20 gallon lacking "wow factor"

[Nano]

I have a nikon p500 and I dont speak english when it comes to this stuff haha, I'm pretty uneducated in this area

[Lampshade]

Nice camera! yeah, you should be able to do lots with it in time, i used to stick to auto mode but have started playing. Try going in aperture mode, set it to a low number, i think you should get 4, then change the ISO to 200, and white balance to a florescent, or shaded setting. then you can take a couple to see how it goes.

Your camera might have an auto-set white balance feature, that you can put something white under your lights, and it will auto set it to that.

If that's too much, just try the different scene modes to see what works, i've noticed my night and landscape ones take good pictures sometimes.

[Nano]

Originally Posted by Lampshade

Nice camera! yeah, you should be able to do lots with it in time, i used to stick to auto mode but have started playing. Try going in aperture mode, set it to a low number, i think you should get 4, then change the ISO to 200, and white balance to a florescent, or shaded setting. then you can take a couple to see how it goes.

Your camera might have an auto-set white balance feature, that you can put something white under your lights, and it will auto set it to that.

If that's too much, just try the different scene modes to see what works, i've noticed my night and landscape ones take good pictures sometimes.

Thanks yeah its good for lots but when it comes to this, tanking pictures or video of the tanks has been my biggest challenge, but its a goal! lol To take some Epic or decent pictures! I got a few good ones of my cichlids, and they have t5s as well, so I'm not too sure why it doesnt work with my nano, could be the LEDs maybe throwing it off

[Brandon5555]

What do you feed your tank?

[Nano]

Didnt know I needed to feed it lol

[Brandon5555]

I mean the inhabitants lol haha. Test your water, if your chemistry is good, and your calcium is above say 410 at the minimum, try those corals. just feed frozen brines, cyclopeeze, daphnia, mysis etc. etc.

[Nano]

I feed new life spectrum flakes with garlic. I'm not sure off the top of my head where my calcium is, I think its 380 or 400