How do you get such clear shots of fish?

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I have a Canon Rebel XT with a macro lens. F-11 works well for corals and plants but the shutter speed is too slow to get clear pics of fish. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
 
i have only had luck once with taking picture of my fish, while i dotn remember the settings i do know that i always use a tripod and step back so the fish arent responding to me so much
 
external flash, and high speed flash sync.

this gives you a flash, and shutter speed of 1/250+ which is much fast than 1/60 that you can get with on camera flash.
 
Fast shutter speed, put your camera in shutter speed priority mode. No need to use a tripod with a fast shutter speed.
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Thanks everyone for the help. I'll try the new settings.
 

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