nickyblase
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Hi all - Please look at my photos, stats, etc and feel free to give pointers - as stated in my thread title, I am definitely a NOOOOOBIE!
I would especially love some pointers on taking better pictures (I've got a digital camera with zoom, but it doesn't have interchangeable lenses). Not sure if anyone else has had this problem, but I'm having one hell of a time getting good, clear close-ups of my corals.
The other thing I would like some input on is if my coral placement is way off or not (both distance from top AND what's next to what). I've seen so many beautiful tanks on here, and it seems like the corals are right on top of each other. I would like to have a gorgeous tank of course, but also am afraid that the corals will sting each other to death (can you tell I am waiting delivery of my more in-depth corals book???). I know which ones are more agrgessive than others, but am still nervous.
Anyway, here's what I've got for a setup:
20G high display tank (no sump, fuge, overflow, etc)
2x55W PC dual actinic & 10,000K lights (moonlights showing up any day)
tetra whisper filter
1 penguin 550 powerhead (145 GPH)
prizm skimmer
30 lbs tonga rock (3 huge pieces)
30 lbs ls
params: 80 degrees
pH 8.3 - 8.4
sal: 1.023 - 1.024
alk: 10
trates: 0
calcium: 400
inhabitants: perc, green chromis, yellow watchman (pistol shrimp soon to follow)
serpent star, peppermint shrimp, flame scallop, clean up crew
various corals (several of which came from last weekend's frag swap).
I would especially love some pointers on taking better pictures (I've got a digital camera with zoom, but it doesn't have interchangeable lenses). Not sure if anyone else has had this problem, but I'm having one hell of a time getting good, clear close-ups of my corals.
The other thing I would like some input on is if my coral placement is way off or not (both distance from top AND what's next to what). I've seen so many beautiful tanks on here, and it seems like the corals are right on top of each other. I would like to have a gorgeous tank of course, but also am afraid that the corals will sting each other to death (can you tell I am waiting delivery of my more in-depth corals book???). I know which ones are more agrgessive than others, but am still nervous.
Anyway, here's what I've got for a setup:
20G high display tank (no sump, fuge, overflow, etc)
2x55W PC dual actinic & 10,000K lights (moonlights showing up any day)
tetra whisper filter
1 penguin 550 powerhead (145 GPH)
prizm skimmer
30 lbs tonga rock (3 huge pieces)
30 lbs ls
params: 80 degrees
pH 8.3 - 8.4
sal: 1.023 - 1.024
alk: 10
trates: 0
calcium: 400
inhabitants: perc, green chromis, yellow watchman (pistol shrimp soon to follow)
serpent star, peppermint shrimp, flame scallop, clean up crew
various corals (several of which came from last weekend's frag swap).
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