Jerth6932's Tank Progress!

jerth6932

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Only prob is that he left his other clown buddy....lol... They are both the same size... so I dont know who is male or female! So I have a clown obssesed with an anemone and one that is ...... lost!
 

jerth6932

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My tank is really bare right now because I am being VERY selective of what I want to put in to it!!! I make my decisions based on what I want .... not go into the fish store and impulse buy!!!! That was how it was the first time around... and i feel
! Now I will make it what I WANT it!
 

subielover

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I would think that the clown who jumped in is your female. It will probably take a little while for her to let the male come in too, but eventually she will. JMO FWIW
 

jerth6932

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Originally Posted by subielover
http:///forum/post/2829363
I would think that the clown who jumped in is your female. It will probably take a little while for her to let the male come in too, but eventually she will. JMO FWIW
I can see the lodgic behind that! And what does FWIW mean? I feel as if I am getting old not knowin acronyms... lol.
 

jerth6932

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Originally Posted by michaelwb
http:///forum/post/2829258
That RBTA is freaking huge! It looks awesome!
THX she is even bigger today.... lol. That isnt even the whole thing... I thought she was about 8-9 in.... closer to 10-12 in! but she is wrapped in that cave, I guess she likes it in there!
 

jerth6932

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I didn't know that my rock work had emphisis placed on one key component, so I was cleaning the glass and bumped the rock too hard and the whole structure came down!!!! I don't belive I lost anyting... but my prised anemone isn't happy I believe!


 

jerth6932

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So on my disaster I believe that my pistol shrimp lost the war finally.... I belive he got crushed....
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whisk

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Earthquake in the aquarium community! arrrrrg! thats terrible news, sorry to hear of it. Poor little pistol shrimp
I hope you can piece the rockscape back together again.
 

jerth6932

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Originally Posted by Whisk
http:///forum/post/2831796
Earthquake in the aquarium community! arrrrrg! thats terrible news, sorry to hear of it. Poor little pistol shrimp
I hope you can piece the rockscape back together again.
It was a 2 hr task to get it reassembled... but not to what I had it.... and then my anemone made a journey around the tank.... Had to move every thing out of her way... But here is how she is looking today! I think I am diggin the new look in all actuality! Also a pix of my new buddy, Randall....


 

jerth6932

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Originally Posted by nissan577
http:///forum/post/2831837
love it man love it!

THX!! A bit bare... but dropping 100 on one anemone cuts the budget a bit... and being selective of what actually goes in there keeps it bare too!
Quick question for people, I have a 6+ MP camera KODAK, takes wonderful pics, but what program do you use to upload them to the site, I am using microsoft photo editor, and I am resizing it... comes out grainey! How do I make them not grainey but fit the format?
 

whisk

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Originally Posted by Jerth6932
http:///forum/post/2831842
Quick question for people, I have a 6+ MP camera KODAK, takes wonderful pics, but what program do you use to upload them to the site, I am using microsoft photo editor, and I am resizing it... comes out grainey! How do I make them not grainey but fit the format?

I use Photoshop every day at my job and luckily I am an expert in the field of digital photo manipulation, so hopefully this will help.
So the big question is are you resizing up or down? With your camera (6MP is fine and dandy), make sure you are taking your photos at a high resolution at least 800x600 or higher.
A rule of thumb is to never resize the photo to a higher resolution than what the original photo was taken at. It will make your photos grainy if you do. It is ok to resize down though as this wont affect quality as much.
I personally have been taking my photos at 2816x2112 on the camera and have been resizing my photos down to 800x600 and 72dpi using the software. This makes it friendlier for the web while having a large image. Save them as JPEGs. If your software program gives you a choice of quality to save your JPEG at, try to get your photos to around 200KB each. This retains high quality while keeping the file size small.
I'm guessing, based on the photos you have posted in your thread, your images are 640x480. This is good for keeping your file size small and to take more pictures on your camera, but your image quality will be lacking. Try the method used above and see if that helps. PM anytime if you need any additional help. Good luck!
 

jerth6932

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Originally Posted by Whisk
http:///forum/post/2832179
I use Photoshop every day at my job and luckily I am an expert in the field of digital photo manipulation, so hopefully this will help.
So the big question is are you resizing up or down? With your camera (6MP is fine and dandy), make sure you are taking your photos at a high resolution at least 800x600 or higher.
A rule of thumb is to never resize the photo to a higher resolution than what the original photo was taken at. It will make your photos grainy if you do. It is ok to resize down though as this wont affect quality as much.
I personally have been taking my photos at 2816x2112 on the camera and have been resizing my photos down to 800x600 and 72dpi using the software. This makes it friendlier for the web while having a large image. Save them as JPEGs. If your software program gives you a choice of quality to save your JPEG at, try to get your photos to around 200KB each. This retains high quality while keeping the file size small.
I'm guessing, based on the photos you have posted in your thread, your images are 640x480. This is good for keeping your file size small and to take more pictures on your camera, but your image quality will be lacking. Try the method used above and see if that helps. PM anytime if you need any additional help. Good luck!

Great guess on size, I am taking them down to the 650 X 480 size the site recomends, from upwards of 2000+ X 1800 + . I found out that my lap top has photoshop, let me try this pix to see if I got the concept, if not pm here we come!!!
 
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