I'm back! With another halfmoon betta pair.
- Thread starter Flaringshutter
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Thanks everyone! Here are a couple of full tank shots.
The plant is a mangrove seedling that I'm cultivating. It gives him a nice place to hide. And dont mind the ghetto light setup, I'm making a nice poplar hood to cover that.
The chinese teacup keeps the water from the filter outlet from digging a hole in the sand substrate.
And some better photos of Brishen. Hooray! He's settling in nicely, and starting to show some personality.
You can see where he tore his fins in shipping. Drat.
He'll only flare in that back corner! The rascal.
The plant is a mangrove seedling that I'm cultivating. It gives him a nice place to hide. And dont mind the ghetto light setup, I'm making a nice poplar hood to cover that.
The chinese teacup keeps the water from the filter outlet from digging a hole in the sand substrate.
And some better photos of Brishen. Hooray! He's settling in nicely, and starting to show some personality.
You can see where he tore his fins in shipping. Drat.
He'll only flare in that back corner! The rascal.
:y220e: Fantastic. :y220e:
I'm definitely impressed with your fish! I'll be interested to see how you procede with your breeding program. Will you be making any attempts at continuing the butterfly in his line or are you gonna swing for pure copper or copper lace? What's your plan?
I'm definitely impressed with your fish! I'll be interested to see how you procede with your breeding program. Will you be making any attempts at continuing the butterfly in his line or are you gonna swing for pure copper or copper lace? What's your plan?
At this point, I'm not sure at all. I'll likely breed him with Sitara and see if any of the resulting fish have interesting traits. Sitara's brother had some butterfly patterning, though, so I imagine I'll get quite a few butterfly babies.
Thanks everybody!
These are shot with a Canon 20D. I shoot on AP or Manual, with a 580 EX on-camera, pointing up at about 45 degrees, and a slave 580EX directly above the tank pointing down, both with Omni-bounces. My ISO is usually at about 200 or 400, depending on the lighting. I'm manually focusing (my 17-85 IS lens' autofocus is out right now).
I usually end up shooting during the day, because my other half comes home at night and he's already grumpy about "ALL" my fish tanks (all two). He's too jealous of the little fishies for any photos at night. If you can shoot at night, it's easier, because you get fewer reflections off the glass. A darkened room always helps.
Oh, and clean glass! I always forget, but if you remember it will be easier than trying to shoot around algae or water spots.
These are shot with a Canon 20D. I shoot on AP or Manual, with a 580 EX on-camera, pointing up at about 45 degrees, and a slave 580EX directly above the tank pointing down, both with Omni-bounces. My ISO is usually at about 200 or 400, depending on the lighting. I'm manually focusing (my 17-85 IS lens' autofocus is out right now).
I usually end up shooting during the day, because my other half comes home at night and he's already grumpy about "ALL" my fish tanks (all two). He's too jealous of the little fishies for any photos at night. If you can shoot at night, it's easier, because you get fewer reflections off the glass. A darkened room always helps.
Oh, and clean glass! I always forget, but if you remember it will be easier than trying to shoot around algae or water spots.
