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office cube comes home

morfeeis — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:56:20 GMT

here are a few shots of one of my first tanks (ok i confess it's my first tank in 12 years). it's a 12 G cube it's base is live sand some now illegal to import word from Africa ( well that was the selling point from the guy at the fish shop). there are two tiger barbs, 21 red tail sharks i fish that i have no idea what it is are where it came from it looks like some kind of white barb, another ugly as fish my wife brought to my office one day and yellow shell snail and also one Chinese algae eater that has grown way bigger then i thought possible (the dam thing is almost 3 inches).

anyway here come the pics.

I think i may have bit off more then i can chew as i just ordered a 55g sea clear tank last week, boy is that going to be fun stocking.

Pic of my pleco

CephalopodLover — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:20:45 GMT

Heres my pleco. His name is Gibby.

New Betta Girl

MtnFishBoy — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:19:25 GMT

I got a new betta girl yesterday. That brings my betta count up to 16. She is my ninth female. Sorry I couldn't get good pictures- she is pretty shy.

Gambusia Holbrooki

PoBoy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:43:50 GMT

Wild Mosquito Fish I collected myself. They live in my other 29 gallon.

Male

Females the day I got them from a pond

Purple Moscow Guppies

PoBoy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:39:27 GMT

And last but not least, my babies! Breeding colony of Purple Moscow Guppies...

Dad

Mom

Babies

Show your tanks!

GoldfishCrazy11 — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:43:55 GMT

Need I say more? Post pictures or videos here!

Maybe if everyone summits tank pictures and stats it can be a pinned topic. Then we could have a Tank of the Month (TOTM) contest!

Feel free to leave the stats of your tank(s):

PICTURE:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/120693/29GAL12292006.jpg
29-Gallon~
Filter- AquaClear 50
Heater- Marineland Submersible 75-watt
Air Pump- Profile 1000, up to 10 gallons (4 inch air stone)
Fish- 2 Female Crowntail Bettas, 4 Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish, 6 Glowlight Tetras
Gravel- Seachem Flourite (30 lbs, two bags, original color)
Plants- 2 bunches of rotala indica (pathetic looking... in rehabilitation), 7 bunches of vallisneria (6 americana vallisneria -one with shoot-, 1 corkscrew vallisneria), 1 Java Fern (used to be bigger, then I made the bad mistake of trying to seperate it)

PICTURE:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/120693/Fish/e3e43d9e.jpg
VIDEO:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v96/120693/?action=view&current=90GALCLEAN.flv
90-Gallon~
Filters- Two AquaClear 500s
Heater- Rena Cal Top Light excel 100-watt
Air Pump- Elite Maxima, up to 30 gallons (one 6-inch air stone and one 12-inch air stone)
Fish- 1 Shubunkin Goldfish, 2 Comet Goldfish, 1 Sarasa Common Goldfish, 2 Common Goldfish
Gravel- Estes' Spectra Stone Natural Large River Stone, Pearlescent (50 lbs, two bags), 22 aproximate lbs of Estes' Spectra Stone Small Blue Jean Gravel
Plants- 8 Fake Plants (7 Plastic, 1 Silk - various sizes)

Shubunkin Goldfish

PoBoy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:36:20 GMT

These Shubunkins and Pleco are going to be moving into a 130 I just got.

My favorite...

Pleco...

Kenyii Cichlids

PoBoy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:29:19 GMT

These guys live in my 55 gallon, along with a school of Tiger Barbs and Odessa Barbs.

Discuss My Discus

DiscusAddict — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:45:19 GMT

Well, I just joined this site and I love it. Here are my discus and friends

African Clawed Frog setup (Xenopus laevis)

cogmonkey17 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:43:24 GMT

Here is the male

Here is the female in her moss hideout

Female again, you can see that they also have the padding, but limited to their "fingers" for grabbing prey items

Female again, little better quality though

video clip challenge

betabob — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:00:12 GMT

i hereby challenge all our forum residents to find as many video clips as we can related to fish and aquariums. lets see how many we can get. cute funny shocking. all kinds. can we get 30 or more?

angelfish fry feeding

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fNy53TCgZ5o

no id but coolest tank i have seen yet. look thought thestep by step pictures

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wizardscave.com/Pictures/Aqua/stand1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wizardscave.com/aquarium.html&h=308&w=560&sz=48&hl=en&start=96&tbnid=v0g1Ehrqqqg5GM:&tbnh=73&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfreshwater%2Baquarium%2Bfish%26start%3D80%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

My new 125g tank.

Conner — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:32:04 GMT

Finally got it running, got the lights hung, and have added a bunch of plants. Here's the list:
4 Amazon Swords
1 Ocelot Sword
2 bunches + several loose stems Red Ludwigia
2 stems unknown green Ludwigia
3 small Java Ferns
1 small bunch Java Moss on driftwood
6 stems Cabomba
2 stems Anacharis
Many clumps Wisteria
Many clumps Hornwort

What do you think?
C

Fish finally in the 125g!

Conner — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:03:05 GMT

Here are some pics of my fish finally in they're permanent home, the 125g tank.

I don't have any pics of the pictus or BN pleco yet, but I'll get some soon.

My piece of the Pacific

Nep2Ns PlumR — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:49:39 GMT

OK, I'm a plumber by trade and Neptune at heart.......thus Nep2Ns PlumR.

A pictorial history of my built-in corner "Piece of the Pacific".

Before I go any further I would like to say that I am blessed with a wife who (tho not an aquarist) has an intimate understanding of the addiction and allows me to do things like tear out doors and take 90 square feet out of the great room. Without her support, none of this would have happened.

Now enough mush, on with the story.

Where my tank/lifesupport room now stands there use to be a set of french doors and the corner of our great room.

When keeping SPS corals, water movement is just as important as lighting. I never liked having visible powerheads in my tank so my goal was to have a supply and return system that would provide enough flow not to need them. Circulation is accomplished by a Sequence Hammerhead pump (4500 max GPH) and a 36" long overflow box with three 2" bulkhead drains. At 4' of head pressure I'm still turning the total system water over about 11-12 times per hour. My sump is a Rubbermaid 100g horse trough.

My biological filtration is accomplished by +/- 300lbs of live rock and 500lb of sand (becoming more live all the time). Most in the display, some in my 40g refuguim that gravity feeds back into the display thru a 1" bulkhead in the side of the tank. Mechanical filtration is accomplished by an Aqua-C EV-400 skimmer driven by a dedicated Mag 24 pump. Chemical filtration will be thru a Eheim Pro II with activated carbon and phosphate absorbing media.

Lighting is by 2-400 watt mogul metal halide lamps (Ushio 10k). Ballasts are IceCap electronic and the reflectors are Lumenarc IIIs.

Other equipment:

5 stage RO-DI system with inline input/output TDS meter.

K2R calcium realtor

ReefTek kalkreactor w/Liter Meter III dosing unit and Spectrapure water level sensor.

Two 1" Seaswirls and 4 Locline 3/4" returns (Owned but not yet installed)

PinPoint pH monitor (wouldn't be without this piece of equipment)

Refractometer

Salifert Test kits for ammonia, nitrate, KH, calcium and phosphate.

Reef Crystals salt

Now comes the waiting game. The joys of diatom blooms and bluegreen algaes (the inevitable in new systems). Nights spent exploring liverock with a flashlight for that new critter or plant that I didn't see last night. In about three more months I'll start stocking with corals and herbivorous fish.

About 40 more lbs of live rock was added since these last pics, but that's where I'm at. More to come.

29 gallon fish tank and 55 gallon fish tank

se1an5795 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:03:56 GMT

My 29 gallon fish tank

2 danios

2 three spot gouramis

1 plecotomous catfish

5 blackskirt tetras

2 silver dollars

1 mollie

1 goldfish

My grandfather's 55 gallon fish tank

1 tiger oscar

1 albino oscar

4 silver dollars

1 pacu

1 panigus catfish

1 plecotomous catfish

1 silvertail shark

1 crayfish

50 gallon planted

jaws — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:59:14 GMT

50 gallon: Planted anubias, african fern, java fern, Various tetras, zebra danios, 2 do-do loaches, albino corys,, clown pleco, flying foxes and a few octo cats. Took a plastic ship cut in half placed in rock. Other side of ship is in my other tank. Hope you like Fluval 304, maxi jet 1200.

Community Setup

cogmonkey17 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:21:36 GMT

Two female Puntius titteya

Plecostomus sp.

Larger of the two female Puntius titteya

my plain jane, non-terraced/planted tank

From My Live-Bearer Tanks

creature_casey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:29:50 GMT

Half-Black Male Guppy

Blonde Male Guppy

Blonde Female Guppy

Guppies (again)

Week-Old Guppy Fry

my african tanks

tnemaloney — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:57:53 GMT

my 50 gallon mbuna tank

my 80 gallon hap & peacock

took months of waiting but one of my f-1 red empress decided to show some color

and my up and coming pride my f-1 c.moorri

10 gallon tank with CO2

filipem — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:28:53 GMT

I would like to show my progress with my 10 gallon planted tank.

The first pic shows a few crypts and one anibias plant. at the time I just wanted to see if I can keep them alive. I was using 1 15 watt T8 bulb no ferts no substrate and no CO2. I set this up back in on the first week of february

The second pic shows my next step. I was happy with the fact that I did not kill the first plants so I added a few more crypts, drawf hairgrass and some java fern. I added some plant substrate but I still no ferts or CO2. I added the substrate and the plants around the second week on march

The third pic shows my current tank today I upgraded the lighting to 3WPG (2 15 watt T8 bulbs) added CO2 (D.I.Y.) and I now am starting to dose with ferts. I am amazed how fast it's taken off. I removed some crypts and the java fern because they were starting to spread like a wild fire. I picked up a red tiger lotus and a lot of Hemianthus micranthemoides. I am currently weighting down the Hemianthus micranthemoides using eggcrate and shot glasses until the roots take hold. I will update this link in a few weeks to show it's progress.

Thanks for looking

hailey

cooltow1 — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:34:18 GMT

Rick

My friends 30g tall (heavily planted)

Conner — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:05:44 GMT

Here's some pics of my friends 30g tall tank. Its very densely planted with amazon swords, wisteria, java fern, java moss, ludwigia, etc. (I don't know all of them!). It is also pretty well stocked, with 2 angelfish, several different species of tetras (cardinal, neon, brass?, and one other), 2 congo tetras, 1 flying fox, 2 upside down catfish, a male betta, and a freshwater pipefish (very cool!).

Contest Starting Here on May 26th

Miller — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:21:46 GMT

Hello Here are the rules
1. You can only enter one picture each week
2. You can only enter a picture that is of the category stated for the week.(Any fish picture this week)
3. Only fish pictures of your tank. We cannot control what you post, but please be honest when you post your pictures.
4. You cannot vote for your own set-up.

There is no topic this week. You may post pictures starting this sunday. I will then give you until Tuesday to get your picture in. If this causes a problem on your schedule please tell me. I will post a poll for voting on Tuesday if possible. I will notify you of changes in the schedule.

My 95 gal Mixed reef

skeeterdav2002 — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:02:22 GMT

I have a pic page at Flickr that all of you can take a look at my set up. It's easier for me to show off my tank this way. The URL is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wetpets/

Let me know what ya all think.

Basics for taking great pictures

filipem — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:51:45 GMT

I have asked both Fishchannel.com and KWAS (Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society) To allow me to post this information. With their permission I would like to share with all of you the basics of how to take great photos of your fish, or anything else for that matter.

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Hi folks, well finally here is the beginners guide to some of the more basic camera settings most digital cameras have today. While this post may look complex, take your time and read it slowly with your camera in hand. Try each setting we talk about in this post and see what you get. Note: In my case I own a Fuji FinePix S700. When I first began to use the camera I did read the entire manual (yes it's true) but I still found the explanations were vague. I played around with a few settings but was far from happy. My good friend Matt aka GAF dropped over to see my new tank and camera. Well what took place in the next half hour changed the way I look at camera's. In short order GAF had me disable the auto setting which I thought was not too bad and get me onto the manual settings. Hearing him explain what each function did was exactly what I needed. Most digital cameras will all have some form of manual settings. They may not be exactly like mine but will probably be similar. The key is 'Don't be afraid to experiment'. The film costs nothing but your own time. That's the beauty of these cameras. Most of us will not get those stunning shots that GAF posts but we can likely come pretty close and given some time and understanding we can all post more clearer and detailed images of our tanks and fish. Below are the settings that GAF found seemed to work best on my own camera. In your cases, the greatest differences would be in the lighting. Specifically your tanks lighting. Text in bold red refers to my individual settings.

*ISO-100*
*F 6.3*
*Flash -> Set to always on but diffused through a piece of magic tape.*
*Shutter Speed ->200*
*Regular Macro works great when the camera is within 6 inches of the tank.*
*Camera set to -> Manual*
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*ISO=100*
A camera's ISO function sets the light sensitivity of the camera's image sensor (this is similar to the speed rating of FILM). ISO settings are often
rated at 100, 200, or 400 but go as high as 800, 1600, and even 3200 on some advanced models. A lower ISO setting is used when capturing overly bright scenes, since it reduces the light sensitivity of the image sensor. This is ideal when shooting brightly lit tanks. A higher ISO settings is often used when shooting under dimmer conditions (cloudy days, indoors, etc.) since it increases the light sensitivity of the image sensor. As brightness in a scene is decreased the camera tries to compensate by slowing the shutter speed which in turn lets in more light but increases the risk of motion blur. To prevent this, you can increase the ISO or sensitivity of the camera, which allows the camera to select a higher shutter speed, thus reducing motion blur. Why not just use a higher ISO all the time?
While using a higher ISO setting is often needed to capture images with reduced blur in lower light, it also increases the noise level of the image (In film this is often referred to as "grain"). A lower ISO setting is preferred whenever possible since it helps to reduce this noise or grain. ISO settings
can also be used to help control the shutter speed of a camera while in automatic mode. In order to "freeze" motion in a scene, a camera needs to be able to use a higher shutter speed. By selecting a higher ISO you are allowing the camera to gather more light, this automatically forces the camera to select a higher (faster) shutter speed, which helps to reduce motion blur.With film, the ISO rating is considered a "speed" rating. ISO 100 would be considered a slow film, while ISO 400 would be considered a faster film. Digital cameras obviously don't use film thus the ISO number corresponds to the image sensor's light sensitivity.

*ISO 100:* Great for bright sunny days, at the beach or on the snow and well lit tanks. Produces clean images that are great for enlargements.
*ISO 200:* Great for overcast daylight pictures (noise levels may increase, but in most cases not noticeably)
*ISO 400:* Great for lower lighting conditions (indoors, night time) or when you need to capture faster moving subjects in lower lighting conditions. In many consumer cameras, ISO 400 can make photos look very noisy in dark areas of the picture. The reason a higher speed ISO helps you capture fast moving subjects is because a higher ISO makes the image sensor of the camera more light sensitive. This forces the camera to use a higher shutter speed to compensate for the extra brightness, which in turn helps to "freeze" movement in the captured frame. In aquarium photography the ISO will usually be set between 100-400, due to the fact a flash is almost always used. If your camera doesn't have a flash then you would need to add as much extra light to the top of the the tank as possible and set the ISO as high as possible.(Fish are just too fast moving to get a clear shot of without a flash in most cases)

ISO:100 is recommended for the highest quality photos. Lower ISO's work great in brightly lit and sunny conditions like this landscape.

ISO:400 is useful in lower light situations like this sunset scene, or an indoor setting where a flash can't be used.

ISO:800 is great for very low light conditions, or lower light scenes that have some fast movement. This Elk Bull was shot on a very overcast day just before a rain storm. In order to freeze the action of his "bugle" call, an ISO of 800 was set and a faster shutter speed was used. (see shutter speed section below)

ISO:1600 is best used in dark situations or very low light scenes that have a lot of movement. For example, flashes are not allowed to be used inside some museums or at certain indoor events. The image below is an interior detail at the Crystal addition to the ROM, there was very low light and no flashes were permitted. The down side to higher ISO's like 1600 is that the image can be noisy. (pixels in dark or flat colored areas of the photo). Its difficult to see the "noise" on smaller jpegs but when blown up or enlarged it is very noticeable.

A section from the photo above blown up to 100%. Notice the graininess or pixels referred to as noise.

*F-Stop or Aperture 6.3*
In the dictionary the term Aperture has this definition: "a usually adjustable opening in an optical instrument, such as a camera or telescope, that limits the amount of light passing through a lens...." All lenses have an opening (Aperture) that allow light to pass through to the camera's image sensor (digital) or film. A larger aperture, (measured in fractions: i.e. f/3.5) allows more light to pass through while a smaller aperture (F/22) allows less light to pass through. The size of the aperture, or its range is determined by the lens itself. If you look around the front of the lens on your camera you might see "f-stop" numbers listed. An example may be: F3.8 - 5.4. These number tell you how large the opening of the lens can get at wide angle (F3. and at the telephoto setting (F5.4). In this example "zooming in" will allow less light to pass through compared to shooting the same scene at wide angle.The smaller the F-stop (fraction) the larger the aperture (opening) of the lens can be. An F-stop of F2.0 lets in more light than a setting of F2.8, etc. A lens with a maximum F-Stop of F2.8, F2.0, or F1.8 are considered fast. Most consumer priced cameras usually offer a maximum opening size of F3.5 or F5.6 which are fine for normal everyday shooting but not great when trying to reduce motion blur in lower light situations (school plays,
indoor sports). A larger aperture (F/9.0 for example) helps to increase "depth-of-field" (the amount of area from front to back that stays in focus) which makes for nice portraits of our fish (head to tail all in focus). A lower aperture (F/2.8 for example) will decrease the distance that will be in focus. Maybe just the eye is in focus and the rest of the fish is "less sharp" or out of focus. For this brevis macro an aperture of F/2.8 was used. You can see that the depth of field (DoF) is so small that only a portion of the eye is in focus and the rest of the body becomes out of focus toward the background.

In this Multifasciatus photo an aperture of F/14 was used and you can see that there is a much larger area that is in focus (almost the eye to the tail).

*Flash: Turned ON, but diffused with a piece of tape*
The flash is an important tool in aquarium photography. A lot of light is required to bring out the intricate details and colors of our fish, as well as
to freeze their motion in hopes of getting a nice sharp capture. The flash provides the light needed to achieve these objectives but can also cause
problems when shooting through glass tanks. Quite often the glass will reflect the light from the flash back into the lens creating glare. Remember the law of reflection states that when a ray of light reflects off a surface, the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. Simply put, if you point your camera (with built in flash) parallel to the front of the fish tank the flash will bounce directly back into the lens. Try shooting at an angle that reflects the flash outside of the frame. Sometimes the flash may reflect into a corner of the frame and this can be cropped out later. Another problem with using flashes to shoot aquarium fish is that they can be too bright and sometimes wash out the subject's colors or reflect off the fish itself. This is common even with detachable flashes on DSLR cameras. One thing that photographers use to 'soften' the harsh light from a flash is to employ a diffuser. This is simply a translucent piece of plastic or cloth that reduces the brightness and directness of the flash 'burst'. With point and shoot cameras the best way to make a diffuser is to cover the flash bulb with a piece of scotch tape. The bulb can be completely or partially covered until the desired effect is achieved. This will help reduce reflections and spread the light out over your entire subject, especially if your camera is being used within a few inches of the front of the tank. The best lighting for aquarium photos comes from a dedicated flash (or flashes) that are detachable from the camera (DSLR). Usually placed at the top of the tank, or to the the side of the camera at the front of the tank. These flashes are what help produce clear and beautiful images, more so than the lens or camera being used. Here is an image taken with a Sony 2.0 point and shoot camera. A piece of scotch tape was placed over the flash covering about 2/3's of the bulb. The camera was at a slight angle to the front glass and only 7 or 8 inches away from the tank.

*Shutter Speed ->1/200*
In order to capture blur-free "action" photographs (moving fish is one example), you'll need to make sure the camera is using a high shutter speed. Typically a shutter speed setting of 1/125th of a second (shutter speeds are measured in fractions) is considered a "high" shutter speed, although the setting will depend on the speed of the action that you want to "freeze". Example: To capture a golf swing you might need to use a 1/500th speed shutter, while trying to capture kids playing basketball might only require a 1/125 or 1/250 shutter speed. Important: Less light gets through to the imager (or film) as the shutter speed is increased, thus it's very difficult to use higher shutter speeds in lower light situations. There are ways to improve the speed of the shutter in these situations. One is to allow more light to pass through the lens (aperture setting), the other is to increase the ISO sensitivity of the imager, or you can try to temporarily add more light to the top of your tank. When using a flash, the shutter speed is slightly less important. Most cameras will automatically set the shutter speed when the flash is enabled. A maximum shutter speed of 1/200th can be used when the flash is on, in order to sync the shutter with the burst of light coming from the flash. A shutter speed of 1/500th of a second was used to capture this seagull stretching its wings. A slower shutter would result in the wings being blurry.

For this crowd scene a slow shutter speed of 1/6th of a second was used to create a sense of movement. Notice how the faster moving subjects are significantly blurred.

*Macro - On.*
Close-up or Macro photographs offer us a unique view of our world, especially when that world is pictured larger than life. Capturing small subjects such as insects, flowers, stamps, coins and our fish requires careful attention to the technical aspects of photography: focus, lighting, sharpness, depth-of-field, exposure and composition. Close-up photography also requires practice, due to the fact that slight camera adjustments are more exaggerated than they are when shooting subjects at normal distances. Here is an extreme close-up of a dragonfly's eye, shot with a dedicated macro lens, multiple flashes, and extension tubes (increases the magnification of a macro lens).

Special thanks to Matthew Mannell for his valuable input during this project. All photo's property of Matthew Mannell.

My Tanks

Samme — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:58:25 GMT

These are my tank pictures.....I hope you enjoy them!!

My 55 galon community:

My 46 gallon bowfront:

My 38 gallon:

Male betta photos

canuck — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:24:47 GMT

Grumpy is my neighbours betta. I'm looking after him for a week. He's quite the character. She knows I like taking photos so told me to go ahead. Here he is..

What are you looking at?!

Okay, okay, take my photo..

A FRIENDLY CONTEST

Miller — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:54:26 GMT

Just thought it would be fun to have fish picture contest. After the first contest we will start getting more specific as to what kind of picture you enter. In the first contest starting next monday we will post pictures from your tank or of your tank. If you don't like the idea please vote do not like idea. If most people do not like this idea we will not have a contest next week. If you like the idea please tell me whether you would like to vote yourself for the set-ups or have a judge or judges decide. If you would like to be a judge please volunteer below. There will be no prizes besides the fact they will be posted as the winner of the week. We might possibly have a winner of the month also. Please give me suggestions below. If you guys want I can be the only judge. I will try to judge fairly if you do want me to be the only judge. Please vote!!!!

Some pictures

filipem — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:25:36 GMT

Here are some pics of my tanks The pics are not that great I am still trying to figure out how the set the camera

46 Gallon

New pic of German Rams

Conner — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:52:33 GMT

Here's a new picture of one of my pairs of German rams. They're looking real good, and don't seem to have been affected by losing the first spawn. Hopefully in a week or two they'll decide to spawn again

how to upload pictures

Matt N — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:53:45 GMT

I am trying to upload a picture of my aquarium to my profile but when i go to browse and clik on the photo it's name shows up but it still says no picture shown. Here is the picture

some of my africans and there offspring

highpockets — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:27:20 GMT

thought I'd share some pics of my fish

Found a way to take decent fish pics!

polyonpatrol — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:09:00 GMT

Hello,

I've been gone for awhile, unfortunately, having a full-time job and going to school takes a lot more out of me than I expected. I had to cut a lot out, but I still take care of and love my fish. I found the setting on my digi cam that lets me take photos of my fish that aren't complete crap! I believe it's a macro setting, but it's a little flower button. Anyways, here they are. Oh, a lot has changed with my fish as well...My Hondurans spawned, but then the male turned on the female, so the pair is going back to the fish store sadly I just don't have a way to separate the two, and I need the tank for my community fish. Apparently my Keyhole Cichlid isn't quite so passive, he killed a cory cat the other day? My thoughts is he is maturing and needs his own space, so everyone else is getting moved into the 20gallon once the HRP is gone. Can anyone sex my Bolivian? I'm assuming male. Okay, the pics for real now:

1st Saltwater Tank

TurtleLover — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:04:10 GMT

I just got a new camera! So of course I had to play taking pics of my 1st saltwater tank to share with everyone. The pics are all pretty much of my newest piece of live rock from Florida and it's inhabitants that came with it.

Unknown inhabitant that came with my live rock

Unknown #2

Snail sitting on bivalve

Bivalve closed

Bivalve open and rearing up throwing a fit because a snail is on it's shell

Bivalve open again

Sponges?

How to Post a Picture

Tubby — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:27:05 GMT

When you click the "Post Reply" button, you will see two lines of word processing icons and formatting tools. On the top line, in the middle, is a little icon that looks like two mountain peaks with a small sun . If you click that Icon, you will get a pop-up box to upload your image from your computer. Use the Browse button to go to the folder (in your computer) where you have your aquarium images. Your pop-up blocker may block this pop-up and you'll have to instruct it to allow the pop-up. You would want to put your text before this... or after.. depending on how you want the image to appear in your post.

Another other way is if you have your images hosted on another site like Photobucket.com or Webshots.com, then you would use the [img ] and [/img ] (space added so the IFCode Shortcut would actually show up) and then put the address between the IFCode Image Shortcuts.

Betta in 5 gallon tank with sand, Java moss

cichlidnut — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:44:57 GMT

Here's my Betta being cheeky! The Diamond Heads were too hard to photograph, my camera is'nt the greatest.

Cichlidnut

Shrimp in a Jar!

fredburger999 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:13:46 GMT

Why do I have shrimp in a jar? It's because I did a project about shrimp, and decided "Hey, why not have live shrimp?" It was only built for 3 days before being dismantled, and now 9/10 of the shrimp are in my 20 gallon. I think I may sell this idea to Tetra or TopFin or something...

How do you like my betta? Charley

MrGrumpyGills — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:03:57 GMT

thanks for looking, and commenting

Our new fish

fishfan2 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:59:36 GMT

Its been a tough morning but my mom finally took my to get a new one. His name is bobby jon blue and he is blue/green. He has bigger tail fin then my other betta. He is doing fine in his vase he just got done eating. He seems kind of big and old so I hope he dont die soon. I wish they sold baby bettas. Well I love bobby jon blue Here are photos below :

New Pics,tell me what ya think.

blue74 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:39:14 GMT

let me what ya think,thanks