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NanoReef
10-31-2005, 06:18 PM
Hello, im new here. Just thaught i would introduce myself. I have a 20 gallon nano reef. You better believe i will be posting pics soon!!!

muck
10-31-2005, 06:25 PM
Welcome to Canreef NanoReef!!

Murminator
10-31-2005, 07:23 PM
:smilecol: Welcome.....lets see them pics

Doug
10-31-2005, 10:58 PM
Great to see another local aquarist. :biggrin:

WELCOME TO CANREEF :mrgreen:

Ruth
10-31-2005, 11:51 PM
Welcome welcome welcome! Looking forward to learning more about your setup.

DanG
11-01-2005, 12:26 AM
Yay, another Manitoban!

KrazyKuch
11-01-2005, 02:17 AM
Welcome!!!

NanoReef
11-01-2005, 02:50 AM
Thanks!!! ok here is a little about my tank. i have a 20 gallon with 55 watt power compac (for now!) about 25 pounds of live rock, 6 different kinds of zoanthids, 2 different button polyps, a bubble tip anemone, some leathers, (toadstool, fine finger), 3 different ricordia, and 1 HUGE feather duster, and a sun coral. 2 percs, a manderin dragonette, and a 6 line wrasse, also, about 20 snails, (turbo and nisariouss) a blue starfish and a emerald crab.
No sump, just an Aquaclear 300 and a Hagen 150 powerhead with a rotating water deflector.
Thats pretty much it! i am soon going to be setting up my 90 gallon. This is going to happen in about 2 months, (if everything runs on schedual!!!)

Also, can i post pictures right here or do i have to put them on the "photo gallery"????
Thanks

muck
11-01-2005, 04:11 AM
How long has the 20G been setup?

Delphinus
11-01-2005, 05:11 AM
Welcome to Canreef. :cool:

Nope, you can post pictures from anywhere. The photo gallery is offered to host space for photos. You are welcome to use it, but not obligated. :biggrin:

Shy_Koi
11-01-2005, 06:16 AM
Welcome, neighbor :biggrin:

~Tamara

NanoReef
11-01-2005, 01:13 PM
the tank has been running for about 7 monthes.
Shy_Koi, are you from brandon too?? (you dont have to answer this)
Also, how do i post a pic on here??? when i hit the img button it is for a URL, is that how i have to post pics???

muck
11-01-2005, 02:08 PM
Also, how do i post a pic on here??? when i hit the img button it is for a URL, is that how i have to post pics???

http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8276

Shy_Koi
11-01-2005, 03:17 PM
Shy_Koi, are you from brandon too?? (you dont have to answer this)


Distant neighbor :lol:
Just over an hour NE of you (Gladstone).

~Tamara

Doug
11-01-2005, 04:19 PM
Thanks Ryan. :smile:

NanoReef
11-01-2005, 04:35 PM
oooooo,ok, ever come to Brandon fish shopping? or do you just go stright to winnipeg! THIS PART IS A TEST TO SEE IF I CAN POST PICS!

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/505/2034Green_Zoas_New_Camera_Settings_.bmp

NanoReef
11-01-2005, 04:36 PM
nope i cant do it!!! or do you just have to copy and paste them to the search bar??? im confused! im sorry!

christyf5
11-01-2005, 04:45 PM
I can't seem to get it to work either. I don't know whats wrong with it. The photo gallery was crabby for me last night as well. :confused:

I wonder if its because the files are .bmp and not .jpg

Anyways, I've edited your post to show it as a link so at least people can see it that way :biggrin:

NanoReef
11-01-2005, 04:51 PM
thanks, am i doing it right anyway???

christyf5
11-01-2005, 04:52 PM
yes you're doing it right, it just doesn't seem to be working.

Bob I
11-01-2005, 04:53 PM
I have recently started posting pictures at Photobucket.com I have found it very easy to do (if I can do it, it has to be easy :biggrin: )

NanoReef
11-01-2005, 05:00 PM
ok so hopefuly it works soon, im just wondering how to post just a picture on here that isnt a link?

muck
11-01-2005, 05:18 PM
Im pretty sure the forum software won't support bmp files..
Convert it to a .jpg or you will have to use links like Christy changed it to.

Bob I
11-01-2005, 05:42 PM
ok so hopefuly it works soon, im just wondering how to post just a picture on here that isnt a link?

I'm not sure I understand what you are getting at :confused: In essence the picture has to be hosted somewhere. Then you provide a link to the picture. You can't post it on the board directly. :eek:

christyf5
11-01-2005, 05:44 PM
[quote=NanoReef]ok so hopefuly it works soon, im just wondering how to post just a picture on here that isnt a link?


The picture appears as a link when you are copying and pasting it to your post. In essence the [img] tags tell the forum software where to find it and posts it as a photo. Because (I think) your photos are uploaded as bmp instead of jpg I think the software gets confused and doesn't point it to the photo.

I think :razz:

Delphinus
11-01-2005, 05:52 PM
Yeah you guys are correct, this version of the board software doesn't support imbedded .bmp format; it needs to be a .jpg format for now. When we switch over to vbulletin though, then .bmp files can be imbedded once again. (I'm not sure when exactly we are going to do the migration but let me just say it will be "RealSoonNow(tm)")

NanoReef
11-01-2005, 06:23 PM
ok lets try this again!
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/505/2034Glowing_Zoanthids_2-thumb.jpg

YAY it works!!!! lol, how can i make it bigger??

christyf5
11-01-2005, 06:29 PM
double click on the thumbnail in the photogallery, the copy that link and paste it into your post :biggrin:

muck
11-01-2005, 06:30 PM
YAY it works!!!! lol, how can i make it bigger??

You linked to the thumbnail picture.. If you just deleted the "-thumb" off the end of your url it will post actual size.

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/505/2034Glowing_Zoanthids_2.jpg

muck
11-01-2005, 06:30 PM
or what Christy said.. :mrgreen:

NanoReef
11-01-2005, 06:32 PM
perfect, thanks alot, i will be posting more pics of my tank and its inhabitants!
Here is a stick with 5 green buttons i got for 75 cents!! lol
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/505/2034Green_Button_Polyp_2.jpg
here are some purple zoas i just got. Sorry about the blurry picture.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/505/2034Purple_Zoanthids_Close_2.jpg
here is one of the buttons under the moon lights, THEY GLOW!!!
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/505/2034Glowing_Button_Polyps_2.jpg

I will be posting a full tank shot tonight! thanks for all the help!

NanoReef
11-02-2005, 12:52 AM
i have a question, my sun coral (picture will be posted soon) loves mysis shrimp, should i be giving him a veriety??? i have blood worms, mysis, cyklopees, and krill, are these any good for him? or should i stay with what he likes?

NanoReef
11-02-2005, 04:30 PM
sorry to have to do this but i need an answer, so im going to bump this up, also, how big can a picture be to post on this site??

christyf5
11-02-2005, 04:37 PM
i have a question, my sun coral (picture will be posted soon) loves mysis shrimp, should i be giving him a veriety??? i have blood worms, mysis, cyklopees, and krill, are these any good for him? or should i stay with what he likes?

I was hoping that someone with more experience would answer this but I'll suggest that a variety is always good. Who'd want a ham sandwich every day? :wink: I'd suggest trying a few different things, see what it likes. Definitely larger meatier items would be best (ie, don't stuff him full of brine shrimp or flake or something).

As for the photos. If you are uploading them here to the photo gallery, the maximum size is about 800x600 I think.

Christy :)

Bob I
11-02-2005, 04:37 PM
I would use the logic that a Suncoral eats whatever floats by in the wild. Therefore whatever you feed it would be fine if it consumes it. :biggrin:
As to photo size. I always resize mine to 640X480. That seems to be acceptable. :mrgreen:

NanoReef
11-02-2005, 04:46 PM
great thanks!!! by the way, Shy_Koi, you dont happen to have anything to trade or sell do ya???? im always looking for somthing new!!!

NanoReef
11-02-2005, 06:33 PM
here is my tank, i cant get rid of the hot spots, how can i avoid them???
Let me know what you think.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/2034TANK_2.jpg
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/508/2034TANK.jpg

Also, as promised, here is my new sun coral on his first night, he ended up opening all the way but this is the best pic i could get.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/504/2034Sun_Coral.jpg

christyf5
11-02-2005, 07:00 PM
I find tank pics work best without the flash. :biggrin:

NanoReef
11-02-2005, 07:02 PM
i do too, however the tripod always mooves on me!!! also, should there be back lighting???

SeaHorse_Fanatic
11-02-2005, 07:03 PM
Yup, if you're gonna take pics of your tank, have as much lighting on as possible (tank & room). Then you will hopefully not have to use the flash on your camera. Sometimes, I have to reposition myself or my camera to get enough light.

Anthony

NanoReef
11-02-2005, 07:10 PM
yep, i have tryd to get it and for some dumb reason, the best pic i got had no lighting on in the back??!! o well, i will have to try again, also, is there any way that you CAN use flash but not change the colors of your coral???

NanoReef
11-03-2005, 01:14 PM
here is a bumb question, what is the best setting on your cameras (that you have found) for taking pictures. I found that when my lights are out, if i put the camera to NIGHT PORTRATE, it takes OK pictures. What have you all found?

vertex
11-03-2005, 03:28 PM
I'd use a tripod and then put it on a timer so you have time to let go of the camera so it is nice and stable before taking the shot.

Put all your lights on the tank ON. But darken the room as much as possible so you don't get any reflections.

If you can control the exposure, you may need to use a faster film setting like ISO200 or even ISO400 so the fish aren't blurry with a long shutter. Keep in mind higher ISO gets grainier though, so it takes some test shots to see what works best.

Also, you should play with any color or white balance settings you might have. I find that I get the best color settings by doing a custom white balance and then shooting with that. If you have vivid color settings or daylight or other things, try one each and compare the results.

BTW: You can see my tank pics using this technique in my signature (33 G reef pics link).

Shy_Koi
11-04-2005, 02:09 PM
Shy_Koi, you dont happen to have anything to trade or sell do ya???? im always looking for somthing new!!!

Sorry for the late reply - I think my computer is on it's way out :rolleyes:
I don't have much right now, I'm just in the process of transferring the contents of my 15g nano, to a newly set up 55g (3 months). Hope to have some stuff to trade in the future tho'.
~Tamara

Skimmerking
11-04-2005, 03:58 PM
he ythere nano i may have a conch for ytou to use to clean your sand bed give me a call ok im home all day on fri and mon too .

later

..P.s and may be a few frags

NanoReef
11-04-2005, 04:14 PM
i have nisaious snails but they are very small. a conch might be a good idea. what frags do you have there???? ready to sell/trade?

Skimmerking
11-04-2005, 04:19 PM
well im home give me a call

NanoReef
11-04-2005, 04:43 PM
im at school!!! lol,