the blue eye cardinal is probably one of the hardest fish to photograph to due its colors. The yellow on the body tend to get washed out 90% of the time and the blue never show much, im surprised i got the photo i did as i was expecting silver colors myself.

i think blue eyes are probably one of easier to care for cardinals out there, they are from my understanding to be one of the most peaceful cardinals too. they shoal well and eat frozen food quite easy.

Ive tried some other cardinals like the 5 line and etc...never had luck with those.

a little update, trying to figure out the white balance for the camera to take pictures showing true colors..not having much luck with it but i thought id update the tank anyways, colors in the photos are a little on the pink side.

the corals are growing fast and everything is good i changed my skimmer to skim wet and im now topping off with water that has a bit of salt in it hoping to help with the water being skimmed out we'll see how that goes in the long term...hopefully it'll be ok.

here are the pictures

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...y/IMG_0980.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...y/IMG_0981.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...y/IMG_0988.jpg

:hail:
Love this tank! SPS looks like it is starting to grow in nicely!

decent!

thanks guys!

im having a hard time doing custom white balance so maybe ill just put it back to neutral and do editing in lightroom once the photos are taken so i dont get this pink tone in the pictures which is from the T5 supplements that the camera seems to be very good at picking up.

this pic shows quite close to the actual colors of my lighting and coral colors

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...y/IMG_0996.jpg

got a few photos today just before lights out, no macro though but i think its good enough to show. ive been dosing MB7 + vodka for the last month or two now and i think its going well no more algae issues and my fish are slowly becoming pigs..literally 5 fish eats 40+ PE mysis a day...(yes i counted as i fed them haha)

hm.. i think thats all the update i got enjoy guys!:biggrin:

skittles granulosa: (this bugger is such a slow grower)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...y/IMG_1037.jpg

ORA borealis:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...y/IMG_1036.jpg

purple polyp blue tip tabling acro:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...y/IMG_1035.jpg

sunset millipora:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...y/IMG_1034.jpg

Your tank looks fantastic. What is MB7 by the way?

MB7 is microbacter 7, a bacteria source by brightwell. i dont know if its actually got live bacterias as its inside a bottle and i was a little skeptical about it. but whatever is inside is doing its job so im not complaining!

yup, thats a pretty sick tank you got man, nice work !