My reef tank photo journal

[ERIC1975]

This is long overdue. I've been wanting to get the camera out and start taking some decent pics to share and document my reef keeping experience and see how things change overtime. So the kids are at the babysitter and I have the camera and the tank to myself for a couple of hours So here it goes.....
First off let start with some FTS. It's an old scratched up 180 acrylic tank with homemade overflow I got off Craigslist 3-4 years ago.

left side

Middle

right side

 

[ERIC1975]

Now some random close up shot...I used a Cannon T5 shoot in RAW mode under 4 T5 ATI blue plus and 2 purple plus and 3 Kessil. No adjustment made...don't know how...hehe. Would like to learn how to make some minor adjustments and white balancing to show the true colors. Is there like a free photoshop software I can download from somewhere?

My little master scoly

Vivid rainbow delight. This thing took forever to color up


Some no name tenuis from a reefer in SD....thought I saw some potential and its only $20 so what the heck. Will see how it goes

I believe this is called Cotton Candy from Shipwreck cove

 

[ERIC1975]

some no name red millie

Pink Lemonade...looks a bit like green lemonade now LOL

Some deep water acro from Reef Raft USA...really bright highlighter green

AQSD Radion acro..this one really took a beating my from my ALK swing and dropping on the sandbed multiple times...lokks like it's making a come back

Red Planet

 

[ERIC1975]

no name millie...looks like sunset millie?

WWC Christmas Mirabilis acro

Tony said this is Sexy coral orange passion...we'll see I do see some orange polyps though

Got this piece from AGE last year right before their tanks crash. JW said it just came in and has no name yet. I think it looks a bit like RR USA Red Bull...no?

RR USA Hannah....the polyp is really bright pink but I guess I can't capture it in the pic

 

[solitude127]

Nice tank. Check google picasa. It's basic editing but it's free. I don't think it will allow you to edit RAW photos though.

 

[Smite]

Great looking tank, that thing is packed! Killer vivid rainbow delight, mines just blue and green so far but it's just a little 1" frag still

 

[BeanMachine]

Cool tank.

 

[Zoarder]

Wow, love your fish!

 

[ERIC1975]

Some no name acro...not sure what it is but I thought I saw some interesting color coming thru the tip
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Oregon tort
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Red dragon...got this from David...this is one of the mini colonies...these things grow fast and I keep breaking them off while doing maintainance

Now this one is interesting...Bought this from AGE as RR Lady in Pink or pink lady..something like that. It had bright red polyps and green base but over the last year its colors had changed completely. Polyps are now orange, base is bright green but turn blue toward the tip and it has red/pink coralite..so cool...wish I could capture its true color though. I have to dig up that original pic from AGE and do a side by side

RR USA pink floyd...kinda lost some yellow over the last month due to my alk swing...but polyps are still bright red....hopefully it will come back. Grown this from a half inch frag last year. My first baller sps hehe

 

[mark.a.smith405]

Geez Eric your pieces and photos are looking great!!!

 

[ERIC1975]

Geez Eric your pieces and photos are looking great!!!

Haha thanks man. I have to up my game a little bit ��

 

[ERIC1975]

Great looking tank, that thing is packed! Killer vivid rainbow delight, mines just blue and green so far but it's just a little 1" frag still

Yeah it's known for being brown initially and typically takes a while to color up though.

Wow, love your fish!

Thanks. I love my trio of Moorish Idol. I think it's the most beautiful elegant saltwater fish ��

 

[ERIC1975]

Nice tank. Check google picasa. It's basic editing but it's free. I don't think it will allow you to edit RAW photos though.

Cool thanks I'll check it out

 

[Jhuneke]

Its about time!! This tank is gorgeous! Your pics are great.. Every time I go over to Eric's his tank makes me wanna do WAY better! Amazing in person! Nice work


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[weichunc]

Do custom white balance will show the real color

 

[ERIC1975]

Do custom white balance will show the real color

Yes, how do I do that? I need one of those softwares I guess? I see that on my Cannon it has a custom WB feature too but hasn't had time to figure it out yet lol

 

[weichunc]

Take a photo with pure white background and select that photo as custom white balance

 

[cymaster007]

I use UFRAW works great for my canon Raw pics. Free and easy to use.

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[cymaster007]

Oh and very nice SPS collection! !

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[ERIC1975]

Ok so I just messed around with the custom white balance feature on the camera and wow...the pictures are so much better and more true to its real colors.





Now I just need to learn how to focus better