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JDigital
10-22-2009, 03:47 AM
Couple pics from tonight... Lighting was only 2 T5s (Actinic+ and Fiji Purple)... makes for some awkward light when photographing. :twitch:

Anyways...


These 4 are all Top Downs:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0224.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0227.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0229-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0233.jpg



These 4 are all thru the front glass:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0239.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0242.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0243-1.jpg

100% Crop of the pic above:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0243-crop.jpg
fishoholic
10-22-2009, 08:55 PM
Very nice :biggrin:
Hairytank
10-23-2009, 12:01 AM
The corals are looking great!
Myka
10-23-2009, 01:15 AM
Nice! What coral is the first top down?
Pazil
10-23-2009, 02:54 AM
Awesome pics Josh...
JDigital
10-23-2009, 03:15 AM
Nice! What coral is the first top down?

I think its a Tri-color.. It's the lighting that gives it the red-ish color in the pic, that red isn't really that predominant when you look at it.

Thanks everyone..
intarsiabox
10-23-2009, 03:19 AM
Very nice colors on your corals! I think the fiji purple really makes the corals "pop", gonna have to buy a couple of those bulbs!
Guru
10-23-2009, 07:00 AM
sweet pics
JDigital
10-23-2009, 02:44 PM
Very nice colors on your corals! I think the fiji purple really makes the corals "pop", gonna have to buy a couple of those bulbs!

GHA seems to love Fiji Purple as well, as only that half of the tank (that is lit by the Fiji) seems to grow GHA... The bulbs weren't my first choice, just happened to have them laying around from an older fixture.

Hopefully I can get home from work early enough today to get some pics under MH lighting conditions.
JDigital
10-24-2009, 10:50 PM
Finally got some pics with the MH on...

This is a SPS dominant tank (if you didn't notice already.. :lol: )

Pink Mille (From Snappy)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0252.jpg

This piece has had a tough life, it's gotten bumped around soo much, transferred, finally starting to sprout a small nub..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0256.jpg

Long spine urchin (which is for sale)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0260.jpg

Zoas for the non sps lovers...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/IMG_0261.jpg

Finally an FTS (what would a pic thread be without one)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/OctFTS.jpg
JDigital
11-03-2009, 03:34 PM
Moved a couple pieces around this weekend to provide better photo angles.

Couple piece's I got from Snappy...

Purple Passion Digitata:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/PPDigi1.jpg

Special K - Acro. Cerealis:
This is when I first got it.. Feb 24/09
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/75G%20Continued/SpecialKCerealis.jpg

And now...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/A-Cerealis.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/30G%20Cube/A-Cerealis2.jpg
lastlight
11-03-2009, 03:42 PM
Positioning corals for better shots...that's what I call dedication to the art! The change in that last one is incredible. What lighting was/is it under? Looks like 2 different corals...
JDigital
11-03-2009, 04:16 PM
The cerealis was originally in my 75 under 2x250W 14K's (and 20Ks in the last month of the 75s life) with Pure Actinic Supplements (that original frag pic was the day or so after I got it home from Snappy)...

It's currently under..... ummm a 150W something?? :lol:.. when I bought the 150W MH I was told it was a 10K bulb, but I think it's 14K at least, or an old 20K and I got it w/ 2x24W T5 (actinic+ and fiji purp)... I've been meaning to replace to the MH bulb though.

This is a shot after it had been in my 75 for a few months (under 20Ks)...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/JDigital/75G%20Continued/IMG_0076.jpg

So it has gone through a bit of a transformation.. but it's definitely one of my favorite pieces now. Both the digi and cerealis needed moved anyways, the digi has just been sitting on a frag plug in the sand and the cerealis was getting to close to something else. I just made sure to position them so they were camera friendly. :mrgreen:


The cerealis actually looks pretty close to Snappy's stock photo on his website as of now, so I am pretty happy with it.
Stevey87
11-04-2009, 05:45 AM
Those are nice sps. Are they actually that nice or are you just good at taking pics? :biggrin:
lastlight
11-04-2009, 05:48 AM
:popcorn:
JDigital
11-04-2009, 06:05 PM
Those are nice sps. Are they actually that nice or are you just good at taking pics? :biggrin:

A little from column A and a little from column B... :lol: Anyone who has seen the tank in person, can attest to the actual colors of the corals. (lorenz0, fishytime, etc)
Jake
11-14-2009, 09:08 PM
Got some really nice sps and pictures JD!