]

Excellent tank and a great vid.

 

[soulbabel]

Was the a blue spotted jawfish at the 1 minute mark? If so, how long has it been living in that tank?

 

[gregr]

Thanks again. Lighting is from 20k Helios single bulbs. To my eye they look nearly white but they are tough for cameras. Not XM tough but not easy either. I had the wb set by color temp on the camera, to about 11.5K, plus a warming filter in front of the lens, and I did some color correction on the computer too. In the finished video the colors look great- a teensy bit too saturated in the reds but in the compressed version the reds and greens are over saturated. But the colors in the tank are nice
No jawfish- at one minutes there's a close-up of a Yellow Watchman goby- I think that's what you were asking about.

 

[BWine]

Very nice!!!

 

[RobChuck]

Beautiful work Greg!

I just picked up a XH-A1 for my videography business, and after seeing my initial results with the camera, can only imagine what your video looks like at 1080i!

 

[gregr]

Thanks Rob. I love the camera but it does have it's learning curve.