Yanbbrox;1721230; said:I try to clean the filters every six months, as the tank has an internal and a canister, I rotate them so they each get rinsed once a year, I was quite surprised that it was pretty clean but as always do anything with the filter the first thing that happens when you switched it back on is it pumps a load of mess straight back into the tank. It's a good test to see how good the filtration is, sit back, relax and see how long it takes to clear.
Lou, glad I reminded you
Piggy, glad to here everything is back to normal
Tequila, is that all the filtration on that tank or is there more?
Tequila;1721407; said:Well the truth be told I'm a true believer in biological filtration. Not so much in mechical filtration. So, my tank is drilled, 3 holes only two are intakes, one is the return. The 2 intakes are joined beneath the tank and then runs through a Ocean Clear Canister and then piped into a external pump which returns the water back into the tank through the third hole. Only true medium I have at this time is 5 inch deep bed of gravel sitting atop a plate which is raised 1/4 inch off the bottom of the tank. (this was done on a bet with a friend, who still has trouble with his setup). Anyway I'm still winning the bet.
Yes! We are getting there, my friend!Yanbbrox;1721493; said:I meant to post this earlier but got distracted. The tank clean again but I was trying out a technique that Lou pointed out to me and yes it was the patience that paid off, I just wish I'd cleaned the glass before hand
Lou, notice how the everything is out of focus apart from George, everything on manual settings
Going Manual is the way to go! Loulou;1721529; said:Yes! We are getting there, my friend!
Now please try to come closer to the tank... I suggest you use something to sit on and be steady... Choose an area in the tank that seems ideal for photography (i.e. where the image is most likely to come out very clear) then wait for the fish to swim into it (do not chase it around trying to take the picture)... Please avoid having to use the zoom (if you really have to, use only the optical one - not the digital one)... To make up the most with the available light, you may want to try to increase your aperture and push your ISO a little bit higher (not too much though to avoid noise)... Then be patient, wait for Georges to come into the position you want, FOCUS and shoot.
Take several pictures like this and afterwards, when you have downloaded them onto your computer, adjust the levels in CS3 and make any required cropping.
The tricks here are to get used to your camera till you know exactly what it does and how to make it see what you want it to see. And, of course, Patience and Perseverance.
Every picture you take is a bit of your visual world that you place on a medium (digital or paper). As such, this takes effort. Just pointing and shooting... well... let's say you are beyond that now.
