A Few Brasiliensis Pics

[Nigalius]

Hi...

I thought I would post these photos on here as I have not posted anything for months. I have been working in Capetown for a good few months and just not had the chance to contribute to the forum. While I was away I had a friend look after all my tanks and fish but unfortunately there was a disaster... The water company decided in their wisdom to put the pH up that caused many of my fish to die. I lost everything out of 3 of my tanks. I also had a heater fail on me and thr fish were cooked n another tank so, I am more or less starting from scratch again. The only tank that was unaffected was my Tropheus tank. So, just to get the ball rolling again I went out to my lfs and bought 3 adult Geophagus Brasiliensis adults and confirmed breeders. Now I am up to 2 tanks. I will have it up to 6 tanks again by next weekend. Anyhows, here are a few pics of the Brasiliensis, I hope you like them and I will be posting some pics of my Tropheus Duboisi's in the next day or two. I have many other pics if anyone wants to see them. They can all be seen on my website in the 'Bramshaw Fish' folder at http/nigalius2.webs.com

I hope you like the pics, hope to have some fry pics soon.

Cheers Nigel <:{{{><

 

[dthoffsett]

Beautiful!

Sorry to hear about your losses, but definitely look forward to seeing more pics.

 

[Liam]

Excellent pics

 

[saz326]

Iv'e never seen a fish with so many large bits of whitespot? Treat him quick!

Booootful fishies.

 

[Nigalius]

Glad you like the photos,

Yes Saz326, It was a bad case of whitespot but was easy to treat, I picked the pieces off, they were like flakes...

Cheers Nigel <:{{{><

 

[markandhisfish]

sorry for your losses. nice geos you got there tho. altho they really need a sand substrate that gravel isnt good for their mouths.

 

[bobross]

sorry for your losses. nice geos you got there tho. altho they really need a sand substrate that gravel isnt good for their mouths.

I've known people that have had spawning pairs of geo's in there tanks and gravel never seemed to slow those fish down at all.


BobRoss

 

[markandhisfish]

to be fair even though its quite large gravel it does look to be quite smooth but if any of the stones have sharp/rough edges it can cause mouth injuries.

 

[hensonc4098]

It was a bad case of whitespot but was easy to treat, I picked the pieces off, they were like flakes...

Seriously though, they're really pretty! Your pictures are great too You must either have an excellent camera or excellent patience and a big memory card

 

[Nigalius]

Hi, glad you like the pics, I like to take them and share when I get some that are not too bad.

Yes, Hensonc, I think the latter is closer to the mark. I do have a reasonable camera, with a lens that cost almost as much as the camera itself and an external flash unit. My Camera is a Cannon 400D. But you said that I could have lots of patience and a big memory card and that is spot on. For every good photo that I keep there will be 10 that I delete. I also have different strategies for different fish. With Discus for instance, they are slow and graceful and I get close to the tank, perhaps use macro mode and always use a tripod to save holding the camera all the time. Then I follow one around and keep on clicking. With fish like Tropheus, I sit further back, zoom in a bit and just keep firing sometimes. I took about 20 of my Trophs last night and deleted them all as I just was not satisfied. I try different settings and just experiment. Most importantly I clean the glass, outside AND inside.

Cheers Nigel <:{{{><

 

[hensonc4098]

Sounds cool! I just have my little Kodak 6mp digi camera that I use. Even on close up mode, you can't get really close shots like yours because it loses focus
I'll maybe try my dads camera - his is a bit fancier than mine See if that works.

Have you got any more fish yet? Looking forward to your pictures!!

 

[Nigalius]

Hi Hensonc...

I just noticed you are in Scotland, what part are you in? I often stay with friends in Aberdeen and was there about 4 weeks ago. But this time I went to Fort William first. Its a great place to take photos. Of course, I had to go up Ben Nevis, but that cable car... ooohhhhh man, I was sooo nervous. If you look at my site, I have many photos on there.

Your 6mp Kodak will still take excellent photos, try to find out the closest you can get to a subject and then move back a few inches. Make sure the glass of the tank is clean inside and out, it makes for a better photo without all the distractions of the algae and mess if you have clean glass. Keep one microfibre cloth and some smear free window cleaner close to the tanks cos you will always be using them. For the insides, you just need to use a cheap sponge to clean the glass. Dont forget to clean the camera lens too. Take pics at night time, that will help stop reflections. Room light off, tank lights on. As for flash, some people use it some don't and there are for's and against's, I like to use flash cos it creates highlights which I like in a photo. But don't stand square on to the tank, stand (or sit) at a slight angle and that will help stop the reflection of the flash as it hits the back of the tank. A flash should also stop nearly all of the motion blur.

If you wanna let me know which Kodak camera you have I will look it up on the net and give you my suggestion of the settings.

I will be taking pics of my Tropheus tonight, I will be sat in front of the tank, camera on the tripod and a glass of wine nearby. I then turn the output of my filter lower so as to not have too many bubbles and I fully expect to be sat there at least half hour. If I can get 5 good photos in that time I will consider it time well spent.

I hope this has been of some help,

Happy snapping

Cheers Nigel <:{{{><

 

[Tarps]

brilliant pics

 

[paul_219]

Cool face. Nice fishy