Top Down Pics with Acrylic Boxes?

[Snappy]

I use an acrylic box for all my top down shots. If I didn't use it I'd always be fighting the glare. They work perfect to break the surface.

[Keri]

Originally Posted by S.D

We purchased our acrylic box for taking pics from a company in the US called Drs. Foster and Smith.

Sarina

Was it this?
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16821

[S.D]

Hi Keri,

That's exactly the one we purchased, it works great for viewing corals and taking photographs.

Sarina

[Keri]

Thanks!

[S.D]

No problem!

Let us know if you end up purchasing one....they're quite nice.

Sarina

[Keri]

Will do!
Drew might want a crack at making one but really, last time I priced out acryllic and you factor in time and effort, not really worth it....unless he wants a project

[S.D]

Hi Keri,

I hear you, acrylic is quite pricey...we build a large sump this past Jan and priced out acrylic at that time for it and it was pretty expensive...so we opted to go with thick glass. It turned out beautifully, however, it's heavier than our tank!

Drew, let us know if you end up making one yourself!

Sarina

[Delphinus]

My first calcium reactor was the "DJ88 Mark I" DIY model (old timers will remember this). It was a tube mounted on top of a rectangular box. When I retired the reactor and moved onto other DIY projects I scrapped the acrylic. I hacksawed off one end of the box and that is now my acrylic camera box.

Acrylic work is super easy if you don't care about finessing it. If you have, say, Kari standards, then maybe it's not so super easy (unless you happen to be Kari). But if you have, say, Delphinus standards, it's not altogether too bad!

[Nevin]

Keri,

Ocean Aquatics sells these--might be the same one that DrsFosterSmith has. I didn't find it on their website, so you might have to call them. It's sure to be cheaper than cross-border shipping.

Regards,
Nevin

[S.D]

Nevin,

That's a great suggestion, sadly we didn't call Ocean Aquatics when we were looking for an acrylic box...that was one of the places we didn't know about at the time (nor were we creative like Tony ...good thinking Tony!). Wendell most likey has something like this or he might be able to get it in if he was asked.

It is indeed more expensive having something shipped to Canada...yet having said that we were able to get some pretty neat stuff from Drs. Foster and Smith...it was worth the extra money.

Sarina