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I cant decide which is my favorite but they are both favorites for the moment. I need to get time to go out shooting again!

Oh Can I use one of those photos as a desktop background?

Sure thing.

I cant decide which is my favorite but they are both favorites for the moment. I need to get time to go out shooting again!

Canar in edmonton. Tufa is cheap and safe. So is the Lace Rock.

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LOL. Wouldn't believe how long it took me to figure out 'finkids'!!

Same thing last time i moved my Demasoni.

3 of the little guys managed for nearly a week before i noticed them in the old tank with no heat circulation or food.

Thanks all. I would love to spend some more time on the coast. Go find some tide pools and whatnot but the vacation was nice while it lasted. Golfing was great too.

a couple more bird shots here.

Was recently in california to golf and visit family and visited a place called Dana Point. Gorgeous Coastline and wonderful blue-green water.

Thought I'd share a few pictures.

Thats it for now.

I just went in and picked it up but at the time they only had a couple bags in stock. Calling might not be a bad idea to make sure they have some on hand.

I will say a fast lens on an slr makes the job a lot easier. Same thing with using off camera flash with an slr.

Thats pretty good considering you're working with a Sony W35 point and shoot. You end up taking 5x the pictures to get keepers than you would on a faster camera/lens setup.

I have a near white pool filter sand in a number of tanks. I believe the company i got it from was sunshine pool and mechanical or something similar.

I got a 100lb bag for 40 dollars or 30 iirc.

I will say that fish tend to be one of the hardest things to get right. Saltwater tends to be easier with all the extra light but some of the fish tend to be more active too so there's a trade off. One of the things that involves the most throw away shots of just about anything.

That's coming off a Nikon D90 with the Nikon 105mm macro.

I've always done bristlenose. Other than a little curiousity i've never had much aggression but my rockwork gives them a safe place to go if needed.

I had a couple altums in a 54 with some clown loaches on the bottom and have tried a few smaller fish. Cardinal tetras become instant snacks for the altums as do neon tetras. The black neon tetra's have been left alone. Just added some odessa barbs and everyone is getting along just swimmingly at the moment. There is also a smaller dwarf gourami in there as well.

The only hiccup was when the altum that is still in the tank started turning the other one into a punching bag. They are now separated but i suppose i will need to find a better home for the now healed and happier altum that was removed from that tank.

Those are fantastic pictures. Thanks for sharing them. You don't really want to know what they are do you?

Hahaha. Yes as a matter of fact i do. Found a few of them but would like to know what i'm talking about with the rest of them.

wow cool pics. Lovin that ray at the end. I wonder what it is?

I love it it looks like a little baby in a way with it's little 'legs' kicking away.

I've done some looking and it looks to be a juvenile skate of some type.

Very cool pictures! Looks like it was a great time.

It was indeed a good time. Not as impressive as it could be but still very very interesting. There is some more stuff from the native species exhibit as well that i could put up in a different thread. Some birds and a few other critters.

I should have paid better attention to the exact species but i couldn't stop laughing at the look of the baby ray. With the little 'legs' kicking away.

While on Christmas holidays I visited the Seattle Aquarium with family and took some shots. I'll post em all here for anyone who wants a look see and if anyone can help with identification they get a free ECOOKIE!!!

I need to know what things are for my flickr account so i don't look like a complete bonehead.

Cheers!!

Thats all for now.

Just to add a little real world into this one. I have a 125 built into the wall in my basement. I also have 2 50 gallon tanks, 1 45 gallon Another 2 20's and on top of it all a 240 10 feet away from the built in tank. There are no moisture issues at all in the house but i have fairly tight fitting glass tops on all tanks. Even directly above the 125 built-in there is no moisture at all.

Here's another way to think about it: "Can I put my piano on the main floor?" How many people give that a 2nd thought? Really, if a piano can go on the main floor, why can't a tank?

The issue with that is the scale of magnitude. I moved my piano myself. It weighs roughly 500 lbs. Most piano's will weigh between 400 and 800 pounds at the very most. A full 240 is a whole different ballpark.

It was during one of the big lighting shows this past summer. The cloud more or less parked there and pounded Edmonton with lighting for an hour or so. In order to do this you use a long exposure. In this case it was a 30 second exposure. This picture was 3 separate strikes. One of the large ones on the left then the cluster on the right and finally the second on the left. Other than that it's just getting your composition to what you want it to be and setting exposure then taking a lot of shots and seeing what was caught on each.