RTG_Gerry

3 more days until the show is on!

Happy New Year, Neil.

The Aquarium Society of Winnipeg is hosting it's bi-annual Aquaria Expo this year. Here's some preliminary info. Bi-annual Aquaria Expo 2010 April 2nd-4th, 2010 James Fartheree - Saltwater presentation Jason Caumartin of Hagen - Ponds Gerry Verrier (Winnipeg's own) - Fish Photography Mark Denaro - Wild Bettas and Other Anabantoids' and 'The Planted Aquarium' One more speaker - TBA All speakers will be giving 2 presentations. In 2008 we had approx 300 tanks of fish on display. Admission is FREE Saturday: Awards Banquet Sunday: GIANT AUCTION Location: Canad Inns, Polo Park Winnipeg, MB CANADA More information to follow... http://www.asw.ca Thanks for looking!

Thanks! I add no salt whatsoever. They seem fine without it.

Thanks. I just added a female marble to the tank yesterday. So now it's a pair. Food bill is manageable. The aro's metabolism is slowing down so he's not the shrimp eater he was a year ago.

Thanks, guys! tonton, thanks but no thanks!

Here's a video of my 360 from tonight. It's coming along nicely, methinks. There are several bichirs in this tank that make themselves scarce....

Thanks, guys! Dmaan, retail on a fish like this is about $2K.

Thanks, everyone. Jaykit, that fish is a North Thailand Tiger, aka NTT datnoide.

Update pix, 12 days after landing in my tank. Shot these without flash. The flash was blowing out the subtle colours.

Great pix, Charles. Is the red wolf yours?

A few more.....

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LOL, good way to go about it. And thanks for the positive comment. He is very cool.

No problem so far, ryan.

Hehe, my pictures do have that sort of effect on people.

Sorry, I misunderstood your question. I thought you were just asking about tank lighting. I'm using overhead flashes. I love bombing them with lots of light.

Thanks, folks! blam, I'm using a powerglo bulb on this tank. One more recent pic to show his colours....

Thanks, Ryan. I'm hoping the base colour will be either teal, turquoise or blue. He's already hammering superworms. Funny to watch from such a little guy. Maybe I'll shoot a vid.

Thanks guys! tonton, I used a 105mm f/2.8 lens with 2 overhead flashes. He's not really keen on the flashes so he tends to zoom through the "lighting zone" I create with my flashes. I'm just not getting the full blush in my photos just yet, but it's only a matter of time. As for POTY on MFK, I'm going to try to get it back 2 back, lol. boydo, thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.

Thanks, everyone. I don't normally post a pic like this let alone take it, but I was having some trouble using overhead flash at lfs, so I used a flash off the camera. I know it's not a natural look and certainly not my style, but the flash does a nice job of showing the base colours. boydo or anyone else, can you tell which colour will be it's dominant base colour? And one in my tank with overhead flash. I managed to get the blush a bit better in this one.

Thanks, Neil.

New aro, Chili Red from Qian Hu Farm. He's about 20 cm/8". Just landed him in my tank last night.... Now all I need is a 24K gold xback and a purple fusion to round out the collection, lol.

That being said, should a gas station jump the price of gas because the see someone who is driving a big rig??? Dentist go to school for 7 years to make that big bucks. They deserve it. Why does the grade 12 drop out deserve to make $70- $80k as a labouror in the patch?? Just because some one makes a large amount of money or has a nice house or fancy cars does not mean that a business has the right to soak them for services. Derek Guys who bolt cars together make 100K a year. Lawyers who charge upwards of $250 an hour. Psychologists, who go to school for at least 7 years, make 65K. Policemen and firefighters, who put their lives on the line, might end up making 60K. There's just no making sense of it sometimes. If I'm being hired to perform a professional service, I'll expect to be able to factor in the costs like T Dawg mentioned in his post. I certainly am not going to take up my time to clean a dentist's fish tank for minimum wage and he sure as heck is gong to pay my travel time. These sorts of costs are factored into all sorts of contract/service work. While you may not need a dentist degree to clean a fish tank, it does take knowledge and equipment. I know a guy who does maintenance on a salt tank in a dentist's office as well as a 75 gallon freshie tank in a lawyers office locally. He charges MORE than $300 per month for each office. He is on call with his service. He does it part time because no one makes a living cleaning fish tanks. Just not enough business. Why give it away?

Interesting thread. So how many photo tanks do you haul around with you when you go fishing? Just one?