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Way I always take my pictures. D300 + 100mm tokina macro on a tripod with a 3 way head but with all three axis of the tripod lose so it can move. SB-600 connected to the camera with a cable. Flash in my left hand, position as needed, camera controlled with my other hand.
For each of these...
It depends on how old and what you want to do exactly. For the local aquarium the 50 may be better, for your own tank a 100 would do better. I find public aquariums a rubber lens hood helps, you canget really close to the glass and cut out reflections
2-3 lower PH that's impressive. For that to happen you must have a very low buffer. Valid point though that I overlooked. I've got quite pure water of a consistent ph of 8. With blackwater species I grab every option I have to lower PH.
If you already have low PH then adding leaking wood to...
Tannins are bad for the tank that's a common fable. Granted, they give a colour to the water. However, it depends what you're after. Quite a few of the popular species from South America and Asia come from slow to medium moving water where half the jungle drops in the water and rots. With some...
It's sold here in garden centers to use as plant supports. The cheapest ones aren't even treated. These had been lying around in my garden for months so they were washed by the rain. Even so I rinsed them well with boiling water before I started the project.
The shrimp were all over them...
I liked the look of these things and my dad was kind enough to give me a few handfulls of willow moss. So I dediced to do some experimenting. Bamboo stick I had lying around just like some fishing nylon.
I'm counting on these to grow out a bit more, we'll see what happens. For now the shrimps...
The first one is a Trigonostigma hengeli, possibly a female. It's certainly the biggest fish in my tank.
Second one is boraras brigittae
Third one is boraras merah
The latter two are difficult to tell apart and very often mislabled in the trade. Fortunately for me these two species get along...
I see that aquarium salt come up in a lot of American aquarium discussions. Why is that? Over here in the Netherlands it's only the brackish that mess with it.