Stuck at home, so it is picture time

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 01:34 PM

And since I can't do much I decided to actually read the manual for may camera, and play around with it a bit. Here are the results.

Will start off with a few FTS, learned that I can adjust the output of the flash, which is needed with FTS -- at least with my tank.

From the right,

Left angel,

Head on,

BTW -- the tank is an Oceanic 58 gallon --- reef ready. Have a 20 gallon sump with an ASM 1GX. Run a bag of carbon in the sump. There is a very tiny fuge, right now just a couple of pieces of live rock, and some yellow polyps. Also running a phosban reactor.

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 01:35 PM

As for fish, I have a pair of pink skunk clowns, a Potter's angel, and a figi golden algae blenny.

Here is all four of them together,

A close up of the blenny, next to my green digi,

The pink skunk pair, in their blue Haddoni,

The female skunk getting annoyed with me.

A goofy picture of my Potter's -- its eye is fine, it is just looking all the way left.

SeanT · 09/25/2008, 01:36 PM

Looks great.

How old is the Potter's Angel and any nipping problems?

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 01:38 PM

A few of my pep shrimp,

And a few of the Nass snails out and about after feeding,

xinumaster · 09/25/2008, 01:38 PM

Impressive tank. I specially like the blue carpet.

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 01:39 PM

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Originally posted by SeanT
Looks great.

How old is the Potter's Angel and any nipping problems?

Thanks Sean. I have had the Potter's since January, and have yet to notice it picking on anything -- besides the rocks all day long.

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 01:42 PM

And now for some side shots. These aren't as in focus as I would like, but there isn't a whole lot of room on either side of the tank -- a floor standing speaker on one side, and a wall on the other.

From the left side,

From the right,

A couple more from the right, at different angels, and zoom.

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by xinumaster
Impressive tank. I specially like the blue carpet.

Thanks, I have had it for about 2 years now. Darn near killed it trying to move it from my 75 to this tank. Its foot was stuck to the bottom, and I didn't realize that my finger had gone through it trying to get it to release. Wish I had taken a picture of how bad it looked. Lets just say if I had been going out of town I would have pulled it. But, lucky enough I was around that whole weekend. It took about 2 weeks, but it made a full recovery.

secrest · 09/25/2008, 01:57 PM

Very nice pics, I love the carpets

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by secrest
Very nice pics, I love the carpets

Thanks a lot. Here is a better one ( albeit older ) picture of the green one. Where it is at makes it hard to get non top-down shots of it.

Fish_wiz2 · 09/25/2008, 02:25 PM

Hey todd i think i know where the angel came from

LSA? but where did you get the carpets? I would like one. but beautiful tank!

think of getting a 58 myself

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally posted by Fish_wiz2
Hey todd i think i know where the angel came from LSA? but where did you get the carpets? I would like one. but beautiful tank! think of getting a 58 myself

Nope.

Diver's Den of LA. ( same with the blue Haddoni ), I was actually in the hospital the day it came (( unexpected infection after knee surgery )). Had to have my dad go to my place and acclimate the angel -- needless to say I was a little nervous.

But, the green Haddoni did come from LSA, was there getting food one day, and I had to take it home.

Thanks, I am really happy with the tank, though my one milli is getting a bit big. Love the size of a 58.

trippkid · 09/25/2008, 02:37 PM

Awesome tank, I love all the sticks. Everything looks very happy and healthy. You can send me anything that is too big for you to keep(SPS corals that is)LOL. Keep up the great job. How about a pic with no flash? Thank you for sharing.
Matt

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 03:59 PM

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Originally posted by trippkid
Awesome tank, I love all the sticks. Everything looks very happy and healthy. You can send me anything that is too big for you to keep(SPS corals that is)LOL. Keep up the great job. How about a pic with no flash? Thank you for sharing.
Matt

Here is what you asked for.

It is a little bit brighter in real life.

And since the camera was out....

Took a bunch of new top down shots, but still have to upload them.

Tangweed · 09/25/2008, 04:04 PM

Wow! Awesome carpet and cool Potter's Angel. Very nice.

Capt_Cully · 09/25/2008, 04:05 PM

Fantastic shots! Looks really nice! Have the anemone's taken anything out?

Oceanodroma · 09/25/2008, 04:10 PM

Beautiful- love the shot without the flash

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally posted by Tangweed
Wow! Awesome carpet and cool Potter's Angel. Very nice.

Thanks a lot. I love the potter's, and it is a pig, pretty much eats anything I put in the tank.

Quote:

Originally posted by Capt_Cully
Fantastic shots! Looks really nice! Have the anemone's taken anything out?

Thanks, glad I got this camera a couple of months ago. The only thing it took out was a Mandarin -- which I had a feeling might happen. They were fine together for about 8 months. And the shame of it was that it was eating prepared foods. That and a yellow watchman goby are the only fish that I have lost in my 9+ years of having Haddonis.

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Originally posted by Oceanodroma
Beautiful- love the shot without the flash

Me too, just wish I could get to appear exactly like it does in real life, but 20K bulbs are a killer for white balance on a camera.

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 06:10 PM

Here are a few top down shots that I took

Fairly large milli, I would say about 6-7 inches across.

Green cap, about the same size as the milli,

The green one in this picture had fallen on its side, I never got around to straightening it, so it decided to grow up.

Then a head on one of my clam, not happy where it is, but it is attached to the rock, and seems happy.

LUVSPS · 09/25/2008, 07:13 PM

You keep a very beautiful tank! It's so clean and colorful.

seapug · 09/25/2008, 07:21 PM

Awesome tank, Toddrtrex. Not that the corals, nems and fish aren't beautiful, but I gotta compliment you on the coralline on the rocks. You have some really beautiful pieces there. What kind of calcium/alk supplementation do you use?

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 07:41 PM

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Originally posted by LUVSPS
You keep a very beautiful tank! It's so clean and colorful.

Thanks, I pride myself on keeping it clean. I do weekly 5 gallon water changes ( at least most of the time )

Quote:

Originally posted by seapug
Awesome tank, Toddrtrex. Not that the corals, nems and fish aren't beautiful, but I gotta compliment you on the coralline on the rocks. You have some really beautiful pieces there. What kind of calcium/alk supplementation do you use?

Thanks a lot. I was really pleased with the rock when it came in -- got it from Foster and Smith, and cured it in a rubbermaid for a month, and did water changes while it was curing.

I keep my Cal right around 420, Alk at 3 ( meg/l ) I dose C-balance each night, and drip Kalk ( though it is a weak solution, mainly do it as a poor mans auto top off ). The Mag is right around 1350, once in a blue moon I have to add some Kent's Tech M, but TM Pro salt has good levels of it.

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 09:03 PM

Got some more top downs, these were taken with a flash ( though not full strength, think it was about 50% )

Birdsnest, Tri-color, green digi, and part of my green Haddoni,

5 in one shot.

Milli and cap.

And the right side of the tank, you can see the light pushed way off to the side in the upper left corner.

stuccodude · 09/25/2008, 09:21 PM

sweet tank, what lights are you running?

Toddrtrex · 09/25/2008, 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by stuccodude
sweet tank, what lights are you running?

Thanks. Running 2*250 watt 20,000K XMs ( on a Galaxy ballast ) plus 2*96 PC, the Current dual actinics.

09/25/2008, 01:34 PM	#1
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	Stuck at home, so it is picture time And since I can't do much I decided to actually read the manual for may camera, and play around with it a bit. Here are the results. Will start off with a few FTS, learned that I can adjust the output of the flash, which is needed with FTS -- at least with my tank. From the right, Left angel, Head on, BTW -- the tank is an Oceanic 58 gallon --- reef ready. Have a 20 gallon sump with an ASM 1GX. Run a bag of carbon in the sump. There is a very tiny fuge, right now just a couple of pieces of live rock, and some yellow polyps. Also running a phosban reactor. __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

09/25/2008, 01:35 PM	#2
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	As for fish, I have a pair of pink skunk clowns, a Potter's angel, and a figi golden algae blenny. Here is all four of them together, A close up of the blenny, next to my green digi, The pink skunk pair, in their blue Haddoni, The female skunk getting annoyed with me. A goofy picture of my Potter's -- its eye is fine, it is just looking all the way left. __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

09/25/2008, 01:36 PM	#3
SeanT Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Wilmington, North Carolina Posts: 13,860	Looks great. How old is the Potter's Angel and any nipping problems? __________________ My tank was cool. Current Tank Info: Barebottom (the tank not me...at least not at the moment).

09/25/2008, 01:38 PM	#4
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	A few of my pep shrimp, And a few of the Nass snails out and about after feeding, __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

09/25/2008, 01:38 PM	#5
xinumaster reef addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: sj ca Posts: 2,925	Impressive tank. I specially like the blue carpet. __________________ -perry/xinumaster Current Tank Info: 375g tank 8'x30"x30"

09/25/2008, 01:42 PM	#7
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	And now for some side shots. These aren't as in focus as I would like, but there isn't a whole lot of room on either side of the tank -- a floor standing speaker on one side, and a wall on the other. From the left side, From the right, A couple more from the right, at different angels, and zoom. __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

09/25/2008, 01:57 PM	#9
secrest Tired Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,148	Very nice pics, I love the carpets

09/25/2008, 02:25 PM	#11
Fish_wiz2 Mangroves are kool. Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,246	Hey todd i think i know where the angel came from LSA? but where did you get the carpets? I would like one. but beautiful tank! think of getting a 58 myself __________________ -The Wiz Current Tank Info: Elos Mini Seahorse Tank, 2500 gallon Koi pond

09/25/2008, 02:37 PM	#13
trippkid Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lewisberry, PA Posts: 913	Awesome tank, I love all the sticks. Everything looks very happy and healthy. You can send me anything that is too big for you to keep(SPS corals that is)LOL. Keep up the great job. How about a pic with no flash? Thank you for sharing. Matt

09/25/2008, 04:04 PM	#15
Tangweed Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mohnton, PA Posts: 1,002	Wow! Awesome carpet and cool Potter's Angel. Very nice. __________________ Thanks! Jeremy Current Tank Info: 90 gal with 40 gal breeder sump / fuge, Octo skimmer, lights and some water.

09/25/2008, 04:05 PM	#16
Capt_Cully Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 13,574	Fantastic shots! Looks really nice! Have the anemone's taken anything out? __________________ People say cars are a bad investment. Those people don't have reef tanks. Current Tank Info: 120, Radion Gen 2 Pro x 2

09/25/2008, 04:10 PM	#17
Oceanodroma Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: biodiverse ontario Posts: 14	Beautiful- love the shot without the flash

09/25/2008, 06:10 PM	#19
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	Here are a few top down shots that I took Fairly large milli, I would say about 6-7 inches across. Green cap, about the same size as the milli, The green one in this picture had fallen on its side, I never got around to straightening it, so it decided to grow up. Then a head on one of my clam, not happy where it is, but it is attached to the rock, and seems happy. __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

09/25/2008, 07:13 PM	#20
LUVSPS Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Washington state Posts: 583	You keep a very beautiful tank! It's so clean and colorful. __________________ "The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you." — Rita Mae Brown Current Tank Info: 120g SPS reef in the works. 2 400w MH in Lumenarc reflectors. 2 Vortechs. Warner Marine S-200 skimmer. Lifereef sump/refuge. TLF Phosban reactor. 110lbs dried Eco rocks.

09/25/2008, 07:21 PM	#21
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	Awesome tank, Toddrtrex. Not that the corals, nems and fish aren't beautiful, but I gotta compliment you on the coralline on the rocks. You have some really beautiful pieces there. What kind of calcium/alk supplementation do you use? __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

09/25/2008, 09:03 PM	#23
Toddrtrex Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Carol Stream, IL Posts: 23,162	Got some more top downs, these were taken with a flash ( though not full strength, think it was about 50% ) Birdsnest, Tri-color, green digi, and part of my green Haddoni, 5 in one shot. Milli and cap. And the right side of the tank, you can see the light pushed way off to the side in the upper left corner. __________________ Click my name and then "visit toddrtrex's homepage" for tank pictures Current Tank Info: 210g reef and 65g reef

09/25/2008, 09:21 PM	#24
stuccodude Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: sanger Posts: 1,040	sweet tank, what lights are you running? __________________ fear the wrath of patrick willis!!! no offense is safe. Current Tank Info: 240 all the goodies,hydra 26 led lights, chiller etc