Ever seen a rainbow in the sunlight?

[MSU Fan]

I get to see my fish for about 10 minutes every morning in the sunlight right after sunrise. While there isn't enough light at that time to give me any algae grief , it lights up the scales on my fish like flashlights! These pics don't do much justice to it because of the reflection, but it makes owning them completely worthwhile!!!

 

[LandGhoti]

Those diamonds really do sparkle. I like the last pic the best, actually.

 

[hsherman1986]

i love all the shadows in the background. Those are some awesome pics!! Good job!!

 

[Sidi]

It's amazing how sunlight, or going from a standard aquarium strip light to a brighter/better balanced light, can really bring out how beautiful some fish are. That's one reason why I find it strange that fish stores tend to have pretty blah, low light in their tanks...the fish stores in the area really don't do justice to the fish with their lighting setup.

Well, I guess I know why they do it. It would dramatically raise their expense and probably not help sales. Plus it would cause huge algae problems.

Beautiful pictures BTW.

 

[theotheragentm]

Those fish look great. I'd love to see a video of schooling fish in light like that.

 

[MSU Fan]

Thanks everyone - yeah, my fish don't really school at all since there really isn't any "threats" in the tank. They do swim together in the current, and tussle every once in a while chasing each other - but the remaining fish don't care. Oh well, guess you can't have everything!

 

[theotheragentm]

Who's the boss in this tank? You get a mini submarine and you make them school!

Is MSU the one in Kalamazoo? I was out there for three weeks for work. Fun college town. Too bad I wasn't in college.

 

[MSU Fan]

Who's the boss in this tank? You get a mini submarine and you make them school!

The boss? I believe that role is somewhat shared - the Pink white skirt tetra controls the smaller fish (aka the Queen), the larger boesemani controls the rainbows, and the clown loaches runs the loaches...

No submarines for this group, but hey, there's so many, who needs schooling?

Is MSU the one in Kalamazoo? I was out there for three weeks for work. Fun college town. Too bad I wasn't in college.

No, that would be WMU (Western Michigan University). While that is a fun college town, it does not and cannot beat a town where there are ~42k students and ~100k partiers every weekend !