I had to break this post and the previous one into two parts because I had 17 images. Here's the tank update for today:
Like I mentioned, we got flooded so carpet came out and the walls were painted so I had to wait an agonizing four months before I added my first fish - a yellow watchman goby now paired with a pistol - who is ridiculously shy and rarely comes out from his burrow. I'm trying to get a picture of him but have been unsuccessful since I got my new camera.
First off, the FTS. I changed my aquascape up a little so it wasn't such a big pile of rock too:
Some shots of my two zoanthid frags:
And an attempted macro crop with some colour alteration:
The Shrimp:
Remember how the brain looking in my previous pictures? Here it is today:
Then I started fiddling with the camera settings (-.3 exposure with WB set to hallogen):
Anyway, I really like my new camera! It's no D90 but I think it does just fine (:
I'm in a GB on a Boxing Day sale from an online seller and will be adding some nice frags in the next few days so I'll update this thread with those when I get to them. I'm running 96W PC bulbs, so this will be an LPS tank with some zoanthids. In the new year I'll be putting in a couple more fish. Two false perc clowns unless our LFS gets true percs at a reasonable price.
I'm going to wait and see how the tank handles those and might (JUST MAYBE) add a 6-line wrasse down the road. I'm really hesitant about doing so but we'll see how things work out.