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PinoyDiscus
Wed May 11, 2005, 02:15 AM
Hi guys,

Just an update on my 75G planted discus tank. It's been going well for the past 5 months...Had some trouble with algae the past months, but I reduced my lighting and now have only 4 lamps over my tank. I also used Tom Barr's Estimative Index to great effect. Algae has virtually disappeared from my tank...

Excuse the poor quality of the pictures, these were taken with my MiniDV which isn't really suited for high quality pics...

Positive/Negative comments are welcome... :D Thanks!

Front Shot
http://img241.echo.cx/img241/6678/dvc002830jb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Right side close up
http://img165.echo.cx/img165/7034/dvc002841ej.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Diagonal view
http://img165.echo.cx/img165/7721/dvc002854yi.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Discus eating
http://img165.echo.cx/img165/1716/dvc002861hn.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Close up of red melon discus looking for more bloodworms
http://img165.echo.cx/img165/7663/dvc002886hc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Full tank shot
http://img165.echo.cx/img165/2249/dvc002900un.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Some more shots
http://img165.echo.cx/img165/8161/dvc002983dd.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Left side
http://img230.echo.cx/img230/5568/dvc002990gh.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Continued...
PinoyDiscus
Wed May 11, 2005, 02:16 AM
More fishies
http://img200.echo.cx/img200/6039/dvc003021hp.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Angels closeup
http://img200.echo.cx/img200/9369/dvc003031ti.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Albino cories on vacation... :D
http://img200.echo.cx/img200/1417/dvc003094xh.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Feeding time!
http://img200.echo.cx/img200/2761/dvc003115dm.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Last...
http://img200.echo.cx/img200/9284/dvc003135kc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Thanks for viewing... :lol:
duck
Wed May 11, 2005, 04:50 AM
looking good.
How many fish do you have ?
axl
Wed May 11, 2005, 04:57 AM
Hey,
where do ya find that tom barr estimative index on the net do you have the addy for it
cheers axl
Merrilyn
Wed May 11, 2005, 07:13 AM
Your tank is looking fabulous. Hope you are entering some of those photos in our photo competition.
DR.V
Wed May 11, 2005, 08:21 AM
lovely tank
PinoyDiscus
Thu May 19, 2005, 12:44 AM
Hi guys,

Just wanted to update this post... Been practicing with my new Canon digicam too so please excuse the poor picture quality:

Red Melon & Golden Sunrise
http://img241.echo.cx/img241/6240/img01647xi.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

More Red Melon & Golden Sunrise
http://img241.echo.cx/img241/8574/img01639wx.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Here they are in my 75G planted tank
http://img241.echo.cx/img241/459/panoramic0vf.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

You can see the stitching that I tried to do with my third pic (panoramic). I couldn't fit the entire tank in one shot and still get all the details so I tried the panoramic function of my camera, as you can see I still couldn't make it work very well, hehe... :D This is basically a shot of the left and right sides of my tank that I tried to stitch together..

:D
goldenpigeon
Thu May 19, 2005, 01:01 AM
that is a great tankk u got htere! :D those angels and discus r beutiful!!! :D nice shape, colour and everything!

very well done tank!!! where did u get the angels and discus from?
merman
Thu May 19, 2005, 01:06 AM
How do you go with feeding your discus with all the other boisterous fish in there?
PinoyDiscus
Thu May 19, 2005, 03:37 AM
that is a great tankk u got htere! :D those angels and discus r beutiful!!! :D nice shape, colour and everything!

very well done tank!!! where did u get the angels and discus from?

Thanks...I got the discus from a local breeder while the angels were from a nearby LFS. I'm from the Philippines... :D
PinoyDiscus
Thu May 19, 2005, 03:38 AM
How do you go with feeding your discus with all the other boisterous fish in there?

No problem....My discus are the biggest and meanest fish in there... The other fish have to make do with scraps... :D

Btw, this tank is going down soon... I'm going with a new aquascape so a lot of the plants will probably not survive the rescape... :D The angels might have to go too...
DR.V
Thu May 19, 2005, 10:16 AM
what type of canon digital camera do u have ?
power shots ? try and use the moving shot, so you dont get blurry pic for the fish , and use tripod, if you dont have a steady hand ^^