~TJ'S 125g ~ Building of the Reef~

[TJ's Reef]

Hey Duane, thanks much my friend your pictures are still much better than the ones I took today so will post a few up tomorrow as well as take some better ones of certain corals and fish.

Thanks much for the compliments Powers, Joe and Marty and pleased that someone (Duane) was finally capable of taking some representative shots of my Reef under the LED's which have plagued my amateur photography skills for two years now. I did end up with a few good ones that I'll post up here in the morning.

Cheers, Todd

 

[jason g]

Great setup, from beginning to end. I'm also going to be upgrading to a 125g. I can't wait looking at all these great tanks everyone has.

 

[TJ's Reef]

OK, a little slow this morning going through/editing 200+ pics then exported to Photobucket to be able to post here. Thanks again Duane for kick starting my photography learning. All pics below are basically raw with only adjustments to Aperture and Shutter Speed to get better color rendition. I was spending much time trying to find the magic mix of Custom White Balance in all the wrong settings before :doh:

FTS 1-12-14


Left side

Right side

Canyon View

End view

Ornate Leopard Wrasse

Couple of my oldest LPS a 15 year old Favia, I and my old Clown pair nearly killed it all twice.


Pink Bubblegum Chalice ?



Cheers, Todd

 

[TJ's Reef]

And just a few more

Blochii Tang


Dispar Anthias female

Bicolor Anthias trio

Fisheri Angel

Bangaii mama

Mid Tank shot


Cheers, Todd

 

[mfinn]

Nice pictures Todd.
Do me a favor and bottle up a few of those tips Duane gave you and send them my way.
I kind of flounder around with my camera.

 

[trido]

Your pictures look awesome Todd. A couple more thousand and you'll have that macro lens down too. One thing I really like about R2R, I use the pictures right from my computer and load them onto here. No more photobucket for this site anyway.

 

[joekool]

Good looking fish. Looks like your doing better with the camera.
I have a purchase request for you a scuba mask and a plane ticket to Orlando we can go dive the Epcot aquarium.

 

[joekool]

Also I see you got 500 posts whoop whoop. Lol

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

I don't know how I missed this thread. Your tank is absolutely gorgeous!! Please keep the updates coming!!

 

[TJ's Reef]

Well, thanks Krista, Joe, Duane, Marty and Jason and finally can stop begging for some camera lessons....lol
I have a few more treats coming in from a couple of our sponsors here and will post some updated pics once settled in.

Cheers, Todd

 

[TJ's Reef]

OK, maybe a few more just to keep Joe interested.........and encouraged to cover up all that exposed rock work in his tank :boink:eace:

Fire-n-Ice Zoas

Lavender Tort

Cali Tort

Platygyra


Cheers, Todd

 

[spspirate]

Great looking reef Todd!!

 

[TJ's Reef]

Thanks Andy, will have to check out your and Krista's build threads now. So many great build threads here on R2R and only so many hours each day that I can get away with surfin'

Cheers, Todd

 

[NC2WA]

Todd,

Pics look good, must be taking lessons

I need to get off my butt and take that video of my tank front and behind the scenes...

 

[revhtree]

Looks great man!

 

[benny z]

very nice!

i saw the grid picture for the leds, and the codes stating the leds used, but didn't see the layout and quantities drawn into the picture. can you give the skinny on what quantities/array is working so well for you?

 

[Mtnbikedan01]

Wow complete perfection ! Very nice build ! Well planned.

 

[Aquaph8]

Outstanding tank Todd, really enjoyed the pictures.

 

[NeverlosT]

great tank with a great story. Terrific growth, those new pictures really bring out the colors. Fantastic job!

 

[Dsobo]

Love the flushed mount doors especially the hidden doors on the side, I will be incorporating this stile in my new stand I am planning for my new build.