General Aquarium Talk - Page 299

MotoJohnno · 26th May 2012, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by nogi

Nice. Any tips for a newbie with a macro lens and a fish tank?

Practice, patience, light and a tripod.

NanoDuke · 26th May 2012, 1:38 PM

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Originally Posted by nogi

No. I've just built a nano breeding tank as well:

movie

I have RCS in my 4ft and they breed like crazy.

I'm also building a new cube for my shrimp. I have some pics over on my blog.

Lol I've just been reading through "NoGi's Yellow Nano Fun Park" on Aquarium Life, not realising it was you

tangcla · 26th May 2012, 2:24 PM

Does anyone have any pointers for having your own brine shrimp hatchery?

broccoli · 26th May 2012, 3:14 PM

You can make one out of a cool drink bottle, I remember looking at the video/instructions but I don't have it bookmarked.

Daft_Munt · 26th May 2012, 8:04 PM

Brine shrimp info from an ancient site, still quite a lot of useful info on it.

tangcla · 26th May 2012, 8:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Daft_Munt

Brine shrimp info from an ancient site, still quite a lot of useful info on it.

Thanks, I'll have a read!

Beanz · 27th May 2012, 10:34 PM

Complete n00b to fish, but am having a go at setting up a tropical aquarium.

I have wanted a tropical aquarium for a long time and managed to pick up a big aquarium kit pretty cheap. I am running a 200L Tank with an Aquis 1000 canister filter.

Excuse the poor quality photos, but this is it.

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Still pretty cloudy, but this is the first night so I understand that is expected.

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I definitely need some more plants and maybe some extra driftwood or rocks. Oh, I'll probably ditch that tacky car next time I am in the tank. :-) I put it in because my son asked me to but it kind of ruins the 'natural habitat' look.

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Looking forward to getting this cycle finished so I can get some fish in there!

issh · 28th May 2012, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Beanz

Complete n00b to fish, but am having a go at setting up a tropical aquarium.

Can't see the images, but as a guide
use this
http://aqadvisor.com/AqAdvisor.php?A...&AqTempUnit=C&

For my 200L(55 Gallon)
I have 3 Angelfish(Adult), 6-7 Corydoras, and about 20 Columbian Tetras

Good Luck(haha and don't get addicted)!!!

Aaron_85 · 28th May 2012, 1:29 AM

all this cherry shrimp talk.
i have a 4x2x2 lightly planted tank with a few bits of driftwood and hide-e-holes.
ive got 2 yoyo loaches, 6 or 7 bristlenose catfish, about a dozen guppies and 8 scissortail rasboras. What are the chances of the dozen cherry shrimp i have breeding and the young actually surviving? the other fish seem to leave them alone, the bristlenose especially dont mind: often i'll see the shrimp walking all over them when the catfish is just sitting there chilling.

mike-s · 29th May 2012, 2:34 PM

I barely made my train to work today, I got distracted by the two baby platys I saw swimming about in the tank. They are about 1cm long, so I guess have been there for a little while. I have no idea how many actually came out though,there are plenty of spaces they could have hidden out of sight. Only had my phone at hand, so only Bigfoot sighting quality pictures taken.

terrabyte · 29th May 2012, 9:34 PM

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Originally Posted by issh

Can't see the images, but as a guide
use this
http://aqadvisor.com/AqAdvisor.php?A...&AqTempUnit=C&

For my 200L(55 Gallon)
I have 3 Angelfish(Adult), 6-7 Corydoras, and about 20 Columbian Tetras

Good Luck(haha and don't get addicted)!!!

That site is awesome! Thanks for the link

terrabyte · 30th May 2012, 8:05 AM

On a different note does anyone know a good place to buy cheap glass and cherry/crystal shrimp, $10 a shrimp seems a bit excessive to me.

japes · 30th May 2012, 8:26 AM

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Originally Posted by tangcla

I'm still trying to figure put fish photography! But off camera flash is good, camera lens up against the the glass to minimise reflections, high iso is more than likely necessary.

Depends on lighting with your ISO of course, depends what you're shooting, but you'll need a shutter speed of quicker than 1/100 in most cases. I always found shooting with a quick lens (hell I just used my 50mm 1.8 for some stunning results) on MF set to a fixed distance and letting the fish come to me was always ideal, although patience is required.

Depends on the subject of course, helped that I'm shooting more timid Cichlids (flickr in sig).

tangcla · 30th May 2012, 9:48 AM

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Originally Posted by terrabyte

On a different note does anyone know a good place to buy cheap glass and cherry/crystal shrimp, $10 a shrimp seems a bit excessive to me.

I I know a guy who sells them for a dollar each, even factoring postage is is cheaper than $10 each!

nogi · 30th May 2012, 10:14 AM

My Yellow Cherries:

And a Red Rilli:

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Daft_Munt Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hobart, La La Land Posts: 4,936	Brine shrimp info from an ancient site, still quite a lot of useful info on it.

28th May 2012, 1:29 AM	#4479
Aaron_85 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Townsville Posts: 311	all this cherry shrimp talk. i have a 4x2x2 lightly planted tank with a few bits of driftwood and hide-e-holes. ive got 2 yoyo loaches, 6 or 7 bristlenose catfish, about a dozen guppies and 8 scissortail rasboras. What are the chances of the dozen cherry shrimp i have breeding and the young actually surviving? the other fish seem to leave them alone, the bristlenose especially dont mind: often i'll see the shrimp walking all over them when the catfish is just sitting there chilling.