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    Need this off my rock

    in General Discussion

    Yes. Eventually they rust up from the salt water, unless you rinse and dry them after every use. If you don't have bone cutters - how do you cut frags from corals in the tank? If you are using a pair of wire snips or something - try those on the rock.

     

    bob

    Evaporation rates

    in General Discussion

    My 240 w/total system volume of about 300 gallons evaporates about 4 gallons/day under T5 lights.

     

    1 gallon from frag system 1, and 2 gallons from frag system 2. In the spring and fall, when neither A/C nor heating are operating very much - I have a lot of problems with humidity; condensation on the cold floor, etc.

     

    bob

    Need this off my rock

    in General Discussion

    Are you seeking a way to remove encrusted coral from a rock? You'd be surprised how soft most of our live rock is. Just take your bone cutting pliers, and nibble around it until it's off of there.

     

    bob

    Cyclopeeze

    in General Discussion

    Here's the response I got from the manufacturer-

    Dear Sir:

     

    Cyclop-eeze is NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

     

    Please DO NOT EAT IT.

     

    The product is for aquatic animal use only.

     

    ROTFLMAO!!!! :blink:

    What is acceptable in post-processing??

    in Marine Photography

    Personally I would only do it if some environmental reason was preventing an accurate representation of the color. When I'm buying, I don't want to see what the coral will look like if I adjust a bunch of settings on my camera. I want to see what it will look like in my tank.

     

    'Environmental reasons' in this case is a camera that just won't adjust properly to my 14K lights. :)

     

    bob

    What is acceptable in post-processing??

    in Marine Photography

    Some people's pictures on here are incredibly vivid - the colors bright and saturated, and the images so crisp you can hear them snap!

     

    I hear people talking about taking pictures in some mode or another, and then post-processing. I assume 'post-processing' is anything you do to a picture after it is taken, as opposed to making adjustments to white balance, aperture, shutter speed, or lighting during the process of taking it.

     

    For the purposes of selling corals - one wants to have an accurate representation of a beautiful coral. In some cases, people or businesses tend to 'over-emphasize' the attributes of their corals.

     

    So what is acceptable? Increasing/decreasing contrast? Sharpness? Color saturation? The colors themselves? Or is anything acceptable, as long as it gives a MORE, rather than LESS accurate representation of what you see with the human eye??

     

    For example: This is an original photo of one of my chalices:

     

    P1000151original.jpg

     

    This is the same image. I used a photo editor that came with a scanner - only minimal adjustments available. For this picture, I reduced brightness (-1), increased contrast (+2), and increased 'sharpness' (+3) - the sharpness change did very little, if anything. I made no changes to the color at all.

     

    P1000151_NEW1.jpg

     

    I find the 2nd picture more accurately represents what the coral looks like under my 14K Phoenix bulbs.

     

    Is that 'OKAY' if I use the 2nd photo when I post a frag of it for sale?? Or am I a bad boy and a fraud??

     

    Opinions?? Methods used?? Techniques??

     

    bob

    Blue Eggcrate

    in Vendor Experience

    Somewhere in your cameras' settings, there is a mode to take pictures of high contrast or vivid images. Don't select "Auto", but find the setting that most closely resembles what you are looking at through the display on the camera.

    After you take the picture, use the correction software and start adjusting the colors till they are accurate. You can use the white eggcrate as the benchmark and make adjustments so long as the eggcrate remains white. Digital "noise" shows up as purple pixels when you've pushed the limits.

     

    I almost started a thread on this a while back. I think I will start one now. 'What is acceptable post-processing of photos?' Look for it in the photography section! :)

     

    bob

    Aiptasia/Mojano Burner

    in General Discussion

    Bob, I've killed of Outlaw's Palys by injecting them one by one with undiluted muriatic acid (just a drop in each and only a few - up to 10 - at a time). Coincidentally, when you do this, bubbles rise up out of the paly.

     

    Yet another good reason to stop at a drugstore for needles. Despite the funny looks I'm sure to get.

     

    bob

    Aiptasia/Mojano Burner

    in General Discussion

    I am using 12 volts DC and 500 miliamps. The needle is the negative electrode.

    I don't know why it is not working as well. I am also using graphite. How much graphite do you have exposed?

     

    I am 14vdc 360ma - I have 1/2" x 1" of graphite exposed.

     

    bob

    My overflow construction

    in Do It Yourself

    The Calfo overflow on my 240 is about 1.5" below the top of the tank. There is a plastic piece on the front and sides of the tank about the same width, so that the top level of the water is behind the plastic strip (looks full).

     

    I have nothing to keep fish from the overflow. When I first started up the tank, it seemed like I found a fish in the overflow or the sump every week, and had to put it back in the tank. They learn after a while - haven't seen one go over in 2 years.

     

    bob

    Aiptasia/Mojano Burner

    in General Discussion

    Okay... yours puts out at least twice the bubbles that mine does. Any hints, tips?? What might cause less bubbles?? I am using a piece of graphite from a carpenter's pencil as the other electrode.

     

    Thanks,

    bob

    Acan frag placement?

    in General Discussion

    And good luck on growing them out. They can be pretty cantankerous. Recently I had one grow from 3 polyps to about 10 polyps - and then without being moved, or any other changes, it started losing polyps. Now it seems to be growing again from about 5 polyps. sigh...

     

    bob

    Identify a fish??

    in General Discussion

    I saw a commercial tank this weekend - had a PAIR of fish in it - wrasse-like. Very black, with very white spots all over - and an 'eyespot' towards the tail. One was almost 6" - and the other about 3". I've searched a bit and found a 'black leopard wrasse' - but the picture I found is not AS black, and doesn't have an eye spot. Any hints? I want one! :)

     

    bob

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