Can I Be Cheeky? Will You Show Me Yours!

[ibbledibble]

Is the plant in the second tank fake? if so where did u get it from it looks amazing! - if not: what is the plant called?

This plant is real, I dont realy know how it is called, but I will check that for you I got it from Pets@Home, but I`ve seen it at lfs too.

looks like cabomba to me

 

[devon_charm]

Ibble you amaze me...how do you remember so much info! i get told sommin the forget 2 mins later...thus notes and reminders everywhere

 

[Million]

Here's my bedside bachelor pad, with Tony at the front

 

[nataliabeds]

Is the plant in the second tank fake? if so where did u get it from it looks amazing! - if not: what is the plant called?

This plant is real, I dont realy know how it is called, but I will check that for you I got it from Pets@Home, but I`ve seen it at lfs too.

looks like cabomba to me

Just found it for you guys. Ibble is right it`s Cabomba Caroliniana or Green Cabomba. It would grow in any conditions.

 

[ibbledibble]

Ibble you amaze me...how do you remember so much info! i get told sommin the forget 2 mins later...thus notes and reminders everywhere

the problem is, i remember random little facts like that . . . and forget all the important stuff

 

[iankent]

Here's my bedside bachelor pad, with Tony at the front

hey hope you dont mind, but I took the liberty of fiddling with your photo!! tried to bring the betta out a bit clearer hope you like it! (can of course delete it if you want me to!) it was just such a great looking photo!

 

[Bigpig]

Err My 20 mile trip to the fishshop was a waste of time. No plants No betta in ther also lol but soon soon!!

 

[iankent]

Err My 20 mile trip to the fishshop was a waste of time. No plants No betta in ther also lol but soon soon!!

thats a long way lol, I only have to go about 600m! tank looks good, though the change from gravel to sand looks a bit sudden to me!

 

[Bigpig]

Err My 20 mile trip to the fishshop was a waste of time. No plants No betta in ther also lol but soon soon!!

thats a long way lol, I only have to go about 600m! tank looks good, though the change from gravel to sand looks a bit sudden to me!

aye waiting to get my plants first then sort that out my bogwood is steeping atm. staining the water a lot

 

[iankent]

aye waiting to get my plants first then sort that out my bogwood is steeping atm. staining the water a lot

a warm shower did mine wonders =)

 

[Million]

hey hope you dont mind, but I took the liberty of fiddling with your photo!! tried to bring the betta out a bit clearer hope you like it! (can of course delete it if you want me to!) it was just such a great looking photo!

Hi Ian,
No I don't mind, but to be brutally honest I don't think you've done anything for the image. The top and bottom edge were included for exact representation of the tank, top to bottom. The betta was not tampered with because as you can see on your attempt, it's far too grainy and contrasty to cope well with it. Aside from this you'd need to be extremely good with PS to do the fin rays properly on such a small image - hence the blue aura that you've created, so it looks like the betta was crudely pasted onto the front of a separate image.
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Like I said, the pic was for realism, exactly as it is - the tank's not all about the betta, he's just something in it. Now if you want some image editing practice and critique, let's start another thread!

 

[iankent]

Like I said, the pic was for realism, exactly as it is - the tank's not all about the betta, he's just something in it. Now if you want some image editing practice and critique, let's start another thread!

the photo wasnt particularly high quality to start with, so it's not like I was going to put too much time into it (hance the use of the magic wand & expand tool!) - I just thought the bettas colour could have been shown better, because there was very little contrast in that area

 

[doresy]

Thanks to all that participated in this thread.

Don't know if I feel better or worse now after seeing so many great set-ups.

I have a lot of work (fun) to do on mine now!

If anyone needs to ask what the attraction is in Betta keeping need only to follow this thread