close up pics - Page 37

BeakerBob · 12/19/2006, 05:47 PM

Here is a shot of a baby feather duster:

melev · 12/19/2006, 07:12 PM

That's a great shot of those spirorbid worms too!

Cuby2k · 12/19/2006, 07:24 PM

Bob or Marc, are the spirobid worms hard shelled? AND are they considered undesirable? Don't mean to take away from the incredible photos, just seems like a decent opportunity to gather a little info.

The baby feather duster pic is pretty cool.

BeakerBob · 12/19/2006, 07:40 PM

Thanks Marc! The size of the spirorbid worms show how small the baby duster is!

Cuby2k, yes, they are hardshelled. I am not sure that they are undesirable, they don't bother anything other than needing to be scraped off the glass once in a while.

melev · 12/19/2006, 07:59 PM

Rod - reef safe.

BeakerBob · 12/19/2006, 08:26 PM

Marc,
Here's a better shot of a spirorbid worm.

melev · 12/19/2006, 08:46 PM

Excellent. My picture of them is from the otherside, and is so large (too much of a closeup) that people often don't realize they are looking at something the size of a pinhead.

argo · 12/21/2006, 11:12 AM

Mobile nursery...

divecj5 · 12/21/2006, 01:14 PM

Wow...awesome capture Art. Did you notice this before or is it just something that you noticed after you took the shot. Amazing...

kicbak · 12/21/2006, 08:59 PM

I think those are pyrimid snails. I'd try to pick them off.

argo · 12/21/2006, 10:07 PM

divecj5, thank you. The pic above is of the first Astrea snail carrying Cerith snail(s) babies. The second Astrea has about a dozen of these baby snails attached to it (it always hovers lower in the tank where there's more algae on the tank's glass - or it's too heavy to get higher up

).

kicbak, I doubt those are Pyramid snails; they are most likely an offspring of my Cerith snails. I hope I'm not wrong.

Close-up of baby snails:

Adult Cerith snail:

http://www.pacificeastaquaculture.co...x?CategoryId=4

Pyramid (parasitic) snails:

http://reefers.org/album/viewphoto.cfm?albumimageid=743

melev · 12/21/2006, 10:12 PM

Here are some pyramellid snails.

argo · 12/21/2006, 10:27 PM

Thanks Marc, that helps with both snails' size and shape comparison.

zenya · 12/21/2006, 10:29 PM

Quote:

kicbak, I doubt those are Pyramid snails; they are most likely an offspring of my Cerith snails. I hope I'm not wrong.

Art, I think those are most likely Pyramidellid snails that parasitize Astraea and Trochus snails. IIRC, there are couple of species that are commonly found in aquaria that parasitize snails and Tridacna clams. Do some searches using pyramid snail as a keyword, I think you can find some old threads discussing this critters.

Avast Marine · 12/21/2006, 11:09 PM

argo, looks like pyramids to me as well. I would PM a member by the name of greenbean36191 and ask to take a look at your picture.

Nice pics guys!

ReefBuddha · 12/25/2006, 07:57 PM

what is everyone currently using for their macro setups for lenses? I've got a nikon D50 and I want to get a dedicated macro lens to take photos at 1:1 to 5:1 with Kenko lenses and reverse methods.

I'm considering Nikon and Sigma, but don't know if I need a 105, 150, etc or if I can get away with a wider focal length. Typically I'll be shooting in a dedicated aquarium for photography, but on those occasions when I want to macro shoot subjects that cannot be moved(like in other peoples' tanks) then I want to still be able to get in close....thoughts? thanks in advance!

so thinking of combining a dedicated macro lense with kenko tubes and maybe a canon 500d closup screw-on lense.

louist · 12/26/2006, 01:07 AM

For all my macro work I shoot with a Canon 10D + 180 f3.5 macro lens. Some of the super macros are shot with the MP-E65 which was on loan from a fellow reefer.

thor32766 · 12/26/2006, 03:10 PM

great pics everyone!

argo · 12/26/2006, 06:42 PM

Not to hijack this thread, but the snails in the image I posted earlier are indeed Pyramidellid. I pulled a few out of the tank and used a 30X mag. lens to take a "closer" look. Alas, they were. That brings the number of parasitic bastards in my tank to 3. Arghhhh. And to think I'd put a nice frame around this image - arghhh.

louist · 12/26/2006, 08:10 PM

Art, sorry to hear about the parasites in your tank

That's one advantage of shooting macro too, you pick up all sorts of interesting details, good and bad ones!

Good luck in your blitz!

RFC · 01/11/2007, 11:31 PM

Pods up close and personal

(Nikon D200, nikkor 60mm)

ReefBuddha · 01/11/2007, 11:50 PM

very nice! what are you using for lighting there? is that 1:1?

ssbreef · 01/12/2007, 10:04 AM

SurferStevo · 01/25/2007, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RFC
Pods up close and personal

OMG!!! Awesome pic!

zenya · 01/26/2007, 03:19 PM

Found a little wormy crawling around... tough spot to photograph it because he was under zoanthids colony.

RFC,
unbelievable picture of the pods.

12/19/2006, 07:24 PM	#903
Cuby2k Cuby2k Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 982	Bob or Marc, are the spirobid worms hard shelled? AND are they considered undesirable? Don't mean to take away from the incredible photos, just seems like a decent opportunity to gather a little info. The baby feather duster pic is pretty cool. __________________ Rod "Cuby" Current Tank Info: 180 display, 100 gal DIY fuge/sump, DIY skimmer.

12/21/2006, 11:12 AM	#908
argo Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CNJ Posts: 397	Mobile nursery... __________________ Art. Current Tank Info: 90G main, 6-bulb Tek Light T5, about 90# of Tonga branch and Fiji rock; 200# of SD/Live sand; Octopus NW-150RC, DIY 25G sump, building sump/equipment corner cabinet

12/21/2006, 01:14 PM	#909
divecj5 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 709	Wow...awesome capture Art. Did you notice this before or is it just something that you noticed after you took the shot. Amazing... __________________ "I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted" - George Best Current Tank Info: 20H, Vortech MP20, Aquatinics TX5, SPS Only Tank

12/21/2006, 08:59 PM	#910
kicbak Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 175	I think those are pyrimid snails. I'd try to pick them off. __________________ Kicbak 33 and 6 gallon mixed nano tanks www.kicbak.com/fishtanks/main.php Current Tank Info: 33 gallon All-in-one and stand I built myself

12/21/2006, 10:07 PM	#911
argo Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CNJ Posts: 397	divecj5, thank you. The pic above is of the first Astrea snail carrying Cerith snail(s) babies. The second Astrea has about a dozen of these baby snails attached to it (it always hovers lower in the tank where there's more algae on the tank's glass - or it's too heavy to get higher up ). kicbak, I doubt those are Pyramid snails; they are most likely an offspring of my Cerith snails. I hope I'm not wrong. Close-up of baby snails: Adult Cerith snail: http://www.pacificeastaquaculture.co...x?CategoryId=4 Pyramid (parasitic) snails: http://reefers.org/album/viewphoto.cfm?albumimageid=743 __________________ Art. Current Tank Info: 90G main, 6-bulb Tek Light T5, about 90# of Tonga branch and Fiji rock; 200# of SD/Live sand; Octopus NW-150RC, DIY 25G sump, building sump/equipment corner cabinet

12/19/2006, 05:47 PM	#901
BeakerBob Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lansing, MI Posts: 257	Here is a shot of a baby feather duster:

12/19/2006, 07:12 PM	#902
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	That's a great shot of those spirorbid worms too!

12/19/2006, 07:40 PM	#904
BeakerBob Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lansing, MI Posts: 257	Thanks Marc! The size of the spirorbid worms show how small the baby duster is! Cuby2k, yes, they are hardshelled. I am not sure that they are undesirable, they don't bother anything other than needing to be scraped off the glass once in a while.

12/19/2006, 07:59 PM	#905
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Rod - reef safe.

12/19/2006, 08:26 PM	#906
BeakerBob Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lansing, MI Posts: 257	Marc, Here's a better shot of a spirorbid worm.

12/19/2006, 08:46 PM	#907
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Excellent. My picture of them is from the otherside, and is so large (too much of a closeup) that people often don't realize they are looking at something the size of a pinhead.

12/21/2006, 10:12 PM	#912
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Here are some pyramellid snails.

12/21/2006, 10:27 PM	#913
argo Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CNJ Posts: 397	Thanks Marc, that helps with both snails' size and shape comparison. __________________ Art. Current Tank Info: 90G main, 6-bulb Tek Light T5, about 90# of Tonga branch and Fiji rock; 200# of SD/Live sand; Octopus NW-150RC, DIY 25G sump, building sump/equipment corner cabinet

12/21/2006, 11:09 PM	#915
Avast Marine RC Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 2,446	argo, looks like pyramids to me as well. I would PM a member by the name of greenbean36191 and ask to take a look at your picture. Nice pics guys! __________________ Dan Don't rush art, you get bad art.

12/25/2006, 07:57 PM	#916
ReefBuddha Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 96	what is everyone currently using for their macro setups for lenses? I've got a nikon D50 and I want to get a dedicated macro lens to take photos at 1:1 to 5:1 with Kenko lenses and reverse methods. I'm considering Nikon and Sigma, but don't know if I need a 105, 150, etc or if I can get away with a wider focal length. Typically I'll be shooting in a dedicated aquarium for photography, but on those occasions when I want to macro shoot subjects that cannot be moved(like in other peoples' tanks) then I want to still be able to get in close....thoughts? thanks in advance! so thinking of combining a dedicated macro lense with kenko tubes and maybe a canon 500d closup screw-on lense. __________________ The very least we can do is promote responsible, sustainable trade reform, which is long overdue. Please pressure your peers and LFS's to make it a priority.

12/26/2006, 01:07 AM	#917
louist Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 761	For all my macro work I shoot with a Canon 10D + 180 f3.5 macro lens. Some of the super macros are shot with the MP-E65 which was on loan from a fellow reefer. __________________ Louis Tsai- http://www.zengalleria.com http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=20070149 - Louis' Pico Come Back (LED mixed reef) http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-04/totm/index.php - ReefKeeping 2007 April Tank of the Month

12/26/2006, 03:10 PM	#918
thor32766 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chuluota, FL Posts: 6,072	great pics everyone! __________________ "Live your life so no one has to lie about who you were at your funeral" click on my red house to see my tang compound! Current Tank Info: 29 gallon in Wall!

12/26/2006, 06:42 PM	#919
argo Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CNJ Posts: 397	Not to hijack this thread, but the snails in the image I posted earlier are indeed Pyramidellid. I pulled a few out of the tank and used a 30X mag. lens to take a "closer" look. Alas, they were. That brings the number of parasitic bastards in my tank to 3. Arghhhh. And to think I'd put a nice frame around this image - arghhh. __________________ Art. Current Tank Info: 90G main, 6-bulb Tek Light T5, about 90# of Tonga branch and Fiji rock; 200# of SD/Live sand; Octopus NW-150RC, DIY 25G sump, building sump/equipment corner cabinet

12/26/2006, 08:10 PM	#920
louist Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 761	Art, sorry to hear about the parasites in your tank That's one advantage of shooting macro too, you pick up all sorts of interesting details, good and bad ones! Good luck in your blitz! __________________ Louis Tsai- http://www.zengalleria.com http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=20070149 - Louis' Pico Come Back (LED mixed reef) http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-04/totm/index.php - ReefKeeping 2007 April Tank of the Month

01/11/2007, 11:31 PM	#921
RFC Moved On Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 157	Pods up close and personal (Nikon D200, nikkor 60mm)

01/11/2007, 11:50 PM	#922
ReefBuddha Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 96	very nice! what are you using for lighting there? is that 1:1? __________________ The very least we can do is promote responsible, sustainable trade reform, which is long overdue. Please pressure your peers and LFS's to make it a priority.

01/12/2007, 10:04 AM	#923
ssbreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 862	__________________ 180g inwall, 89Xturnover, Deltec Ap1004 Skimmer, Deltec PF1001 CR, Deltec KM 500S KS, Octopus 3000, AquaZone Ozone, 1218Watts-MH+VHO+T5, 120g sump, 77g Refuge Current Tank Info: 180g inwall SPS, 225G Softy

01/26/2007, 03:19 PM	#925
zenya Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: new jersey Posts: 2,650	Found a little wormy crawling around... tough spot to photograph it because he was under zoanthids colony. RFC, unbelievable picture of the pods. __________________ Gene. "The rivers may flow away from us,but the rains are brought to us.With prayer that we may all live in peace." Anthony Calfo Current Tank Info: 110gal reef tank