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03/29/2018, 05:43 AM | #1326 | |
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I use it just for video. I never tried to take still pictures while the camera was submerged in water. I never thought about it to be honest, but I will try. That said, when I took still pictures when the camera was outside the tank, I was not very impressed with the pictures when I place the camera close to objects. I got a concave-looking images. It is possible that I did not use the right settings.
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03/29/2018, 05:53 AM | #1327 | |
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Thanks. How do you take your stills?
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03/29/2018, 06:21 AM | #1328 |
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I use a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ3 digital camera, which can take up to 5 megapixel pictures and has a macro function. For top-down photos, I use an acrylic coral viewer and use the macro setting of the camera.
My next top-down pictures will be taken underwater with the GoPro.
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03/30/2018, 07:36 AM | #1329 | |
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In this mode the lens works like a wide angle lens giving the concave aspect that you mentioned. When I started recording with it I used sometimes and only after search a little in the options I found a way to change it to a "regular" mode (don't remember how it is called) with a narrow view.
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03/30/2018, 11:30 AM | #1330 | |
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03/30/2018, 02:46 PM | #1331 | |
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It’s funny how we always have to tinker, even when things seem pretty darn good. Your fts also looks so mature and grown in.
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03/31/2018, 05:24 AM | #1332 | |
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I have finally arrested the rampant PO4. It is now a matter of fine tuning it to ensure that it is balanced with NO3 and that colours look a littler sharper and deeper. FM UltraPhos coupled with NP-Bacto-Balance have started to produce results. My aim is to stop using Ultra Phos in long term. I aim to reduce PO4 down to 0.046 mg/L over the next month and will then decide whether or not this level can be sustained without the use of UltraPhos. I have just tested my tank water. Both NO3 and PO4 seem in good balance (10:1). The other water parameters seem fine too, but I will nevertheless increase both KH and Ca a tad higher to ensure that coral growth will not stall. KH = 6.4 dKH C = 385 ppm Mg = 1360 ppm K = 440 ppm NO3 = ~ 1 ppm PO4 = ~0.092 mg/L PS. I may have committed a cardinal sin yesterday by buying a bird of paradise seriatopora frag from a fellow reefer. I will not attach the frag to live rock until I assess its growth rate and colouration. I always thought Seriatopora and Stylophora are weeds of the SPS world, but I wanted a change from Acroporids.
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03/31/2018, 07:20 AM | #1333 | |
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I can't resist them too...I have both Seri and Stylo pink in my tank. I like very much the colour and the formation....and the plus: they give the tank some variety...
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03/31/2018, 11:58 AM | #1334 | |
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I just tried my GoPro in my tank and the video is very blue. Do you use a red filter on yours? If so, which one do you suggest? Or some other technique. I have a Hero4 Silver and I don't think I can adjust the white balance. Thanks.
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03/31/2018, 03:16 PM | #1335 | |
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I do not use any filter nor do I adjust or edit image quality before or after recording. For what it is worth, I have T5s over my tank. The only two things I adjust are "stabilise shaky video" and "fix rolling shutter". I use iMovie on my iMac. You need to make sure that your hands do not block any lights during recording. In other words, the back of your camera should receive lights. Next time I use my camera, I will try to create those conditions that cause objects to be recorded blue, so that you can avoid them. My camera is with its rightful owner, my son, at the moment. He is in the Alps, but will be back home next week.
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06/03/2018, 02:39 PM | #1336 |
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Latest test results SG = 35 ppt NO3 = 2.5 ppm PO4 = 0.092 mg/L KH = 6.4 dKH Ca = 425 ppm Mg = 1345 ppm K = 410 ppm Dosing regimen (daily): NP-Bacto-Balance = 1.8 ml K+ = 0.7 ml A- = 2.5 ml KZ Sponge Power = 2 drops Other dosing regimen: TM Pro-iodine = 3 times a week TM Reef Actif = 1/2+ of recommended dose once a week AF Reef Vitality = 1 drop every other day (I started yesterday) I do not think KZ sponge power and AF Reef Vitality are necessary to dose, but I do not want them to go to waste. I paid for them. I may as well use them. I am now using FM Ultra Phos on a permanent basis in a reactor. I use 100 grams at a time and replace once every ten days. The fact that Ultra Phos adsorbs organics means that I no longer use GAC. I have removed two large Acropora colonies recently to allow my favourite Acropora colonies to grow even larger. I have recently considered upgrading my tank and have even chosen what tank I am going to get, but a sudden change in my personal circumstances means that this is not going to happen for a foreseeable future, if at all. I ordered new ATI tubes from Germany, which means that I will be sticking with my present tank for at least another year. Moreover, I was away for two-weeks and came back a few days ago. My neighbour could not look after my tank. So, the fish had to go through a crash course to learn to eat flakes. I set up my Eheim Auto-feeder for them. When I came back last Thursday, both corals and fish were as good as I left them. Yippee. Finally, here are a few photos I took last night and today: P1110700 P1110705 P1110710 P1110713 P1110717 P1110776 P1110779 P1110781 P1110782 P1110783
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06/07/2018, 04:57 PM | #1337 |
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Today's test results:
NO3 = 0.2-0.5 ppm PO4 = 0.046-0.092 mg/L KH = 6.7 dKH Today's photos: P1110809 P1110814 P1110817 P1110821 P1110834 P1110860 P1110871 P1110874
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06/07/2018, 08:57 PM | #1338 |
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Spectacular colors
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Beautiful Bulent!!
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Corals look great to me!
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Good looking growth going on man. Do you typically keep your alkalinity sub 7?
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06/08/2018, 10:16 AM | #1342 | |
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Brandon, yes, I do keep it below 7 dKH, usually between 6.4-6.7 dKH (on Salifert Alkalinity scale).
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06/08/2018, 10:25 AM | #1343 |
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Bülent your corals are amazing as usually.
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06/11/2018, 07:35 AM | #1344 |
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When my reef is big, it wants to be just like this one... gorgeous, colourful and amazing.
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I hope all is going well Bulent.
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09/20/2018, 07:32 AM | #1348 | |
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Thanks for your kind comments, Mark.
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I appreciate your compliment. I seem to spend more time on Facebook than on forums recently as it is much easier to communicate with and follow fellow reefers' reefing adventures around the world. My Acroporids have grown so much that I had to carry out a major deforestation exercise yet again. My tank needs to recuperate before I take FTS again. In the meantime, I would like to share an iPhone picture of my red planet "frag", which went to a good home last month. This particular piece was 7" X 5". IMG_4973 I was pleased with its growth considering it was only under 2" in March 2017: P1090788 I am at a stage where I am not sure about the direction of my reef tank as I feel that I am slightly bored of looking at the same "picture on my wall". Even though my enthusiasm for reefkeeping has not yet waned, I feel that it is time to make a change. Upgrade is out of question. Instead, I am considering removing either one or both of the two largest colonies from my tank, A. gomezi and the tabling A. microclados. If I were to find a buyer, I also would not mind removing my entire massive branching rock, half of which is encrusted with a huge M setosa colony, but that would probably be too radical to my liking. Other than that everything is plodding along nicely despite the fact that I had to leave my tank either unattended or in the care of my family on four different occasions this summer.
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It’s hammer time!
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The boredom of a well faring reef tank... Reef goals!
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