The Reef Central Corner Club Thread - Page 76

Misled · 08/14/2009, 07:48 PM

So I removed my purple frag rack tonight. I only kept the Hydnophora that was one of my original frags as I only want healthy ones in the display after this weekend. I'm going to a friends house sometime this weekend to do my frag shopping. I'm also getting the phosban and carbon reactor flushed and ready to put on the tank. Nothing showing up anywhere, but why wait. Oh yea, my scroll still has some good life and it's still there also.

boret · 08/14/2009, 10:01 PM

Cool Misled! Can't wait till you get that going and post some pictures.
Here are a few of mine.

As of 3 days ago I started dosing Vodka. Starting at 0.7ml per day. Tomorrow the first increase to 1.3ml. So far the skimmate looks about the same.
I am taking pics with my iPhone but I really need to get a DSLR. Talking about which, what do you recommend Misled.
I am torn between the Nikon D40 (after reading Ken Rockwell and all his praises to that camera) and the Canon Rebel XT which seems to have several features better than Nikon's. I can also do a Kit and get a 55-200 lens on top of the 18-55 that comes with either one of those. Any advice?

boret · 08/14/2009, 10:56 PM

I meant to say Canon XS not XT.

Michael · 08/15/2009, 12:19 AM

wow boret those pictures really show up the colour in there, looks great.

boret · 08/15/2009, 01:36 AM

Thanks Michael I can't wait to get a DSLR though. There is one decent thing about the iPhone camera, it reproduces the colors of the tank better than my point&shoot Olympus. But I don't get many details and no close ups.
I found a refurbish Nikon D40 with the 18-55mm lens for $375. I might go with that one. I am just concerned that without "live view" it might take me a bunch of pictures until I figure out the proper white balance.

Misled · 08/15/2009, 06:15 AM

Very nice pics boret. So you think you want to get a DSLR huh??? First off the D40 is a very capable camera. The biggest problem is while you can take some pics and get decent results fron a tank, with the kit lens, to get the close ups like you see some post, a dedicated macro, is a must. The best is the Nikon 105mm 2.8 that runs just short of a grand. Don't get me wrong, It's well worth the price, and one of these days I'll get one, but my tank is something I don't photograph much. For the Canon the 100mm 2.8 macro is the one most use and the price is pretty much the same. The other things you need is a goot tripod and a remote shutter release. If you think reefing is expensive, wait till you start looking at camera equipment.

Another thing that sucks for us with closeups is curved glass. The cameras don't like it much because it creates distortion.

I shoot mostly wildlife and have just started learning landscapes. Here's a couple recent pics. I have a Nikon D200.

Misled · 08/15/2009, 06:19 AM

Also, I forgot to mention, when you get to DSLR's we use photoshop to adjust the whitebalance. You take the pics in "RAW" and the whitebalance is adjusted with a slider on the computer. Really makes it easy.

Michael · 08/15/2009, 06:57 AM

amazing photos jesse, the last one especially for detail, very impressive.

Hookup · 08/15/2009, 10:55 AM

Cannon vs Nikon is an age old battle... Luckly everyone wins cause they are both awesome...

DSRL vs P&S is a new war...

DSLR's are awesome if you send the $$$ on the lenses to do the special jobs they are meant to... super zooms & macros, ultra-wide angles... etc... A good set of lenses will run ya quite a bit, say $2000... But you can do it over time...

Think twice, or more, about DSLR vs P&S.. Look at the Canon G10... a great P&S...

BTW, I shoot Canon, a 20D, (well two bodies actually), with a host of lenses... i wouldn't trade my DSLR or my P&S... they both have room in my bag...

nomorenames · 08/15/2009, 09:05 PM

here are the pics of my 54 having some problems with growth and some alage so its not as nice as most of you guys
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mdavis735 · 08/15/2009, 09:29 PM

I wanna be in the corner club.lol.i have a 92 gallon oceanic corner tank.it has a little of everything.more sps than anything else though.

Misled · 08/17/2009, 06:00 PM

Some of my new additions.

gawf4fun · 08/17/2009, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mdavis735
I wanna be in the corner club.lol.i have a 92 gallon oceanic corner tank.it has a little of everything.more sps than anything else though.

That's a great looking tank Mdavis! I love those Duncans and the neon candy canes! Very nice. Welcome to the club.

mark

McLovit · 08/17/2009, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Misled
Some of my new additions.

Hey Misled, what is that lower left established sps coral with the green in it? Do you have a name for it?

Mclovit

Misled · 08/17/2009, 06:29 PM

I think you mean the brown encrusting monti "frag". Here's the mother colony.

You can see where mine came from.

boret · 08/17/2009, 06:49 PM

Finally you are adding some corals in there Misled!! About time!

The whole camera selection is becoming a nightmare.

Too many options, online reviews are so detailed that I don't know what is important for tank pictures. I guess the only conclusion from all the advice I got so far is don't worry about the body spend the money on the lens.
I am using a D40 right now, that a fellow reefer let me borrow, and I can't get a decent picture. I miss Live View and Anti Vibration, I guess from being used to those in P&S cameras.

As I keep thinking of features I keep looking into higher models, so right now the options are the Nikon D5000 and the Canon T1i. By the time I make my mind I will be at around $1,500. I think I am better off paying someone to come over and take pics of my tank!

Looking great mdavis735 and nomorenames!!

What type of lighting are you guys using?

Flow might be your problem nomorenames, if I were you a would remove about half of the rock in there and add another PowerHead (Koralia3 - 4) or a Modded MJ900/Tunze 6025.

reefscape15 · 08/17/2009, 06:58 PM

Nice frags Jesse! I'm glad that you're getting your tank a little filled up again. Hopefully this time though, we won't have to look at a purple tank with a crooked frag rack on top of the rocks!!!!

I see Orange Monti Cap, Green Birdsnest, and the Brown/Green Polyp Encrusting Monti. Is the center coral another Encrusting Monti? Also is the small pink one a Pink Birdsnest? Just curious. and YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that you are filling up that tank finally! I remember when I first got on RC I saw the pic of your acryllic rod supports and thought to myself, "Wow......This guys tank is gonna be NICE!" Glad you got some stuff in there.

nomorenames - I'm thinking if your up to it, you could move the rocks a few inches away from the back glass, and try to spread them out a bit more. I just re-arranged my tank and moving the rocks off the glass has really made everything seem so much healthier. I have much better flow throughout the tank, and it gives a bunch of nice little ledges on the back of the rockwork to place little things here and there. Just a few suggestions. Not meant to offend, but it took me a while to change my rockwork up, and i'm so glad I did. Also what's your lighting/filtration/flow in the tank now?

Mdavis735 - Nice tank! A few questions for you....Flow/lighting/filtration? Just curious. And are the two mag-floats holding up that frag rack? It looks like it in the pic.

McLovit · 08/17/2009, 07:09 PM

Thats it Misled, thanx!

Misled · 08/17/2009, 07:35 PM

Yea Jim, the small one is a pink birdsnest. If you look in the back right you'll see a regular pink birdsnest. From this guys tank, the small one grows similar to the green one, so I can't wait to see it grow.

reefscape15 · 08/17/2009, 07:43 PM

What is the frag in the center? Encrusting Monti or a Cap?

Misled · 08/17/2009, 07:57 PM

Encrusting pavona. I have a couple because of how it was growing in his tank. Pretty much straight up the glass. He went behind it with a razor and just snapped off a couple peices. I have a green one too.

M. L. Fish · 08/17/2009, 10:33 PM

Looks great Mdavis735. Have you got a pic of the stand and canopy, and what are you using for lighting, flow, etc. I know, I know, I ask too many questions.

mdavis735 · 08/18/2009, 01:59 AM

i have an eheim 1250 for a return,an electronic tunze powerhead(one of the brown ones)with a single controller,a korallia 3 and a maxijet 1200 for flow.my lighting is a 250 watt de pendant with a reeflux 12k bulb,and two double 24 inch t5 fixtures for actinics.yes that is mag floats houlding up the frag rack.it is just a piece of black egg crate super glued to the inside mag float

mdavis735 · 08/18/2009, 02:01 AM

mlfish the stand and canopy are just black ones that came with the tank.oceanic.i will try to get a pic of them if you would like.

Husky_1 · 08/18/2009, 07:14 AM

Hey Everyone,
I took a couple pictures of my rebuild this weekend. The tank has had water in it for about 1 month now. I currently have 2 fish, a black sailfin blenny and a chromis. I also started adding back a couple of corals, and they are looking happier each day. They did not decline coming into the tank, but coming out of my holding tank they were not the happiest campers in the world. Then again, I think the zeovit coral vitalizer is helping them perk up.

I am either getting a mate for my clownfish next, and should be re-introducing some of my sps this coming up weekend.

08/14/2009, 07:48 PM	#1876
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	So I removed my purple frag rack tonight. I only kept the Hydnophora that was one of my original frags as I only want healthy ones in the display after this weekend. I'm going to a friends house sometime this weekend to do my frag shopping. I'm also getting the phosban and carbon reactor flushed and ready to put on the tank. Nothing showing up anywhere, but why wait. Oh yea, my scroll still has some good life and it's still there also. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

08/14/2009, 10:01 PM	#1877
boret Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA - USA Posts: 548	Cool Misled! Can't wait till you get that going and post some pictures. Here are a few of mine. As of 3 days ago I started dosing Vodka. Starting at 0.7ml per day. Tomorrow the first increase to 1.3ml. So far the skimmate looks about the same. I am taking pics with my iPhone but I really need to get a DSLR. Talking about which, what do you recommend Misled. I am torn between the Nikon D40 (after reading Ken Rockwell and all his praises to that camera) and the Canon Rebel XT which seems to have several features better than Nikon's. I can also do a Kit and get a 55-200 lens on top of the 18-55 that comes with either one of those. Any advice? __________________ Reef Central Corner Club. Visit my Home Page for build thread. Current Tank Info: 92g Corner Reef Tank

08/14/2009, 10:56 PM	#1878
boret Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA - USA Posts: 548	I meant to say Canon XS not XT. __________________ Reef Central Corner Club. Visit my Home Page for build thread. Current Tank Info: 92g Corner Reef Tank

08/15/2009, 12:19 AM	#1879
Michael NTTH Rookie Help Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gloucester, England,UK Posts: 7,808 Blog Entries: 6	wow boret those pictures really show up the colour in there, looks great. __________________ Don't be afraid to ask questions, we in the new to the hobby are here to help you [For My Tank Spec,Photo Album,Articles and website, click on my name] MY Very Kindest and Warmest Regards , MIKE Current Tank Info: I have a 92 gal Corner Tank, and way too many pieces of equipment to list really, (proud member of the reef central corner club)

08/15/2009, 01:36 AM	#1880
boret Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA - USA Posts: 548	Thanks Michael I can't wait to get a DSLR though. There is one decent thing about the iPhone camera, it reproduces the colors of the tank better than my point&shoot Olympus. But I don't get many details and no close ups. I found a refurbish Nikon D40 with the 18-55mm lens for $375. I might go with that one. I am just concerned that without "live view" it might take me a bunch of pictures until I figure out the proper white balance. __________________ Reef Central Corner Club. Visit my Home Page for build thread. Current Tank Info: 92g Corner Reef Tank

08/15/2009, 06:15 AM	#1881
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Very nice pics boret. So you think you want to get a DSLR huh??? First off the D40 is a very capable camera. The biggest problem is while you can take some pics and get decent results fron a tank, with the kit lens, to get the close ups like you see some post, a dedicated macro, is a must. The best is the Nikon 105mm 2.8 that runs just short of a grand. Don't get me wrong, It's well worth the price, and one of these days I'll get one, but my tank is something I don't photograph much. For the Canon the 100mm 2.8 macro is the one most use and the price is pretty much the same. The other things you need is a goot tripod and a remote shutter release. If you think reefing is expensive, wait till you start looking at camera equipment. Another thing that sucks for us with closeups is curved glass. The cameras don't like it much because it creates distortion. I shoot mostly wildlife and have just started learning landscapes. Here's a couple recent pics. I have a Nikon D200. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

08/15/2009, 06:19 AM	#1882
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Also, I forgot to mention, when you get to DSLR's we use photoshop to adjust the whitebalance. You take the pics in "RAW" and the whitebalance is adjusted with a slider on the computer. Really makes it easy. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

08/15/2009, 06:57 AM	#1883
Michael NTTH Rookie Help Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gloucester, England,UK Posts: 7,808 Blog Entries: 6	amazing photos jesse, the last one especially for detail, very impressive. __________________ Don't be afraid to ask questions, we in the new to the hobby are here to help you [For My Tank Spec,Photo Album,Articles and website, click on my name] MY Very Kindest and Warmest Regards , MIKE Current Tank Info: I have a 92 gal Corner Tank, and way too many pieces of equipment to list really, (proud member of the reef central corner club)

08/15/2009, 10:55 AM	#1884
Hookup Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,281	Cannon vs Nikon is an age old battle... Luckly everyone wins cause they are both awesome... DSRL vs P&S is a new war... DSLR's are awesome if you send the $$$ on the lenses to do the special jobs they are meant to... super zooms & macros, ultra-wide angles... etc... A good set of lenses will run ya quite a bit, say $2000... But you can do it over time... Think twice, or more, about DSLR vs P&S.. Look at the Canon G10... a great P&S... BTW, I shoot Canon, a 20D, (well two bodies actually), with a host of lenses... i wouldn't trade my DSLR or my P&S... they both have room in my bag... __________________ Spellking is an art form to which I have no brush. I'm not sure FOWLRs actually exist, I think they're like unicorns or platonic girlfriends. A FOWLR is just a reef tank that doesn't yet hold any coral. Current Tank Info: 180g display, 150gallon sump in-wall 4-side viewable sps dominated tank, ATI Powermodule, MRC MR-4 skimmer, GHL controller, Baling Method, Ultralith Reactor, Carbon & Phosphate Reactors, and general time consuming money pit that I live for.

08/15/2009, 09:05 PM	#1885
nomorenames Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Largo,FL. Posts: 375	here are the pics of my 54 having some problems with growth and some alage so its not as nice as most of you guys [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

08/15/2009, 09:29 PM	#1886
mdavis735 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: liberty hill,tx Posts: 116	I wanna be in the corner club.lol.i have a 92 gallon oceanic corner tank.it has a little of everything.more sps than anything else though.

08/17/2009, 06:00 PM	#1887
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Some of my new additions. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

08/17/2009, 06:29 PM	#1890
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	I think you mean the brown encrusting monti "frag". Here's the mother colony. You can see where mine came from. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

08/17/2009, 06:49 PM	#1891
boret Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA - USA Posts: 548	Finally you are adding some corals in there Misled!! About time! The whole camera selection is becoming a nightmare. Too many options, online reviews are so detailed that I don't know what is important for tank pictures. I guess the only conclusion from all the advice I got so far is don't worry about the body spend the money on the lens. I am using a D40 right now, that a fellow reefer let me borrow, and I can't get a decent picture. I miss Live View and Anti Vibration, I guess from being used to those in P&S cameras. As I keep thinking of features I keep looking into higher models, so right now the options are the Nikon D5000 and the Canon T1i. By the time I make my mind I will be at around $1,500. I think I am better off paying someone to come over and take pics of my tank! Looking great mdavis735 and nomorenames!! What type of lighting are you guys using? Flow might be your problem nomorenames, if I were you a would remove about half of the rock in there and add another PowerHead (Koralia3 - 4) or a Modded MJ900/Tunze 6025. __________________ Reef Central Corner Club. Visit my Home Page for build thread. Current Tank Info: 92g Corner Reef Tank

08/17/2009, 06:58 PM	#1892
reefscape15 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Elmira Heights, NY Posts: 2,812	Nice frags Jesse! I'm glad that you're getting your tank a little filled up again. Hopefully this time though, we won't have to look at a purple tank with a crooked frag rack on top of the rocks!!!! I see Orange Monti Cap, Green Birdsnest, and the Brown/Green Polyp Encrusting Monti. Is the center coral another Encrusting Monti? Also is the small pink one a Pink Birdsnest? Just curious. and YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that you are filling up that tank finally! I remember when I first got on RC I saw the pic of your acryllic rod supports and thought to myself, "Wow......This guys tank is gonna be NICE!" Glad you got some stuff in there. nomorenames - I'm thinking if your up to it, you could move the rocks a few inches away from the back glass, and try to spread them out a bit more. I just re-arranged my tank and moving the rocks off the glass has really made everything seem so much healthier. I have much better flow throughout the tank, and it gives a bunch of nice little ledges on the back of the rockwork to place little things here and there. Just a few suggestions. Not meant to offend, but it took me a while to change my rockwork up, and i'm so glad I did. Also what's your lighting/filtration/flow in the tank now? Mdavis735 - Nice tank! A few questions for you....Flow/lighting/filtration? Just curious. And are the two mag-floats holding up that frag rack? It looks like it in the pic. __________________ A new beginning........... JIM Current Tank Info: 5g standard softie/zoa tank, just starting a 20H

08/17/2009, 07:09 PM	#1893
McLovit Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: portland, Oregon Posts: 40	Thats it Misled, thanx!

08/17/2009, 07:35 PM	#1894
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Yea Jim, the small one is a pink birdsnest. If you look in the back right you'll see a regular pink birdsnest. From this guys tank, the small one grows similar to the green one, so I can't wait to see it grow. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

08/17/2009, 07:43 PM	#1895
reefscape15 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Elmira Heights, NY Posts: 2,812	What is the frag in the center? Encrusting Monti or a Cap? __________________ A new beginning........... JIM Current Tank Info: 5g standard softie/zoa tank, just starting a 20H

08/17/2009, 07:57 PM	#1896
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Encrusting pavona. I have a couple because of how it was growing in his tank. Pretty much straight up the glass. He went behind it with a razor and just snapped off a couple peices. I have a green one too. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

08/17/2009, 10:33 PM	#1897
M. L. Fish Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Powell River, B.C. Canada Posts: 58	Looks great Mdavis735. Have you got a pic of the stand and canopy, and what are you using for lighting, flow, etc. I know, I know, I ask too many questions. __________________ 90 gal corner mixed reef 225 gal mixed reef Current Tank Info: 90g corner mixed reef, 225g mixed reef

08/18/2009, 01:59 AM	#1898
mdavis735 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: liberty hill,tx Posts: 116	i have an eheim 1250 for a return,an electronic tunze powerhead(one of the brown ones)with a single controller,a korallia 3 and a maxijet 1200 for flow.my lighting is a 250 watt de pendant with a reeflux 12k bulb,and two double 24 inch t5 fixtures for actinics.yes that is mag floats houlding up the frag rack.it is just a piece of black egg crate super glued to the inside mag float

08/18/2009, 02:01 AM	#1899
mdavis735 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: liberty hill,tx Posts: 116	mlfish the stand and canopy are just black ones that came with the tank.oceanic.i will try to get a pic of them if you would like.

08/18/2009, 07:14 AM	#1900
Husky_1 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South FL Posts: 1,541	Hey Everyone, I took a couple pictures of my rebuild this weekend. The tank has had water in it for about 1 month now. I currently have 2 fish, a black sailfin blenny and a chromis. I also started adding back a couple of corals, and they are looking happier each day. They did not decline coming into the tank, but coming out of my holding tank they were not the happiest campers in the world. Then again, I think the zeovit coral vitalizer is helping them perk up. I am either getting a mate for my clownfish next, and should be re-introducing some of my sps this coming up weekend.