Swap Coral pics

[pickupman66]

a MUCH better photo of the anemone I got from Toxic... it came out really good today. this is the first we have seen it since it went into the tank. i think I stuck that acan too close to it.

 

[Zef004]

She looks like she is hungry. Nice nem tho.

 

[pickupman66]

yea. im gonna make sure it gets some food tonight.. that thing could eat a good sized prawn!

have it a good squirt of mysis... the shrimp and six line were stealing from it.

 

[andywe]

Just a few quick and lousy shots of swap frags

Taken under the L.E.D..still going to have to play with the new cam and figure out shooting under the L.E.D.'s...much harder than under MH lights. Any and all crappy-ness is the photographer..lol.

 

[pensfan]

Here are a couple of frags I picked up.

 

[pickupman66]

Andy.. best I've found to do is put it on aperature priority, set it wide open and keep the ISO under 400. Shoot them in raw so you can bring into Photoshop or gimp you can set the white balance precisely to your color. If you don't want to go the Photoshop route stick a white plate in the tank and zoom in on it and snap a pic. Then manually set the white balance on that.

My lights are in the 14k range so its super easy for me to hit the color dead on..

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[duke594]

Here are some pictures of the corals I got from High Def Corals. Still new to keeping corals so I just got a couple of soft corals. They are doing great so far. I just need to get some more base rock to fill the tank out more.
Blue Xenia

Neon Green Paula Nepthea

 

[Dowtish]

duke594, those are awesome starter corals! good choices for sure. Did you join the club at the swap?

 

[duke594]

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duke594, those are awesome starter corals! good choices for sure. Did you join the club at the swap?

No, I joined back in February. You have got me hooked on corals. :) I just haven't been able to make anying meetings yet. I am hoping to make it to the meeting in May.

 

[pickupman66]

Duke.. that Nepthea will grow nicely. I have one in my tank that stand about 12" tall. Great starter corals. Same with that Xenia. give them a nice bouncing flow and they do well. believe it or not, they like dirtier water.

 

[andywe]

Ok, some new pics with the new Olympus TG-820 with NO color adjustments at all.

 

[Dowtish]

Here are a couple of frags I picked up.

Nice pensfan! hope you and your friends had a good time. How did you do on the sales end?

 

[dwilliams87]

andywe - That first coral is gorgeous. Also, those Zoas are killer man. Let me know when they are available.

 

[pensfan]

Nice pensfan! hope you and your friends had a good time. How did you do on the sales end?

Not too bad. I would have made more had I not bought and traded so much.:bigsmile:

 

[pensfan]

Also, thanks to all that made this swap possible. We had a great time and hope to make it again next year! Dowtish were you the one that was telling me you put in water towers?

 

[Dowtish]

Yeah man, that was me. I'm in Jackson MS right now. I hate this city.

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[pensfan]

Lol. Yeah I was down there for a week a couple years ago for UPS driving school. I didn't like it myself. It was nice to meet you and good talking to you.

 

[andywe]

andywe - That first coral is gorgeous. Also, those Zoas are killer man. Let me know when they are available.

Thank you,and will Do, will be awhile. Restocking after a year of neglect. I have a lot more than that, including some really cool chalices..just gotta grow it all out first.

 

[andywe]

Here are a few more I got.

 

[andywe]

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