Rebirth - 1500l - Page 14

Alex Costa · 04/19/2018, 06:08 AM

Here's my new dosing schedule.
I'll switch from Brightwell to Aquaforest in the next couple of months.
More concentrate products in smaller bottles means cheaper shipping cost wich, for who lives out of Europe/EUA, is a good thing.
Besides that, the results of AF are already proven, so I'll give it a shot.

SEG – TLF Ferrion 20ml / TLF Strontium 10ml / AF Vitality 10 drops

TER – Brightwell Koralle 30 ml / Brightwell Borochrom 15 ml

QUA – AF Fluorine 10 drops / AF Micro E 10 drops/ AF Amino 20 drops

QUI – AF Energy 20 drops/ TLF Ferrion 30 ml

SEX – Brightwell Borochrom 15 ml / TLF Strontium 10 ml

SAB – Brightwell Koralcolor 10 ml / Brightwell Lugol 5 drops / Nyos Coral Nectar 20 drops

DOM – Brightwell Koralle 30 ml

Alex

choss · 04/19/2018, 08:27 AM

Alex - fantastic video. Much inspiration here for me! I love the coral placements and how you have used color to your advantage. Simply stunning!

Alex Costa · 04/19/2018, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by choss

Alex - fantastic video. Much inspiration here for me! I love the coral placements and how you have used color to your advantage. Simply stunning!

Thanks man!

I think a lot before buy new frags......about color, formation, growth rate and pattern, etc....
At the end, it's all about balance.

Alex Costa · 04/20/2018, 10:16 PM

choss · 04/21/2018, 12:38 PM

fabulous pic!

Alex Costa · 04/22/2018, 09:33 AM

Some growth progression

14/04/2017

20/04/2018

17/02/2017

20/04/2018

Alex

Alex Costa · 04/22/2018, 09:37 AM

A beautiful and interesting animal.....
A photosynthetic gorgonian. Blue/purple body with brown polips.

Alex Costa · 04/22/2018, 09:41 AM

Micromussas....THE very slow growers at this moment.
I'll improve the target feeding to try to change this.

Alex

Alex Costa · 04/22/2018, 04:39 PM

Pectinia Space Invader Jason Fox

Alex

Alex Costa · 04/28/2018, 03:41 PM

Anthias cooperi

Alex

Alex Costa · 04/28/2018, 03:42 PM

Aiptasias!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alex

Alex Costa · 04/28/2018, 03:46 PM

Long Spine Urchin

Alex

Alex Costa · 04/28/2018, 03:49 PM

Some yellow.....

A. lokani wolverine

A. solitariensis

Alex

Darth_Tater · 04/28/2018, 05:07 PM

I am unfamiliar with that Anthias. It looks awesome! Time to do some research.

janci · 04/29/2018, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Costa

Anthias cooperi

Alex

Hi Alex
great picture of the anthias. Can you share your picture/camera settings and lens details?
I love the cooperi, I have 3 pieces as well.

Alex Costa · 04/29/2018, 04:43 PM

Hi janci,

I did it with my Canon EOS Rebel XSi with a regular 18~55mm Canon lens.

ISO 1600
Aperture - 5,6
Exposure time 1/80
Focal lenght - 55mm
WB in Custom mode

Did some crop and post processing using Adobe photoshop CS3.
I basically increase gamma, contrast ans brightness in my photos, to make them look more vivid.

Best regards,

Alex

janci · 04/30/2018, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Costa

Hi janci,
I did it with my Canon EOS Rebel XSi with a regular 18~55mm Canon lens.

Thank you Alex.
I have been trying to take pictures with the 100mm macro lens but the fish moves too fast to get them well focussed.
I guess I will try again with the normal 18-55mm lens as well.

Alex Costa · 04/30/2018, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by janci

Thank you Alex.
I have been trying to take pictures with the 100mm macro lens but the fish moves too fast to get them well focussed.
I guess I will try again with the normal 18-55mm lens as well.

Janci,

In my opinion the biggest problem shooting fishes isn't the lens, is the exposure time.
Anything slower than 1/100 will give some blur.
Try to raise the ISO and the aperture size to keep the exposure time around 1/100.
The 18~55 ins't a good lens...Its luminosity is very poor and I only managed to get 5,6 of aperture at 55mm of focal lenght.
I don't know the 100mm Macro very well but if it can give you a little more aperture (around f4,0 or f2,8) , indeed it's a better call.

About the focus, the 18~55mm that I have is the regular one, so the focus isn't the USM.
Any Canon lens with USM resource will give you a faster focus.

Regards,
Alex

Alex Costa · 05/04/2018, 08:19 AM

Now a have a trio

Rock boring urchin

Alex

delamfe · 05/05/2018, 02:04 PM

Hi Alex,

The tank is simply amazing!
How many fishes you have now? What do you feed them and how often?

Enviado desde mi Aquaris X5 Plus mediante Tapatalk

Alex Costa · 05/05/2018, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by delamfe

Hi Alex,

The tank is simply amazing!
How many fishes you have now? What do you feed them and how often?

Enviado desde mi Aquaris X5 Plus mediante Tapatalk

Hello.
Thanks!
I have something about 15 fishes, mostly medium/small ones...
I feed them with Bcuk Marine flakes, Calanus Flakes and grounded shrimp 3 or 4 times a day...sometimes 5 times....it varies due to my available time at home...
I feed them with Nori too....once in a while...

Regards,
Alex

Alex Costa · 05/10/2018, 11:34 AM

New couple

Alex

Alex Costa · 05/10/2018, 05:07 PM

Two of my favorites palys

Uther Chaos

Eletric Oompa Loompas

Alex

Alex Costa · 05/18/2018, 11:04 AM

Frogs

Alex Costa

Alex Costa · 05/18/2018, 11:06 AM

Lemon Lime

Loripes Blue

Aculeus

Red Planet

Rasta Gem

Alex Costa

04/19/2018, 06:08 AM	#326
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Here's my new dosing schedule. I'll switch from Brightwell to Aquaforest in the next couple of months. More concentrate products in smaller bottles means cheaper shipping cost wich, for who lives out of Europe/EUA, is a good thing. Besides that, the results of AF are already proven, so I'll give it a shot. SEG – TLF Ferrion 20ml / TLF Strontium 10ml / AF Vitality 10 drops TER – Brightwell Koralle 30 ml / Brightwell Borochrom 15 ml QUA – AF Fluorine 10 drops / AF Micro E 10 drops/ AF Amino 20 drops QUI – AF Energy 20 drops/ TLF Ferrion 30 ml SEX – Brightwell Borochrom 15 ml / TLF Strontium 10 ml SAB – Brightwell Koralcolor 10 ml / Brightwell Lugol 5 drops / Nyos Coral Nectar 20 drops DOM – Brightwell Koralle 30 ml Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

04/19/2018, 08:27 AM	#327
choss Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Scarsdale NY Posts: 526	Alex - fantastic video. Much inspiration here for me! I love the coral placements and how you have used color to your advantage. Simply stunning! __________________ ________ Reef Savvy 96 Gallon Rimless Tank - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2643140 Current Tank Info: Reef Savvy 96

04/20/2018, 10:16 PM	#329
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	__________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

04/21/2018, 12:38 PM	#330
choss Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Scarsdale NY Posts: 526	fabulous pic! __________________ ________ Reef Savvy 96 Gallon Rimless Tank - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2643140 Current Tank Info: Reef Savvy 96

04/22/2018, 09:33 AM	#331
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Some growth progression 14/04/2017 20/04/2018 17/02/2017 20/04/2018 Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

04/22/2018, 09:37 AM	#332
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	A beautiful and interesting animal..... A photosynthetic gorgonian. Blue/purple body with brown polips. __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

04/22/2018, 09:41 AM	#333
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Micromussas....THE very slow growers at this moment. I'll improve the target feeding to try to change this. Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

04/22/2018, 04:39 PM	#334
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Pectinia Space Invader Jason Fox Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

04/28/2018, 03:41 PM	#335
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Anthias cooperi Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

04/28/2018, 03:42 PM	#336
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Aiptasias!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Watch out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

04/28/2018, 03:46 PM	#337
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Long Spine Urchin Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

04/28/2018, 03:49 PM	#338
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Some yellow..... A. lokani wolverine A. solitariensis Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

04/28/2018, 05:07 PM	#339
Darth_Tater Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Northern Utah Posts: 535	I am unfamiliar with that Anthias. It looks awesome! Time to do some research. __________________ It's probably in your best interest to ignore most of my advice.

04/29/2018, 04:43 PM	#341
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Hi janci, I did it with my Canon EOS Rebel XSi with a regular 18~55mm Canon lens. ISO 1600 Aperture - 5,6 Exposure time 1/80 Focal lenght - 55mm WB in Custom mode Did some crop and post processing using Adobe photoshop CS3. I basically increase gamma, contrast ans brightness in my photos, to make them look more vivid. Best regards, Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

05/04/2018, 08:19 AM	#344
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Now a have a trio Rock boring urchin Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

05/05/2018, 02:04 PM	#345
delamfe Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 21	Hi Alex, The tank is simply amazing! How many fishes you have now? What do you feed them and how often? Enviado desde mi Aquaris X5 Plus mediante Tapatalk

05/10/2018, 11:34 AM	#347
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	New couple Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

05/10/2018, 05:07 PM	#348
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Two of my favorites palys Uther Chaos Eletric Oompa Loompas Alex __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

05/18/2018, 11:04 AM	#349
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Frogs Alex Costa __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707

05/18/2018, 11:06 AM	#350
Alex Costa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Itupeva - SP - Brasil Posts: 673	Lemon Lime Loripes Blue Aculeus Red Planet Rasta Gem Alex Costa __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/49229306@N02/ http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/153-tank-of-the-month Current Tank Info: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2596707