Pictures of my tank

[Rich A.]

Finally got around to getting some pics of my setup. Lemme know what ya
think. Got lazy after renaming two of them :)

Tank population:

Pleco
Red Peacock
Azureus
Eureka red
Sunshine peacock
Orange Peacock
Neolamprologus Brichardi
3 red-clawed crabs (which hide out most of the time)



http://home.earthlink.net/~hookem03/images/FishTank/

or

http://snipurl.com/3ncu

[Rich A.]

"Rich A." > wrote in message
ink.net...
> Finally got around to getting some pics of my setup. Lemme know what ya
> think. Got lazy after renaming two of them :)
>
> Tank population:
>
> Pleco
> Red Peacock
> Azureus
> Eureka red
> Sunshine peacock
> Orange Peacock
> Neolamprologus Brichardi
> 3 red-clawed crabs (which hide out most of the time)

Forgot my latest additions, albino red & yellow :)

[Kodiak]

Nice pics, which one is the blue DSC00458?
Do you think Jaguar Chiclids will go with Red Devils?
....Kodiak

"Rich A." > wrote in message
hlink.net...
>
> "Rich A." > wrote in message
> ink.net...
> > Finally got around to getting some pics of my setup. Lemme know what ya
> > think. Got lazy after renaming two of them :)
> >
> > Tank population:
> >
> > Pleco
> > Red Peacock
> > Azureus
> > Eureka red
> > Sunshine peacock
> > Orange Peacock
> > Neolamprologus Brichardi
> > 3 red-clawed crabs (which hide out most of the time)
>
> Forgot my latest additions, albino red & yellow :)
>
>

[T]

looks like you have my "ugly" cleaning the glass for you.. I have been
very reluctant to but my albino bristle nose's in the mbuna tank. Worried my
bristle nose will be bristle less...

Tim..


"Rich A." > wrote in message
hlink.net...
>
> "Rich A." > wrote in message
> ink.net...
> > Finally got around to getting some pics of my setup. Lemme know what ya
> > think. Got lazy after renaming two of them :)
> >
> > Tank population:
> >
> > Pleco
> > Red Peacock
> > Azureus
> > Eureka red
> > Sunshine peacock
> > Orange Peacock
> > Neolamprologus Brichardi
> > 3 red-clawed crabs (which hide out most of the time)
>
> Forgot my latest additions, albino red & yellow :)
>
>

[T]

Going by your pictures Rich, I must be well over populated..I think I have
30 Mbuna in the 55...

4 red zebra's
3 male Hap's
4 female Hap's
1 Socolofi
4 or 5 Kenyi ( two male )
2 male red top blues ( in the same family as the Zebra's )
3 OB peacocks
Convict ( small female )
Three unknown's ( suspecting Tangkn. Cic's )
A pair of common pl*co's

Most of the fish are 3 to 5 inches in length, the pl*c's are 4 inches and 6
inches... I forgot the upside down catfish to... Nor have I included the off
spring ( 12 more little cic's and waiting for the Ob's to drop thier
brood's..)

Tim..


"T" > wrote in message
hlink.net...
> looks like you have my "ugly" cleaning the glass for you.. I have been
> very reluctant to but my albino bristle nose's in the mbuna tank. Worried
my
> bristle nose will be bristle less...
>
> Tim..
>
>
> "Rich A." > wrote in message
> hlink.net...
> >
> > "Rich A." > wrote in message
> > ink.net...
> > > Finally got around to getting some pics of my setup. Lemme know what
ya
> > > think. Got lazy after renaming two of them :)
> > >
> > > Tank population:
> > >
> > > Pleco
> > > Red Peacock
> > > Azureus
> > > Eureka red
> > > Sunshine peacock
> > > Orange Peacock
> > > Neolamprologus Brichardi
> > > 3 red-clawed crabs (which hide out most of the time)
> >
> > Forgot my latest additions, albino red & yellow :)
> >
> >
>
>

[Rich A.]

"Kodiak" > wrote in message
...
> Nice pics, which one is the blue DSC00458?
> Do you think Jaguar Chiclids will go with Red Devils?
> ...Kodiak

DSC00458 is a Copadichromis azureus. dunno about your second question, maybe
some of the other pros around here could better answer ;)

[Rich A.]

"T" > wrote in message
hlink.net...
> Going by your pictures Rich, I must be well over populated..I think I have
> 30 Mbuna in the 55...

For all I know mine is underpopulated. I just like the combination of
individual brightly colored males (I'm for color, not breeding), and they
all seem to get along great.

[Rich A.]

"T" > wrote in message
hlink.net...
> looks like you have my "ugly" cleaning the glass for you.. I have been
> very reluctant to but my albino bristle nose's in the mbuna tank. Worried
my
> bristle nose will be bristle less...
>
> Tim..

The Pleco holds his own. The only fish that occasionally harrasses him is
the Azureus. The peacocks are very docile compared to most mbuna's. Although
the red albino and brichardi will occasionally peck at the crabs, but have
learnt to respect the "claw" I think.

[T]

You definantly have a noce colouration group.. There is no doubt about
that... They look healthy and I would think they have an appetite well
matched.. Keep up the good work, as you should be proud of your tank..

Timmer..


"Rich A." > wrote in message
link.net...
>
> "T" > wrote in message
> hlink.net...
> > Going by your pictures Rich, I must be well over populated..I think I
have
> > 30 Mbuna in the 55...
>
> For all I know mine is underpopulated. I just like the combination of
> individual brightly colored males (I'm for color, not breeding), and they
> all seem to get along great.
>
>

[Chris C.]

All your fish look very good, I would add more rock work if you can,
Africans seem to like the cave action, makes it like home. :)
Keep of the good work.....
Chris Carney
www.exotic-aquatics.com
Rich A. wrote:

> Finally got around to getting some pics of my setup. Lemme know what ya
> think. Got lazy after renaming two of them :)
>
> Tank population:
>
> Pleco
> Red Peacock
> Azureus
> Eureka red
> Sunshine peacock
> Orange Peacock
> Neolamprologus Brichardi
> 3 red-clawed crabs (which hide out most of the time)
>
>
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~hookem03/images/FishTank/
>
> or
>
> http://snipurl.com/3ncu
>
>

[Rich A.]

"Chris C." > wrote in message
news:YXnKb.137452$VB2.489425@attbi_s51...
> All your fish look very good, I would add more rock work if you can,
> Africans seem to like the cave action, makes it like home. :)
> Keep of the good work.....
> Chris Carney
> www.exotic-aquatics.com

Thanks, I'll see about adding more rock.

FWIW, two of the crabs decided to come out and play this evening...

http://home.earthlink.net/~hookem03/images/FishTank/DSC00464.JPG

http://home.earthlink.net/~hookem03/images/FishTank/DSC00465.JPG

http://home.earthlink.net/~hookem03/images/FishTank/DSC00466.JPG

http://home.earthlink.net/~hookem03/images/FishTank/DSC00467.JPG

[Robert MacCara]

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:14:37 +0000, Rich A. wrote:

> Finally got around to getting some pics of my setup. Lemme know what ya
> think. Got lazy after renaming two of them :)

I like your pictures - especially the clarity of them. I've been
struggling with trying to get "bright" pictures without the flash
reflection showing in the picture. Can you tell how you set up the
lighting for the pictures? Thanks in advance.
Here are my pics: http://dvs.ca/fish/ or http://tinyurl.com/ytg8q
Thanks,
Rob

[T]

What is a Raspberry Pl*co?? Is this a common albino?? From time to time, I
find "chocolate" pl*co's here and there. I like pl*co's, I find them to be
very fasinating, and intresting to watch. ( If I had the cash and space, I
was/will get myself a "sunshine" pl*c.. )... Ah, then the Blues Clues thing
as well, my youngest just loves Blue too, and even has squealers as well...

Now as far the picture thing, if your using the flash, don't take the
pictures of the tank head on ( actually it appears for most of the pictures
you had the angle right ). Is this a Digital Camera? I wonder if you can use
something like PhotoShop to edit the pictures.. There should be some way to
clear the pictures up and have them look sharp...

Tim... Happy Fish Keeping..


"Robert MacCara" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:14:37 +0000, Rich A. wrote:
>
> > Finally got around to getting some pics of my setup. Lemme know what ya
> > think. Got lazy after renaming two of them :)
>
> I like your pictures - especially the clarity of them. I've been
> struggling with trying to get "bright" pictures without the flash
> reflection showing in the picture. Can you tell how you set up the
> lighting for the pictures? Thanks in advance.
> Here are my pics: http://dvs.ca/fish/ or http://tinyurl.com/ytg8q
> Thanks,
> Rob

[Robert MacCara]

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 02:41:20 +0000, T wrote:

> What is a Raspberry Pl*co?? Is this a common albino?? From time to time,
> I
> find "chocolate" pl*co's here and there. I like pl*co's, I find them to
> be very fasinating, and intresting to watch. ( If I had the cash and
> space, I was/will get myself a "sunshine" pl*c.. )... Ah, then the Blues
> Clues thing as well, my youngest just loves Blue too, and even has
> squealers as well...
>
> Now as far the picture thing, if your using the flash, don't take the
> pictures of the tank head on ( actually it appears for most of the
> pictures you had the angle right ). Is this a Digital Camera? I wonder if
> you can use something like PhotoShop to edit the pictures.. There should
> be some way to clear the pictures up and have them look sharp...


All I know of the Raspberry Pl*co is what the breeder told me (he doesn't
breed the pl*cos but does bring them in once in a while). He said they
are rare and hard to get. Mine is very light orangy in colour and no
albino traits at all.
I've been using my very old (1st generation) digital camera to take the
pictures and then just a bit of balancing of the light in software before
saving. I wonder if a higher resolution camera would take better photos?
Maybe I'll try that this weekend with a borrowed camera. I also know that
the lighting in that tank is not very good - only one 4' tube. I'd really
like to make a wooden canopy for the tank and put in 2 banks of 2 lights
to provide some different lighting effects. I've looked at many of the
D-I-Y sites but none that catch my fancy totally.
Rob

[Rich A.]

"Robert MacCara" > wrote in message
...
>
> I like your pictures - especially the clarity of them. I've been
> struggling with trying to get "bright" pictures without the flash
> reflection showing in the picture. Can you tell how you set up the
> lighting for the pictures?

Pure luck. I borrowed my girlfriend's camera, a Sony DSC-P5. Never used it
before.

[T]

For more distinct colours in the fish, ( using a dual bulb light set up )
I use a T8 20w Marine Glo Actinic Spectrum bulb @ 20 000k and a plain white
T8 bulb to help tone down the blue glow a bit .. The fish look fantastic (
when I take the few photos of the community tank ). If I had the money I
would defianatly purchase the dual lamp lighting strip for this purpose (
when I get back home and start breeding it is going to be the T8 shop lamps
with glass tops for the tanks, makes it a lot more cost prohibitive for
me )..

Tim


"Rich A." > wrote in message
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>
> "Robert MacCara" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > I like your pictures - especially the clarity of them. I've been
> > struggling with trying to get "bright" pictures without the flash
> > reflection showing in the picture. Can you tell how you set up the
> > lighting for the pictures?
>
> Pure luck. I borrowed my girlfriend's camera, a Sony DSC-P5. Never used it
> before.
>
>