Fern's Zoa Collection

[fernb]

Please bear with me as I learn how to take better photos with my iPhone. ( thank you Josh for the tutorial)
This is a photo I took tonight of my eagle eye colony. Has grown from 10 polyps to over 28 in two months. I am very pleased since this is my first saltwater tank and just finished cycling on April 18th.

 

[mikeytags5]

Very cool, its fun to see polyps spread!

 

[fernb]

My Gorilla's Nipples

By far my best grower and largest colony is this Gorilla's Nipple colony. It was a small colony given to me by the president of my local club and it has more than tripled in size in about 6 weeks.

 

[fernb]

Finally got my Nikon D-40 digital camera working again!!!

Can't wait to start getting better at taking photos of my corals with this camera. I am looking for a macro lens but in the meantime will be experimenting.

Here is a photo of a small segment of my 29 gallon BioCube. At last count I have 75 zoanthid/paly frags and several other softies and a couple of sps coral. I literally have no more room, lol.

It is not the best photo, I know, but with time I will get better. Be patient with me please.

 

[reefer999]

Nice assortment you got there

 

[mfollen]

The aquascapings lookin good in the bottom pic! Looks like they're growing out real nice

 

[fernb]

Nice assortment you got there

Thanks reefer999. Now I have my sites on some of tbe higher end zoas out there. i have some but not many, lol.
I'll just have to kick out some xenias and green star polyps to make room.

 

[fernb]

The aquascapings lookin good in the bottom pic! Looks like they're growing out real nice

Thank you mfollen. Yes, some are starting to grow out nicely. I still have many small frags so will take some time with those.

 

[Rob&Gab]

nice collection.

 

[fernb]

Got a used, but in excellent condition, Tamron AF 90mm f/2.8 Di SP AF/MF 1:1 Macro Lens today and can't wait to try it out. Of course my battery was dead! So after it charges up later I will be posting some closeups of my zoas using my Nikon D-40. Which photo editing software are you all using? It's been a while, but I used to use Paint Shop Pro, but I no longer have it installed in this computer.
Any decent free ones out there?

 

[fernb]

Ok, here is my first macro photo of my Armor of God paly using my new macro lens. I have a lot to learn but I am happy with my first attempt.

 

[tuna_bullet]

....nice come on over here and practice taking pics on my tank.....:wink:

 

[socal619]

Ok, here is my first macro photo of my Armor of God paly using my new macro lens. I have a lot to learn but I am happy with my first attempt.

nice, i need to get me a macro

 

[Northerncal]

Ok, here is my first macro photo of my Armor of God paly using my new macro lens. I have a lot to learn but I am happy with my first attempt.

Better than any pic I've ever taken

 

[StevenBell]

If everything is doubling or tripleing in size so fast your water chemistry must be right on and rock solid!You have quite a gorgeous collection there!!!

 

[larangcon]

Pretty Cool

 

[fernb]

....nice come on over here and practice taking pics on my tank.....:wink:

Sure, anytime. Let's see, i'm only 3000 miles away, lol. As it is, I drive 4500 miles a month, so what's another 3,000!!!!

 

[fernb]

If everything is doubling or tripleing in size so fast your water chemistry must be right on and rock solid!You have quite a gorgeous collection there!!!

Thanks Steve. I wish everything was doubling and tripling in size, but it appears the more expensive they are the slower they grow.

 

[Tenor]

Nice collection