copps
01/01/2010, 10:48 PM
Hey guys, Happy New Year to all in the reef fishes forum! I received a nice Christmas gift this year from France... :) The popular book "Angelfishes of the World" from Kiyoshi Endoh was just released in France, and there is one new addition to this version of the book... :). Julian Sprung was over my house in the spring of 2009 and took a bunch of photos of my systems... Well, what a nice surprise when Julian let me know that one of my systems would be featured in the book! :)
As many of you know, I'm a bit of an angelfish nut... growing up I had such a passion for reef aquariums, and such a passion for angelfish... but was always discouraged from mixing angels in reef tanks... I tinkered for years and have found ways to make it work. I remember being inspired by so many books and hobbyists, looking at tanks when I was little that I could only dream of one day being able to own... it was all I could do to convince my parents to buy me my first saltwater system, an expensive investment... but they knew my passion! It makes me smile to know there may be young hobbyists flipping through this book as I did when I was a kid, receiving inspiration as I did... even if they are just French kids for now... :) When the English version is updated the photos will be there too... One of my favorite sayings I've heard in the hobby is "Only other people's reef tanks are relaxing."... Often we get so caught up in the perpetual next steps in the planning of the living artworks that are our reef tanks, that we forget to step back and admire our own systems as we do with others when we see them in person or in photos... seeing my system here allows me to appreciate it and enjoy it almost from a third person's perspective... :) Anyway guys, check this out!
The book... existing English version to the left, and new French one to the right...
http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/johnjcoppolino/Angelfishes_of_the_World_French7.jpg
And pages 120-121... :) Unfortunately many of the masses of fish I have in this system were not as in the open as they usually are with Julian and a few other people walking around, but I have enough nice fish photos... what I find tough to capture are the coral shots, but it is much easier to take a photo of nice photos in a book... :)
http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/johnjcoppolino/Angelfishes_of_the_World_French8.jpg
This year will be five years with my trio true Red Sea regal angels together, with single specimens even longer... regals were unkeepable when I got in the hobby and this accomplishment with this favorite angel of mine is something I could not have fathomed back then...
http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/johnjcoppolino/Angelfishes_of_the_World_French9.jpg
As many of you know, I'm a bit of an angelfish nut... growing up I had such a passion for reef aquariums, and such a passion for angelfish... but was always discouraged from mixing angels in reef tanks... I tinkered for years and have found ways to make it work. I remember being inspired by so many books and hobbyists, looking at tanks when I was little that I could only dream of one day being able to own... it was all I could do to convince my parents to buy me my first saltwater system, an expensive investment... but they knew my passion! It makes me smile to know there may be young hobbyists flipping through this book as I did when I was a kid, receiving inspiration as I did... even if they are just French kids for now... :) When the English version is updated the photos will be there too... One of my favorite sayings I've heard in the hobby is "Only other people's reef tanks are relaxing."... Often we get so caught up in the perpetual next steps in the planning of the living artworks that are our reef tanks, that we forget to step back and admire our own systems as we do with others when we see them in person or in photos... seeing my system here allows me to appreciate it and enjoy it almost from a third person's perspective... :) Anyway guys, check this out!
The book... existing English version to the left, and new French one to the right...
http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/johnjcoppolino/Angelfishes_of_the_World_French7.jpg
And pages 120-121... :) Unfortunately many of the masses of fish I have in this system were not as in the open as they usually are with Julian and a few other people walking around, but I have enough nice fish photos... what I find tough to capture are the coral shots, but it is much easier to take a photo of nice photos in a book... :)
http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/johnjcoppolino/Angelfishes_of_the_World_French8.jpg
This year will be five years with my trio true Red Sea regal angels together, with single specimens even longer... regals were unkeepable when I got in the hobby and this accomplishment with this favorite angel of mine is something I could not have fathomed back then...
http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/johnjcoppolino/Angelfishes_of_the_World_French9.jpg