Wednesday is photo night
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Peter Schmiedel
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Greg (gho) is working with Nikon DSLR, but you should see his computer setup 
- he is a magician in taking pics and also incredible in making them even better with a little software help. A true professional.
To me pic 2 and 3 are the best.
- he is a magician in taking pics and also incredible in making them even better with a little software help. A true professional.To me pic 2 and 3 are the best.
spk
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Kathy,
thanks for the welcome, I find it difficult to get on daily when I am travelling to so many places for a day visit. Hence the absense.
Pete, I use bottles too as they are disposable and free. Plus I can get 8-13 2 litre bottles in a small place. I have never used them, but will try and contact them when I am next home. Always willing to try alternatives.
Some excellent pics in this thread. I too want a DSLR
. Ah well one day maybe when enuff fishes have been sold.
Steve
thanks for the welcome, I find it difficult to get on daily when I am travelling to so many places for a day visit. Hence the absense.
Pete, I use bottles too as they are disposable and free. Plus I can get 8-13 2 litre bottles in a small place. I have never used them, but will try and contact them when I am next home. Always willing to try alternatives.
Some excellent pics in this thread. I too want a DSLR
. Ah well one day maybe when enuff fishes have been sold.Steve
NicoleC
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Here's Day 11. I swear it's like I've got two different species of clown in there. One is dark and rapidly turning into a clown, the other is pale and translucent and not developing as quickly but seems well fed and healthy.
I didn't crop tonight for a better idea of scale (for any readers who might not have had babies of their own.) These are 1" PVC fittings; the second photo has a bit of 1/2" PVC tube in the front.
I didn't crop tonight for a better idea of scale (for any readers who might not have had babies of their own.) These are 1" PVC fittings; the second photo has a bit of 1/2" PVC tube in the front.
I just put mine on the "system" yesterday with a slow drip. Really cleared the water and it is a blast to see all the busy baby clowns scooting all over.
Today I got to stay home from work because my daughter was sick, so I had some time to work on things. Got my older clowns transferred to the system, too, so now I just have one large system to maintain rather than a bunch of small tanks. So far so good. I should start a thread about the system.
Today I got to stay home from work because my daughter was sick, so I had some time to work on things. Got my older clowns transferred to the system, too, so now I just have one large system to maintain rather than a bunch of small tanks. So far so good. I should start a thread about the system.
NicoleC
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Mine are all over the PVC like white on rice... or is it white on PVC? Fighting over them, too. I added a few new pieces last night so they have about 1 piece for every two fish, and one of the little ones who was always getting chased away saw it coming and darted right in before I even set it on the bottom!
I think everyone has at least a faint second white stripe -- some are almost complete, and they are starting to develop their black lines.
Hmmm. The darker ones looks like dad with fat stripes coming in; the paler ones are more "round" like Mom. I was just browsing old pics to see if I had good ones of the parents, and it looks like mama is getting more "tangerine" and her stripes getting thinner as she ages; papa is getting darker with thicker stripes. Papa's transformation is far more pronouced; her coloration changes seemed to happen right before she started spawning, but his are continuing.
They aren't very photogenic. Here's papa in January 2004 (on the left):
and January 2005:
Guess I need a 2006 picture!
I think everyone has at least a faint second white stripe -- some are almost complete, and they are starting to develop their black lines.
Hmmm. The darker ones looks like dad with fat stripes coming in; the paler ones are more "round" like Mom. I was just browsing old pics to see if I had good ones of the parents, and it looks like mama is getting more "tangerine" and her stripes getting thinner as she ages; papa is getting darker with thicker stripes. Papa's transformation is far more pronouced; her coloration changes seemed to happen right before she started spawning, but his are continuing.
They aren't very photogenic. Here's papa in January 2004 (on the left):
and January 2005:
Guess I need a 2006 picture!
NicoleC
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Well, just as I was thinking I must have lost my last goby -- despite the absence of a body -- because relentless flashlight searches have revealed nothing. Then suddenly, while I was wondering of I should empty the tank and stop feeding it, I just saw him! He's mostly two black eyes and a black spot in the middle with a lot of body I can't really see, and at least a good 3/8" long and a lot wider through the head. He can definately eat BBS, so I will clean out the rots, start him on enriched BBS like the clowns, and give him a sponge filter, too.
I tried to scoop him up for a photo, but he darted away from zero to sixty in nothing flat -- just like a real goby! He is 29 days old today. I hope this means he made it through meta; heaven knows I can't see him well enough to tell.
Meanwhile, I still find it hard to believe I haven't lost in clowns since the first 3 days.
I tried to scoop him up for a photo, but he darted away from zero to sixty in nothing flat -- just like a real goby! He is 29 days old today. I hope this means he made it through meta; heaven knows I can't see him well enough to tell.
Meanwhile, I still find it hard to believe I haven't lost in clowns since the first 3 days.
NicoleC
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I have been -- giving the guy a little BBS every day but lots of rots. The rots in there seem to like eating the algae crud off the bottom; they do quite well even without any food at all from me; I've been having trouble keeping the density *down* in there.
Poor clowns, they were so hungry tonight, and they are very aware of scheduled feeding times now. But I had almost no BBS! Only half as much as I needed.
So I fed a tiny bit of cyclopeeze (frozen) in the hope that the biggest most aggressive feeders might fill up on those first, leaving the BBS for the smaller fish. and finicky eaters. I did see a couple copepods get eaten, so my clowns aren't stuck on live food, they just don't care for the flake or it isn't the right shape or something. I followed with flake and then the BBS.
I think I am pushing it with cyclopeeze at this age, but they have BIG mouths. I'll check for more BBS in a bit; I have another hour before lights out.
More decapsulated BBS is on order; I thought I could get away with what I had for this batch, but they have been slow to take dead foods. I am going to build at least one more hatchery tomorrow to help defuse the possibility of more poor hatches letitng my guys go hungry.
Poor clowns, they were so hungry tonight, and they are very aware of scheduled feeding times now. But I had almost no BBS! Only half as much as I needed.
So I fed a tiny bit of cyclopeeze (frozen) in the hope that the biggest most aggressive feeders might fill up on those first, leaving the BBS for the smaller fish. and finicky eaters. I did see a couple copepods get eaten, so my clowns aren't stuck on live food, they just don't care for the flake or it isn't the right shape or something. I followed with flake and then the BBS.I think I am pushing it with cyclopeeze at this age, but they have BIG mouths. I'll check for more BBS in a bit; I have another hour before lights out.
More decapsulated BBS is on order; I thought I could get away with what I had for this batch, but they have been slow to take dead foods. I am going to build at least one more hatchery tomorrow to help defuse the possibility of more poor hatches letitng my guys go hungry.
I think frozen CE is fine at this age.
When I feed it, I put a small frozen chunk into a "brine shrimp" net (these nets are too big for NHBS, so I was glad to find a use for them). Then I swoosh the net on the surface of the juvie tank so that as it thaws, only the smallest bits of CE go thru the net and into the water.
Saves having to siphon out the big chunks later.
I feed the big chunks to my bigger fish.
When I feed it, I put a small frozen chunk into a "brine shrimp" net (these nets are too big for NHBS, so I was glad to find a use for them). Then I swoosh the net on the surface of the juvie tank so that as it thaws, only the smallest bits of CE go thru the net and into the water.
Saves having to siphon out the big chunks later.
I feed the big chunks to my bigger fish.
