Re: Question of the day
Just make sure you take before and after pictures. That will help you notice the colour changes as well.
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I've got pictures of everything back to spring of last year. Growth has been good since all of the frags were pretty much 1", but as the tank parameters improved, some of the corals def looked bland. Unfortunately, I can't get the white balance thing right on my camera with the royal blue lighting, and that's when these things really shine. The pictures don't AT ALL do the tank justice when the blues are on. It's looking way better than when you saw it even.
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I have 48 RB's and it is really difficult taking photos under just those lights. The sensor (in my experience) really seems to struggle with blue and magenta tones even when balanced properly and for some reason tens to wash out. I haven't had much luck shooting with custom white balance settings, so I just use the temp WB setting and jack it to the max (10,000k). Post processing software like Lightroom it worth its weight in gold here - you can do further adjustments using a temperature slider and set to different k levels to get closer, or you can use an "eyedropper" to select a pixel in your photo that is approximately 18% grey and get a bit closer than your in camera settings. That said, even when close, it still doesn't do it justice... the RB's really make'em kick! It has to be seen to be believed. Here is a couple of samples under just RB's:
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Okay so I upped the feeding and added in an amino acid supplement. I can say that polyp extention at 1am is absolutely INSANE. I had 3 millies that looked like they were cheerleaders pompoms. Perhaps that says I was starving them beforehand.
There is definite colour improvement in 3 corals, no question, and quite quick. Those corals however had been doing fairly well without feedings. I have 3 that had gone a very pale beige, and I'm watching them closely. They have good polyp extension and growth but colour had pretty much completely gone. These are the ones I will see if I can drastically improve. Everything else looks unchanged except for the polyp activity. Seriously, last night it looked like the whole tank was eating spaghetti.
Also, so far no algae blooms of any kind either. I'd love to be the guy with a tank like Darryl's but running just LED.
Just make sure you take before and after pictures. That will help you notice the colour changes as well.
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I've got pictures of everything back to spring of last year. Growth has been good since all of the frags were pretty much 1", but as the tank parameters improved, some of the corals def looked bland. Unfortunately, I can't get the white balance thing right on my camera with the royal blue lighting, and that's when these things really shine. The pictures don't AT ALL do the tank justice when the blues are on. It's looking way better than when you saw it even.
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I have 48 RB's and it is really difficult taking photos under just those lights. The sensor (in my experience) really seems to struggle with blue and magenta tones even when balanced properly and for some reason tens to wash out. I haven't had much luck shooting with custom white balance settings, so I just use the temp WB setting and jack it to the max (10,000k). Post processing software like Lightroom it worth its weight in gold here - you can do further adjustments using a temperature slider and set to different k levels to get closer, or you can use an "eyedropper" to select a pixel in your photo that is approximately 18% grey and get a bit closer than your in camera settings. That said, even when close, it still doesn't do it justice... the RB's really make'em kick! It has to be seen to be believed. Here is a couple of samples under just RB's:
