Bay Area Aquatics Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Hey everyone! My name is Michael and I've been in the aquarium hobby for a little over 3 years now! I only have 8 tanks, and most of them are in my closet (yep, thats right, my closet),My 75 gallon and 4 of my 10 gallons (these ones are most of my breeding tanks). I have another 10 gallon betta tank, a 10 gallon killifish tank, and a 20 gallon with a small fancy goldfish at my office. I also have 5 outdoor tubs I am breeding fish in! but I work a lot to utilize my limited space the best I can! I also enjoy photographing fish, and will post a couple of my favorite shots below! Pearl Galaxy Medaka Rice Fish Carrying Eggs Pearl Galaxy Medaka Rice Fish Fry, aprox 1 day old. Gold Australe Killifish I look forward to getting to know you all! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I love the foreground carpeting in the 75 gallon. What kind of plant is that? Nice photos (lots of bokeh). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Hey Michael, Good too see you. Beautiful aquariums as always. BTW, just happen to be wearing an "official" Bay Area Aquatics tee-shirt as I am typing this, lol. 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Aquatics Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 5 hours ago, Daniel said: I love the foreground carpeting in the 75 gallon. What kind of plant is that? Nice photos (lots of bokeh). Dwarf Hair Grass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Michael, @Bay Area Aquatics What is a good camera for taking close ups of aquarium fish? Was always interested in photography, but never really got into that hobby. Thanks. 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Aquatics Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, DaveSamsell said: Michael, @Bay Area Aquatics What is a good camera for taking close ups of aquarium fish? Was always interested in photography, but never really got into that hobby. Thanks. 😊 The keyword you're looking for is Macro. Your cell phone can take great photographs, but what most people lack is lighting. Getting something like a small LED panel (https://amzn.to/3jVZXn1 is the one I have) to help pump light in is great. If you're doing photos for fish for shipping or sale, I recommend netting and putting them in something like this (https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/lees-specimen-container?variant=2164880080926) and setting the LED panel on top and using your phone to take pictures that way. Limits how much they can swim and pumps lots of light! Edited July 30, 2020 by Bay Area Aquatics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Bay Area Aquatics said: The keyword you're looking for is Macro. Your cell phone can take great photographs, but what most people lack is lighting. Getting something like a small LED panel (https://amzn.to/3jVZXn1 is the one I have) to help pump light in is great. If you're doing photos for fish for shipping or sale, I recommend netting and putting them in something like this (https://amzn.to/339zU5Z this is what I use) and setting the LED panel on top and using your phone to take pictures that way. Limits how much they can swim and pumps lots of light! Thank you very much. Very helpful information. 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Aquatics Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, DaveSamsell said: Thank you very much. Very helpful information. 😊 An extra aquarium light or something will work as well, but the photo/video lights are usually more intense. If I take pictures of fish in the tank, I place the LED panel on the lid... just for extra light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, Bay Area Aquatics said: An extra aquarium light or something will work as well, but the photo/video lights are usually more intense. If I take pictures of fish in the tank, I place the LED panel on the lid... just for extra light. Excellent. Thank you. 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Our generous host sells the specimen containers also: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Aquatics Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 9 minutes ago, Daniel said: Our generous host sells the specimen containers also: Yes I forgot about that and had gone back and added his link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliceofnature Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 That killifish is so rad! Also sweet closet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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