Dez' Tank Journal - Page 59

Dez · #**581** 05-23-2010, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by fencer

I have seen this tank in person and it is nothing short of amazing. Even took a water sample to have it tested for nuclear material

Curious Wayne, what did you test for and what were the results? I use cheap ATI test kits for the most part so I wouldn't count on my own accuracy for my personal testing. Anything nuclear that you found?

Skimmerking · #**582** 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 · #**583** 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 · #**584** 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 · #**585** 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 · #**586** 05-24-2010, 04:04 AM

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

Dez · #**587** 05-24-2010, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

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

The ones taken through the glass are all the growth sequence ones and they are pretty much all out of focus. It's too hard to take pictures through glass. I don't use a tripod though. I find the top down and in tank shots much easier.

fishoholic · #**588** 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?

Dez · #**589** 05-24-2010, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by fishoholic

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?

I just use the underwater macro setting and turn the flash off. I find that the flash washes out everything, even when taking regular pictures outside of the water. The flash on that camera is a little "strong". I'm pretty happy with the camera as it's the first digital point and shoot I've bought new. All my other digital cameras were hand me downs from my dad to my brother to me, so this is a treat.

fishoholic · #**590** 05-24-2010, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dez

I just use the underwater macro setting and turn the flash off. I find that the flash washes out everything, even when taking regular pictures outside of the water. The flash on that camera is a little "strong". I'm pretty happy with the camera as it's the first digital point and shoot I've bought new. All my other digital cameras were hand me downs from my dad to my brother to me, so this is a treat.

Hummmm flash off good to know. My pic.'s look washed out, but I've never turned the flash off, I'll have to try without a flash. Thanks for the advice