New pics (Updated 3.2.2009)

[rstar]

Hey everyone, just started a new thread of pictures of my whole tank, i really enjoy taking photo's of my tank so expect this thread to be updated regularly. All pictures were taken on an Olympus Evolt E-410 we just got the camera so i am still learning it! Enjoy! Any comments and critisisms are appreciated!

Full Tank:
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010617.jpg

Non Branching Frogspawn:
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010575.jpg

Orange Zoa's (these Zoas are actually a very vibrant orange color, i just currently done have them high enough in the aquarium):
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010596.jpg

Green and Brown Zoa:
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010587.jpg

Chalice (this is a very recent addition, as you can see it is still healing from the stress of shipping, but is recovering very quickly):
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010590.jpg

Clam:
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010586.jpg

Mushrooms (these were actually under a rock that formerly had a branching type leather on it):
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010599.jpg

Anenome (This was added to my aquarium just a few days ago, it is very happy so far!):
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010594.jpg

Galaxae:
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010323.jpg

Tuxedo Urchin (He like to dress up in whatever he can find)
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010584.jpg

Tiger Cowrey (this guy is a bit of an a$$, he likes to walk over whatever he likes and knock rocks over):
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010625.jpg

Strawberry Conch (this fella is the longest lived creature in my tank, he has lived through 3 moves, 2 weeks in an unlit rubbermaid while finishing our second move, various disasters ie; bumped thermostat temp at 86-90 for about a month, ive had him for at least 2 or 3 years):
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010624.jpg

Lamarcks Angel (he likes to swim really fast and play with the other fishies:
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010629.jpg

Yellow Tang (This guy is the landlord of the tank he was the first addition to the 90gal, fish wise. He needs to approve all new tennants to the aquarium)
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010560.jpg

Lawnmower Blenny (Im not sure what up with this quak, he like to swim up to the front glass and then move back and forth REALY fast... kinda a nut):
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010615.jpg

[rstar]

Anthias (not sure the species) (this is also a very recent addition, one of the prettiest fishies i have for sure):
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010548.jpg

Linkia Starfish (ive had this fellow for a LONG time too, he likes to hide so i enjoy taking pictures of him when he is out):
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010333.jpg

Last but not least
The Clowns:
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P1010268.jpg

I hope you all enjoyed these pictures!

[rstar]

Here are a few from today, i was playing with the camera settings and now have it taking some decent pictures

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P8260726.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P8260734.jpg

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http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P8260723.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P8260725.jpg

[Patrick1]

I guess I will be the first to say looks like a good job.

[superduperwesman]

Nice

[Lance]

Nice pics.

[rstar]

I found my tripod today burried in the storage room so i though i would take a few new pics with my camera on a low iso for better quality here are a few pics of 3 new additions over the weekend and a couple real nice quality pics of some other corals as well, the first three pics are my latest additions.

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P9020769.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P9020772.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P9020780.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P9020767.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P9020787.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P9020775.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/P9020783.jpg

[superduperwesman]

Cool.. so you put the camera on low iso to get better pics? Good to know

[rstar]

generally the lower the iso the better quality but i requires a steady hand or tripod as the exposure time is increased, these were taken at 400 iso, vs the rest at 800 or 1600 iso... Youll notice there is alot less "noise" in the newest pictures, making for a much sharper image, at full resolution these pictures are very sharp and crisp, but each photo is also 2-4mb

[rstar]

Got some new corals and fish to show everyone enjoy!!

Superman Monti

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111367.jpg

Pink Milli

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111370.jpg

Hydno

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111407.jpg

Powder Brown Tang

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111379.jpg

Squamosa

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111369.jpg

Some New pics of old corals

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111376.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111396.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111392.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111399.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111397.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111386.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PA111414.jpg

[pastout]

i used to have two tiger cowerie and a realy nice zoo collection. found out they seam to like to eat zoos they ate all of my colonys

[rstar]

i never had any problems with my cowry eating zoos, though he was eating a brain i once had that my lamarcks angel killed, my cowry is now in heaven though died of old age i believe he was huge, at least 6 inches

[rstar]

Here are some new ones taken today, finally getting that hang of this camera!

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/Chalice.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/Cloves.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/Pagoda2.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/PinkZoas.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/Zoas.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/Blasto-1.jpg

[Lance]

Very Nice. Great pics. Love those green with orange centers zoos.

[rstar]

Very Nice. Great pics. Love those green with orange centers zoos.

Green with orage center zoos?? lol which picture?

[Whatigot]

looks great man.
Love to see someone who personifies all of his fish:biggrin:
Better pics than I can manage, thats for sure.

[Snappy]

Here are some new ones taken today, finally getting that hang of this camera!

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/Chalice.jpg

That is a sweet piece of Mycedium.:mrgreen:

[danny zubot]

Very cool pics, thanks for sharing.

[OCDP]

I really like those clove polyps and that blasto! Sweet pics :)

[rstar]

I really like those clove polyps and that blasto! Sweet pics :)

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone, my tank has been a long time comming to turn into something beautiful, alot of hardships along the way. I am pretty fond of the blastos as well, ive only had them a few days!

[rstar]

Finally got the white balance set on my camera to that of my aquarium, here are a few new pics including the blasto i got tonight!!

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/20d12a6c.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/e78b8e72.jpg

[Marlin65]

Nice I like it what is your white balance set at?

[rstar]

Just wanted to share a couple pics i took today! The first one is one of the most amazing changes in color ive seen!

When i bought this favia it was pretty green with pinkish centers, when i got it home it pretty much browned out(have had it for like 5 months), with in the last month it turned the color it is in the pic from today one of the prettiest ive seen!!


http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/e2c5fff7.jpg


http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/7d07b32a.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/38860233.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/ee697377.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/fe289d11.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/d553f841.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/cc3b0f53.jpg

[rstar]

Here are a couple pics of my latest additions!

Blue Clove Polyps

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/9e3ef739.jpg

Turquois Birdsnest

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/71a644cd.jpg

[superduperwesman]

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/e78b8e72.jpg

If you want you can just say "Rstar" on the photos we'll know what it means :)

[rstar]

Here are a few shots with my new supplemental T5's i added yesterday, there was a little mix up with the ballast i bought so the lights are only firing at 39watts as opposed to the 54 they should be. Still looks amazing though!

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/64cdc04a.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/9c645fce.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/66292553.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/af835c31.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/a6d47c0a.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/f42b9a57.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/adea9ae8.jpg

[tgoeujon]

between the red blasto and the pinkish zoos theres something orange, what is it? also any more pics of the hydno? everythings lookin real good

[rstar]

between the red blasto and the pinkish zoos theres something orange, what is it? also any more pics of the hydno? everythings lookin real good

Thanks! What you see there is an OLD orange crush acan i though died a long time ago, one day i picked the rock up dusted it off, and there were all these new polyps growing, ill check into pis of the hydno, im sure i still have lots!

[rstar]

I picked up the proper ballast today to fire my new supplemental lights and what a difference enjoy these shots i took tonight! The fiji purple is still making the tank look a little like pepto bismal but its starting to blend better as its burning in. The third picture is really cool, these Zoa have gone through three morphs since ive gotten them as ive changed and upgraded my lighting, right now they are getting yellow radial lines inside, very cool and unexcpected! They went from ugly brown skirt with brown and slight green center, to brown skirt with full teal center, and now purple skirt green and yellow radial centers with purple mouths... very satisfying transformation

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/bf86dbbf.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/4e28a246.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/44689046.jpg

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http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/bffdfc48.jpg

[Doo]

very cool pics!

[rstar]

Just added another tunze for more flow, thought i would take a few photos for you all today!!

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/485eb70f.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/55d5934a.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/09a76baa.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/7f8bd5f8.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/526a985e.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/702f9aea.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/cd47b9d1.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/4852dd45.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/5bc07dfc.jpg

This Chalice is my latest addition, i got it for an EXCELLENT price as it was stiing in my LFS tank for a long time, it is slowly healing
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/0930e234.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/0ec008a9.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/f6fbe7d1.jpg


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http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/c119c513.jpg

[rstar]

A few new pics from today!!

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/06f6d547.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/032cfc61.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/da52cc01.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/cc166493.jpg

[rstar]

Here are a few shot from this morning!!

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/c071a20a.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/rstar26/a1f14234.jpg

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