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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:00 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:01 pm
Haha! They've lost patience with you after posing for all those photos last week! 
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:07 pm
Your fish are the greatest. I have three Queen Botia but they are less colored with a slightly different pattern than these so mine must be a different specie. These are possibly the most beautiful loaches I have ever seen .I am so glad you show them 
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:14 pm
Heh! I know the feeling Dave! 
Cheers Tinman. Here's my Botia dario habitat. The Y modesta's are now in the Grrr tank.
Cheers Tinman. Here's my Botia dario habitat. The Y modesta's are now in the Grrr tank.
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:49 pm
Very nice also,I am starting with plants now after 30 years of just fish and you just posted what I have in my head for one tank.Those are amazon swords right?
I love my Modesta's ,so many people are not impressed by them or their temperment. I lost my Dario's and four of my Robusto's some years back and I am still VERY upset by that. I had five of each. Our selections and availibility here are limited and Robusto's are never seen.
When I laid my rocks flat like yours they accumulated crud under them. Do you pick them up every week or two or let them lie?
Your Dario's are spectacular too!!!!! I am not jelaous , just very,VERY impressed,it is so hard to speak with your fingers and get the point across clearly
I love my Modesta's ,so many people are not impressed by them or their temperment. I lost my Dario's and four of my Robusto's some years back and I am still VERY upset by that. I had five of each. Our selections and availibility here are limited and Robusto's are never seen.
When I laid my rocks flat like yours they accumulated crud under them. Do you pick them up every week or two or let them lie?
Your Dario's are spectacular too!!!!! I am not jelaous , just very,VERY impressed,it is so hard to speak with your fingers and get the point across clearly
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:05 pm
That is one beautiful tank. I love the live plants. Just too chicken to give them a try in my small tank. And I will admit it - I'm jealous!!
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:21 am
Wonderful pics Graeme, those Sidthimunki look a decent size ?
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:12 am
Graeme - i "hate" you. I am getting all wet here trying to make some nice pictures, Well, I am using low skill camera I guess, Cannon PowerShot A 400. Any BASIC suggestions for nice clear photo, would be appreciated.
This is the best and clearest I could do focusing on one fish.
It is terribile. it is blurry, no matter what i do...
p.s. In your "Botia dario habitat" picture, what is the name of those plants?
This is the best and clearest I could do focusing on one fish.
It is terribile. it is blurry, no matter what i do...
p.s. In your "Botia dario habitat" picture, what is the name of those plants?
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:17 pm
Thank you!
Tinman. Yes they are Amazon swords. Nice and easy plants to keep (just my type) In the tank above they are pieces of wood with a few entry and exits for the loaches, plus they tend to dig their own entrances and such. Yeah, i often lift them out and give them a bit of a scrub and vac up any crap that may be left underneath.
Andy, they are my old timers. They must be knocking on 2.5 inches now.
Hi Ded1. I just point and shoot and hope for the best! I would say around 80% of the pictures are deleted with them being out of focus. I do set the camera to auto-focus and center point the focus on my camera. Some times i take pictures with the camera flash on and the tank lights off and the same the other way round. I try to keep the glass really clean so the camera doesn't focus on the glass instead of the fish. The plants are Amazon swords.
Tinman. Yes they are Amazon swords. Nice and easy plants to keep (just my type)
In the tank above they are pieces of wood with a few entry and exits for the loaches, plus they tend to dig their own entrances and such. Yeah, i often lift them out and give them a bit of a scrub and vac up any crap that may be left underneath. Andy, they are my old timers. They must be knocking on 2.5 inches now.
Hi Ded1. I just point and shoot and hope for the best!
I would say around 80% of the pictures are deleted with them being out of focus. I do set the camera to auto-focus and center point the focus on my camera. Some times i take pictures with the camera flash on and the tank lights off and the same the other way round. I try to keep the glass really clean so the camera doesn't focus on the glass instead of the fish. The plants are Amazon swords. Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:12 am
Beautiull... Just beautifull
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:25 am
I have a Canon Powershot A75, but I don't know what the settings are like on yours. The first thing you want to do is get a tripod of some kind. Set your camera to macro and high-speed if you have the option.Ded1 wrote:Graeme - i "hate" you. I am getting all wet here trying to make some nice pictures, Well, I am using low skill camera I guess, Cannon PowerShot A 400. Any BASIC suggestions for nice clear photo, would be appreciated.
Take lots of pictures and delete most of them. Occasionally everything is perfect and the loach is cooperative and you get a great image. Loaches are not easy subjects.
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:10 am
That's funny, but a very nice pic.
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:22 am
Thanks!
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:05 am
Mark, thanks for tips
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:46 pm
sweet pics graeme, as always. thanks for sharing