kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

[LoJack]

Your tank is a gem. Great Job!! I love the clean crisp lines

Your scape is unbelievable, and pictures are even higher quality than that.

What settings do you use on your camera for your FTS ... this is the photo I struggle with the most to keep everything in focus like you do.

[kien]

Originally Posted by LoJack

Your tank is a gem. Great Job!! I love the clean crisp lines

Your scape is unbelievable, and pictures are even higher quality than that.

What settings do you use on your camera for your FTS ... this is the photo I struggle with the most to keep everything in focus like you do.

Hey thanks!

My FTS is normally with my 24-105 mm canon lens on my 5DMarkII or sometimes 40D because the 5DMark II is a bit heavy for me (I'm a weakling). To help keep things in focus I either use a tripod or shoot with a high shutter speed like 1/250 of a second. This usually isn't hard and will pretty much freeze frame everything in motion. If the subjects in your tank are blurry then you are not shooting at a fast enough shutter speed.

[asylumdown]

wow. What lights are you running these days? I noticed a few specimens in your tank that I also have, but mine definitely do not look that good. I read through a hundred pages of this thread once, but I can't remember!

[kien]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

wow. What lights are you running these days? I noticed a few specimens in your tank that I also have, but mine definitely do not look that good. I read through a hundred pages of this thread once, but I can't remember!

Hey Adam! I'm currently running 14K Phoenix bulbs (250 watt) with 4x39 watt 22k T5s for supplementation. Pretty much the same configuration I've been running on this tank since the beginning. I have experimented with bulbs over the years though. I've been through pretty much all the bulbs that my fixture can handle.. 10K, 14K, 20K, Ushio, XM, Phoenix, eBay, etc.. Out of all my testing my favourite is the Pheonix 14K with 22K T5s. Best compromise for growth vs colour. 10K will grow stuff faster but the colours tend to be more washed out. 20K halides will pop colours more but growth is a tad slower.

Anyway, we should compare notes and maybe trade some frags. I read somewhere that you were bursting at the seems LOL. I have a few colonies that I'm on the verge of needing to prune back as well as they are about to go to war on one another