190g wild discus biotope w/ LED lighting

[TactusMortus]

Those Roselines are crazy!

[150EH]

Nice job on the photos and sorry to hear about the Discus, thanks for all the good info on the speed light and camera settings, and the dark photo with all the shadow looks really nice and kind of draws you in to see what's lurking in the shadows.


The circuit for the LED's is so nice too, and seems like a great way have separate controls instead of just a dimmer. Ill have to say the Discus are beautiful and these guys look like they are getting ready to break out into some kind of melody. This is a nice capture with 5 Discus just lined up in a pose.

[The Gipper]

are you still doing the daily water changes? if not, do you think the sock and ceramic noodles in sump would keep tank parameters under control

[orchidman]

cool roselines!

[antbug]

Nice update dude. As always, your tanks looks great. Sorry to hear about the 2 you lost. That sucks!

[chris.rivera3]

these are probably the best looking rosalines I've ever seen...I really like the "koi-like" long flowing fins!!!

Originally Posted by jcardona1

And something a little more interesting. My roselines have developed long flowing fins over the past couple weeks, almost like a butterfly koi. Also, the yellow spots on their tails turned white. Who knows what could have caused this. Crossbreeding? Hybridization? Whatever it is, they look pretty damn cool!

[jcardona1]

Originally Posted by zachary908

Great photos and fish, man! Those Long fin Roselines are sweet. Wonder how long it will be before someone starts a breeding line of them.

Thanks! Who knows, I'm sure they already have them in Asia. Those guys breed anything and everything over there. Short body this, platinum that. If you dream it, they will make it in a lab

Originally Posted by nikonD70s

yeah man im searching also and couldnt find anything. never seen or heard of it before. u def have a group of special roseline. that just add more value to them in my opinion. load a new vid to your youtube man. i wanna see the roselines swimming.

Yeah they sure do! I'll have to see what I can do about an updated vid!

Originally Posted by aXio

I've followed your thread on Simply. Your tank is amazing to say the least. I'm growing out some discus currently and will attempt something similar to your tank. attempt being the key word.

LOL thanks, appreciate it!

Originally Posted by fusiongt

This is amazing! Your tank is simply incredible and your photography is equally so. Well freakin' done! Discus' for the win.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by speedie408

Thanks for the update Jose. You need to stay active and keep us posted more often.

I'm liking your roseline morphs man. You sure you haven't been dropping radioactive pellets for them? haha

Thanks Nick, I'll try to be more active I wish it were some special pellets. That way I could at least make more.

Originally Posted by jkan0228

Nice! They even have white dots instead of yellows.

Yeah! I don't even know what happened first, the fins or the dots

Originally Posted by TactusMortus

Those Roselines are crazy!

Originally Posted by 150EH

Nice job on the photos and sorry to hear about the Discus, thanks for all the good info on the speed light and camera settings, and the dark photo with all the shadow looks really nice and kind of draws you in to see what's lurking in the shadows.

The circuit for the LED's is so nice too, and seems like a great way have separate controls instead of just a dimmer. Ill have to say the Discus are beautiful and these guys look like they are getting ready to break out into some kind of melody. This is a nice capture with 5 Discus just lined up in a pose.

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed the pics and the write up.

Originally Posted by The Gipper

are you still doing the daily water changes? if not, do you think the sock and ceramic noodles in sump would keep tank parameters under control

I'm doing water changes every other day right now. I haven't checked nitrates in a while, maybe I should. I just don't see having any problems because the stock is so light...

Originally Posted by orchidman

cool roselines!

Thx!

Originally Posted by antbug

Nice update dude. As always, your tanks looks great. Sorry to hear about the 2 you lost. That sucks!

Thanks Anthony!

Originally Posted by chris.rivera3

these are probably the best looking rosalines I've ever seen...I really like the "koi-like" long flowing fins!!!

Yeah they sure are, thx!

[jart]

Phenomenal tank. I'll make sure my wife doesn't see this thread or she'll want me to get rid of my existing setup and devote my time to discus.

Spigot that refills the sump from the aging barrel, with a Y-valve for adding water to other tanks


Would you mind sharing where you sources those valved Wyes? I've never seen those before.

Regards.

[audioaficionado]

Most any hardware or big box store has 'em in the garden dept by the hoses and sprinklers.

[jcardona1]

^Yup! Bought this at Lowes where they have all the garden hoses and nozzles.

And snapped a few new pics today, I'll just drop these off here

[SkyGrl]

Those angels are monsters! love it!

Amy

[speedie408]

Great shots once again Jose! I don't remember asking you but how are you diffusing your flash from the top? Also are you using 1 or 2 speedlights?

[jcardona1]

Originally Posted by SkyGrl

Those angels are monsters! love it!

Amy

Thanks! Those two angels pictures are my big males. They are massive! Each controls one side of the tank, and they always battle it out right in the middle. Pretty fun to watch them

Originally Posted by speedie408

Great shots once again Jose! I don't remember asking you but how are you diffusing your flash from the top? Also are you using 1 or 2 speedlights?

Thanks Nick! For this set and the one before it I simply placed the speedlight on the glass center brace pointing down in the water. I used by SB-900 with the plastic diffusor cap on it, which automatically adjusts the flash zoom to its widest angle of 10mm.

These were shot at 1/200th, ISO 200, and f/13-f/16. 1/200th is my maximum flash sync speed, so I never go faster than 1/200th since after that it greatly reduces the flash output.

[speedie408]

Damn, my speedlite only goes down to 24mm. 10mm is pretty wide. No wonder it looks like you've got a nice big light spread. I'm familiar with those settings, but my flash can take up to 1/250th max. I guess it's a Canon thing *had to toss that in there* haha

[jcardona1]

Originally Posted by speedie408

Damn, my speedlite only goes down to 24mm. 10mm is pretty wide. No wonder it looks like you've got a nice big light spread. I'm familiar with those settings, but my flash can take up to 1/250th max. I guess it's a Canon thing *had to toss that in there* haha

Haha! I'd have to go up to the next model to get the 1/250th sync speed. Not sure why the lesser modes are 1/200th.

As for my speedlight, it's the SB-900, which is their biggest. My SB-600 doesn't go 10mm wide.