Anniversey pics.. 2 tanks!

[wattsupdoc]

So Feb makes one year mark on my 135,. March makes the 2 yr. mark on my 65. So its aniversery time for both.

I'll do the 135 first.
1st pic,Tank in feb last year, set up and cycling.
2nd pic stand stained and still cycling
3rd pic stand finished.
4th pic TODAY!

In Dec the 125 AGA was changed out to a 135 Oceanic reef ready.
65 to come.

 

[cichlidkid]

cool, nice tank, i really like the bench so you can just stare at the tanks for hours

 

[wattsupdoc]

Here's the 65!
1st pic, March of '06 cycling.
2nd Sept '06.........
3rd March 07......
4th Today!

5th Under actinics, tonight...

 

[wattsupdoc]

135 under moon lights. This was taken with an fstop setting of 3.2 seconds.

 

[bonita69]

very nice moons!!!

 

[wattsupdoc]

Thanks bonita. Unforunatly I cant get the flicker effect these have. It's a very nice effect. I almost like watching it at night as much as during the day.

I am very pleased with the progress of both these tanks. The 135 is very dinly lit. But its still very pretty. And coming along.

 

[air_putih]

nice..Congrats !!!!
love the liverock in your 135

 

[maxalmon]

Good Job

..........Your Monti Cap looks really nice, amazing how much it grew!

 

[wattsupdoc]

Thanks all!

I am really liking my 2 tanks these days.

Maxalman, the Monti cap has had many frags come off of it since I've had it. You can tell in the pics I've fragged off the front edge of it some, but there has been probably three times that amount that I have fragged off it. It's really getting too big for the tank, and as I now have a green and Idaho grape monti, I want to combine them into a single colony. But the grape one needs a little more growth before I start doing this. I have a teal stag I want to frag and place along with them when I do, it needs a lil more growth also before I go hacking on it.

 

[lion_crazz]

Great looking tank! I love your picture of your tank with the moonlights. How were you able to take such a great shot with the moonlights on? Mine always come out so dark.

 

[wattsupdoc]

Originally Posted by lion_crazz
http:///forum/post/2486618
Great looking tank! I love your picture of your tank with the moonlights. How were you able to take such a great shot with the moonlights on? Mine always come out so dark.
Thanks Lion! thats a great complement. My Canon Rebel did the job. It was shot with a exposure time of 3.2 seconds. Fstop of 5.6,ISO speed 1600, The white balance was set at a custom setting I dont remember, but isnt really relative to the pictures exposure. The truth is, I got this camera back in Dec. I think it was and am still trying to figure out howe to use it. But making progress.

I got some pics of the 135 today. I'll post 'em up.
Wanna test a few of them first to see if I need to resize them so there not huge.
Bangaii....Archie

Longnose Butterfly... Parkay

 

[wattsupdoc]

Cool, thats not too big heres some more.

Blue Green Chromis Darrel and Darrel....

Blonde Naso Tang..Anna

Anna with Darrel, Darrel, Darrel, and Frank

Parkay.. With a couple Darrels.

Green Brittlestar...Thor...

 

[wattsupdoc]

More still.

Edith, Archies wife

Blackcap Basslet...Cerise

Sponge Bob...Just kidding I dont name the sponges

Red Gorg

Red tree sponge

Red General Starfish

Yellow Gorg

 

[coral keeper]

Very nice pics!!!! What do you feed your sponges and Gorgs with and ever how often do you feed your sponges and Gorgs?

 

[wangotango]

That's an awsome "face" shot of the Naso. Almost like it was posing for you.
-Justin

 

[kevin34]

Those moon lights are SWEET! They almost look like strobe lights. What kind are they?

 

[wattsupdoc]

I feed phyto and oyster eggs once a week, plus they get all the daily leftovers from the smorgasborg I feed the fish.
I've been taking pics all day long today, that fish wont stay still for nothin'. I finally got a few good burst shots of her up at the top of the tank. They all thought it was dinner time.

The moon lights are from wallyworld, in the automotive center. i have 2 on each tank. They dont last very long, but look real good and are cheap enough to replace every 6 mo's or so. They each have 3 spotlights that you can aim, 2 per tank, plug into a cigarette lighter. I used a two way splitter and an adjustable power supply to power them. Really they look even better than in the pic, with the flicker they give.
Heres a couple more of Anna

And another of my favorite fish.

 

[kjr_trig]

Very nice Doc

...Love the progression shots on the 65 reef tank....Thanks again for your electrical help and advice.

 

[triggerz92]

Nice moons who are they made by?

 

[wattsupdoc]

Heres some actinic shots of the 65. Some of them atrent very good, but here thay are anyway.