My 135 gallon reef tank

[reefbumgm333]

Here is what I have been doing tonight.
I picked this guy up from a reef friend. It is the Air Water Ice TyphoonIII RO/DI with a 5 gallon storage tank.
He only had 2 months on the membrane. I got this unit for 100.00 and it cost me 35.00 for the rest of the filters.
My previous RO unit did not have a DI on it, I ended up taking it off, because it was a model where you could not replace the di resin. My unit ran around 5 tds after changing the filters. I tested it before I took it off and it was up to 13.
Now I am at a lovely 0. Hooray!!

 

[reefbumgm333]

Got a new camera and decided I needed to shoot some corals with it. It is hard using a different brand than what you are use to. All of the pics were shot with a Canon 30d with a 50mm lens. Thanks to DSR and some trading I was able to acquire this camera.
I have yet to figure out the features on this camera, but I did manage to get some decent shots.

Green Duncans

Yellow polyps

Rainbow acans

War coral

Green Pavona

 

[DSR]

OK... I want the camera back (but can I keep the corals?) lol. Seriously though, I need to know what settings you are using... (in other words, I am done with shootin' 100% manual). Im tellin' ya, that pavona is killer. The other images are amazing. Magazine type stuff (and I have done this for a while, lol). Nice work. Glad the camera found a good home.

 

[reefbumgm333]

Actually I have the camera set on P and was using a tripod w/manual focus. At first I was a little worried when all the pics in the camera viewer seemed to have a very high white balance color. I just kept telling myself I can fix it in Photo Shop. Once I downloaded it into the comp they were no where near as white as the camera screen showed. I also set the ISO at 100. Hope that might help you next time.

 

[DSR]

are you using the 50mm?

 

[reefbumgm333]

Yes, I have not had time to look for another lens yet.

 

[DSR]

If the 50mm, what do you mean manual focus? I didn't think that lens had manual focus? Interesting. I am going to try some shots using the tripod (assuming I can find it..hahaha). That might make a big difference.

That 50mm is a fast lens. I doubt you could get shots like that with a slower lens with that ISO. What was the apparature set on when you took the pics?

 

[indiana.dutton]

Those are some sweet corals!

 

[krytan]

Superb reef you have there.

 

[reefbumgm333]

Thanks for the comments.

DSR, I have no idea what the app was at when I took the pics. I still need to figure out how to even change the app and white balance. Yes the 50mm lens has a manual and auto focus switch on the lens.