A Few Macro Shots I Took

[mikster]

Took this on a pretty standard camera, cannon poweshot A420 using the macro mode, have to wait till they get right to the front of the tank and you have to be really slow and careful.

Bristlenose

Bristlenose again

Ghost shrimp

Partial side view, was a bit too slow.

 

[CBBP]

how did you get the ghsot shrimp to live?

 

[mikster]

how did you get the ghsot shrimp to live?

Ghost shrimp are quite hardy really, they can look after themselves, theres nothing in my tank big enough to be able to swallow it, i have 2 that have lived in my tank for a few months now, all i have in my tank is a dwarf gourami a bristlenose(vegetarian) some cories and some amano shrimp so theres nothing that can kill it. I was more worried about my amano shrimp surviving as they are currently alot smaller than the ghost shrimp, didnt see them for the first couple of weeks and assumed they were dead but since then they come out occasionally and i know that all 4 are still alive.

 

[RadaR]

Great pics!

 

[mikster]

couple of an amano i just took.

 

[flattrack23]

Great Bristlienose! Those are some really good and nice close up shots of him. How big is he? Looks pretty full grown and with nice bristle's. Great shrimp also!

Nick

 

[mikster]

hes about 3.5 inches, bought him a few months ago at that size, wild caught one, probably still a little bit of growing to do but not too much. Yeah well im not very good at photography but with the macro mode you cant go wrong really, if u can get something to come to the front of the tank and stay still for a few seconds you will have a great shot.