Some pics of my fish & tanks
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Changed pb link to image in the post.
That's a nice fish, from what I've managed to find out the maculpinnis is actually a synonym for eliotti. It certainly looks like the eliotti I have here so maybe that might be right
Did you buy it/them as maculpinnis?
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Yes he's an ellioti - I had read that ellioti is the synonym and maculpinnis is now considered correct species name (but that could change every 5 mins!!)
He killed his mate, so I'm growing out some new partners for him and readying some dithers in a 200L just for them.
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I don't fully understand all of that - but it's a fairly nice lens for close-ups and small subjects (you can see the pollen on the hairs of bumble bees!) only thing is it seems to demand a lot of light, more than I have in most of my tanks.
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I know this creates 'noise', but for Forum use it isn't too critical.
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Somewhere I have the nucleus of the excellent talk which Daragh Owens did for an ITFS meeting, I keep meaning to paraphrase it and put it up on the Forum.
Daragh's fish photography is 'legendary' and I'm sure that everyone could benefit from his advice and suggestions.
Now, where did I put it???
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I decided I didnt like the texas holey rock / coral sand style of my tang tank - so tried to make it more natural, with rounded boulders and grey sand - rebuilt the whole setup in a 300l. Need to replace the green intakes with black (thoese green ones really stand out).
fish are 6x lamprologus ocellatus blue, 6 x neolamprologus brichardi and 4 wild synodontis petricola
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LemonJelly wrote: i love the big round rocks and I daresay it's closer to the actual look of the lake. I bet you were sweating putting them in; if not from lifting them, then from fear of dropping one!
I was absolutely bricking it!
I actually only added the ones on the left after the territories for the brichardi's didnt work out - so had to put it in with the ocellatus attacking my arms. They dont break the skin but they really put you off
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I'm sure there will be plenty of microorganisms for the fry to feed on. Very cleaver.
The Brichardi's tank looks fantastic. A nice breath of fresh air compared to most lake Tanganyika setups.
With a bit of aging it will look incredibly natural. I'd love to see it in 6-12 months time.
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If you have to increase the ISO then you can always run the photo thru a program like ISO magic that helps to reduce the noise again once the photo has been taken!!!
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