New Fish Tank!

[L!NUS]

I FINALLY got my fish tank setup. The tank is actually a 40 I bought as a special Tank for Kingler while she was recovering from her surgery. It was also home to my newt Newton who sadly died a few months ago. But now it is my community tank. I bought the filter and the heater off of a guy for $40 off another website. The filter is an XP3 and the heater is a Fluval 200W. I bought the drift wood for another $40. As of now, I have 3 Peppered Cories, 3 Bronze Cories and 12 Neon Tetras. I also just added my Rabbit Snail. I'm waiting for my Bosemani Rainbow fish to come in. I'm getting 3 Males and 3 Females. I bought both the lights used for $50. They came with two different Coralite bulbs. I'm planning on planting Hair Grass.

I can't figure out how to take pictures of this tank. I don't want to use flash because I don't want to stress the fish out and it over exposes the shot. Any tips, you can see what happens when I don't use flash below. :lol:

See, wasn't this a great Photo Update

 

[brich999]

Nice attempt, fish are tough to photograph, especially when they never stop like tetras.

 

[Mr. Rain Cloud]

I'm looking forward to seeing how your tank progresses. As well as your picture taking skills

 

[Bderick67]

Looks good but you need a background.

 

[fishmamma]

Love the drift wood..

While taking the pictures try turning off all other lights, night time is best.. and try to reduce the exposer if your camera has that option... and painting the back black would help to.

 

[Motoxer777]

black background realy brings out the color in tetra!

 

[L!NUS]

I'm planning on putting some black poster board on the wall behind it, but haven't had the time to get over to Staples.

Could I add more Tetras, there's currently 12.

 

[Opiate]

nice start matey!!

 

[Pigeonblood]

I'm planning on putting some black poster board on the wall behind it, but haven't had the time to get over to Staples.

Could I add more Tetras, there's currently 12.

lol yes you can. hell Ive had up to seventy five cardinal tetras in a 50g. with good filtration you could easily have this many. overcrowding with neons is pretty hard to do

 

[Desert Bus]

Honestly, it seems like 6 Bosemani's will be a bit cramped once they are full grown. It may work out just fine though.

Other than that minor concern, the tank looks pretty nice. Good work.