Fishes - aquarium (feel free to add yours)

[Willy wombat]

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Cheers
WW

I havent seen anyone else with d70 fish photos. Please post them here if you have em.

[sheepie]

OK - I posted these a while back, but to keep a thread together

[birddog114]

Any those are good for sashimi or sushi?

Both of you have done well! very nice.
Keep 'em coming.

[big pix]

....... birdie , they would look good on a plate at a mini meet at your place.......

[shutterbug]

Love the pics ww and sheepie

Sheepie, are those tropical fish or cold water? I need to update my fish tank with cold water fish, the tank is part of a wall, so the temperature of the water fluctuates...any suggestions on type of fish I can keep?

Currently I have gold fish in it.

Sorry for the off topics

[birddog114]

shutterbug,

Get few rubber or plastic model and they will be OK.

Pls. don't hate the stirrer

[hangdog]

Here's a rock cod in Melbourne Aquarium (50mm, 1/60s @ f/2.8 ):

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hangdog/28677276/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://photos21.flickr.com/28677276_0fa6ba612c.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="black-spotted rock cod" /></a>

…and a leafy sea dragon (50mm, 1/60s @ f/1.8 ):

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hangdog/28451437/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://photos22.flickr.com/28451437_20c44045c2.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="phycodurus eques" /></a>

I would've liked to get more DOF on the latter as the sea dragon's head looks too soft. IIRC, I used ISO800 for both pictures.

--Chuan

[shutterbug]

Birddog you are such a stirrer

The tank is 6x2x2, so do you sell plastic fish too? need about 20 fish

[Atorie]

Here's a couple of my fish (taken about 16mnths ago when I first got the D70 and aren't the greatest shots).

My 4 foot tank with Malawi Cichlids



Look at these teeth!

[Photodude]

Nice pics guys

My wife has many tanks full of cute little cichlids

Short of hopping in the tank with an underwater housing, hard to get a decent shot of them

And talk about Sushi - many times I have walked past her fishroom and there on the grass outside the door - is a $100 plus fish that didnt make it - waiting to be a dog snack

Makes lens lust look cheap

[sheepie]

Sheepie, are those tropical fish or cold water? I need to update my fish tank with cold water fish, the tank is part of a wall, so the temperature of the water fluctuates...any suggestions on type of fish I can keep?

They're Tropical - Cichlids to be exact

If you're wanting fish that last, have character, and look good - you can't go past them. But unless you want to put the heating and filtration required into your tank, you'll have to stick with goldfish

Looks like we have a few cichlid keepers here, so any questions ask away

[Finno]

Actualy marine fish will last longer, and are arguably better looking and more personality Tangs live up to about 65 years or so. Although they do require more work.

[DVEous]

... Obsolete ...

[sheepie]

Does this fish have two sets of eyes, or is that some sort of camouflage/optical illusion?

He has nostrils

[sheepie]

Here's a couple of my fish (taken about 16mnths ago when I first got the D70 and aren't the greatest shots).

Let's see some more pics of your Moorii - they must be looking good by now! Are they a pair (M+F) or just two males?

[Atorie]

I'll bring the camera out tonight, There was a male and a female but alas the male beat the female up (pretty strange as they're normally one of the placid cichlids) and she died about 3mths ago and I haven't been out to replace her yet. He's looking good though, with a nice hump developing.

[robboh]

Ive only got a tropical community tank at home, though I do have a very nice dwarf cichlid in it (Apistogramma Agazzasi - dont know the common name) which I'll try to get a decent shot of tonight.

How do people generally shoot aquarium shots?? Flash?? Close to the glass and lens perpendicular for starters I guess??

[Atorie]

How do people generally shoot aquarium shots?? Flash?? Close to the glass and lens perpendicular for starters I guess??

I don't use flash as I (generally) have a clean fish tank and two bright fluros, just bump the ISO up as needed. If you need to use flash you'll have place your lens flush with the glass of the tank to ensure no reflection is picked up... try an overhead lamp 1st.

[sheepie]

try an overhead lamp 1st.

...or run an SB800 remotely, which is what I did - a bit of experimentation is good fun (although the fish start to get annoyed after a while!).

[robboh]

...or run an SB800 remotely, which is what I did - a bit of experimentation is good fun (although the fish start to get annoyed after a while!).

I did wonder what the fish would think about being blasted with gigawatts of light out of my SB800. Poor little guys, with no eye-lids to blink!

[stephen]

A couple from my marine aquarium




Thanks Stephen

[bloop]

Here's my tropical tank, have only had it for a couple of months.



Does anyone know if this fish is pregnant?



Cheers,
Paul

[Alex]

A couple from my marine aquarium




Thanks Stephen

Hi Stephen,

Are these from an aquarium in Fremantle in a Fish and Chip shop on a pier?

Alex

[christiand]

Melbourne Aquarium:

[stephen]

Alex That fish tank is in my house in the living room,I do know the place you are talking about ,Its called Ciccerellos on the wharf.I would love a tank that size and in my new home i am going for a 3 meter tank but that one is out of my price range unfortunaetly.

[Willy wombat]

Some really nice fish. Good to see so many cichlids making an appearance. They are my favorites.

[Willy wombat]

Here is another

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[Onyx]

Fancy varieties of goldfish. And like bulldogs, they're butt ugly to most but afficianos.

[robboh]

Here's my tropical tank, have only had it for a couple of months.Does anyone know if this fish is pregnant?

Nice Sailfin Molly you have there. I have a male that looks almost exactly the same. Im guessing its a female due to the length/size of its dorsal fin (not sure on sexing mollies). As for pregnant, pass, but certainly not a 'normal' shape

[bloop]

Nice Sailfin Molly you have there. I have a male that looks almost exactly the same. Im guessing its a female due to the length/size of its dorsal fin (not sure on sexing mollies). As for pregnant, pass, but certainly not a 'normal' shape

Is that what they're called lol I have no idea about these, dad just brings them home and pops them in the tank. The male is below, tends to raise its sailfin when it's frisky

[Geoff]

Great collection of shots guys - when I was younger I was an avid tropical fish hobbiest and then when I moved out I havent' had any since, but these shots and tanks bring back some awesome memories. Thanx for sharing.

[sheepie]

OK, besides showing how desperately in need of a clean my tank is...

A couple of pics from tonight:

[LOZ]

Two of my wet friends

[sheepie]

From Stubbsy's B/day party last night (not his fish - belongs to one of his mates)...