Dez' Tank Journal

Skimmerking · #1 05-23-2010, 10:00 PM

DEZ what is the K rating on your MH bulbs to get you that fast growth, with my LPS I'm thinking of upping the K rating to a 10K

Dez · #2 05-23-2010, 10:13 PM

Hey Mike, I use cheap China bulbs (14K supposedly) I use 20K cheap china bulbs on my frag tank and still getting alright growth. My friend ordered them from somewhere (they were around $20 per bulb). Hope this helps.

Skimmerking · #3 05-23-2010, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dez

Hey Mike, I use cheap China bulbs (14K supposedly) I use 20K cheap china bulbs on my frag tank and still getting alright growth. My friend ordered them from somewhere (they were around $20 per bulb). Hope this helps.

where on ebay
are they nice and blue

Dez · #4 05-23-2010, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

where on ebay
are they nice and blue

I think they are fishneedit.com bulbs, cause that's where my fixtures are from on my frag tank and my friend got me those as well. I'm happy with the colour. The 20k's are really blue. Just cheap fixtures and bulbs and you can tell they're made in China. Hope this helps.

BlueTang<3 · #5 05-24-2010, 12:51 AM

what lens do u use to shoot your pics ??? lighting and flow ?? I wanna learn to take shots like u.

Dez · #6 05-24-2010, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

what lens do u use to shoot your pics ??? lighting and flow ?? I wanna learn to take shots like u.

Hey Wes, I actually just use a waterproof point and shoot. It's an Olympus Stylus tough that I use for vacations. It was fairly inexpensive. Just stick it in the water, and take pictures. I leave all my flow on, and mostly it's just the 14k halides that are on when I take pictures because I have to take my T5's off to access inside the tank. There are no colour corrections on any pictures because I don't even know how to do any of that, but the colours are generally true to real life. Hope this helps.

BlueTang<3 · #7 05-24-2010, 04:04 AM

interesting i know those are ur colours seen the tank could stare into it for days

fishoholic · #8 05-24-2010, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Dez

Hey Wes, I actually just use a waterproof point and shoot. It's an Olympus Stylus tough that I use for vacations. It was fairly inexpensive. Just stick it in the water, and take pictures. I leave all my flow on, and mostly it's just the 14k halides that are on when I take pictures because I have to take my T5's off to access inside the tank. There are no colour corrections on any pictures because I don't even know how to do any of that, but the colours are generally true to real life. Hope this helps.

Sadly I have the same camera but any underwater shoots I've tried to take in my tank never turn out very good

What exact settings are you using?