Tonya's 210 Gallon

[Salty Lemon]

I have set some corals and added fish. But I ordered a lens for my phone online to specifically work with aquarium/reef shots. So I'll wail until it comes in (I hope soon) and I'll post the new photos instead of my fuzzy ones. Fingers crossed that it works. ;Snaphappy

 

[Ashley Kekua]

what settings do you have your lights on ?

 

[Salty Lemon]

what settings do you have your lights on ?

Hi Ashley,
I have black box lights -- they are set at about 50%. I'm not sure what they were set at in the photos above.

 

[garbled]

From one Peorian to another, looking good!

 

[Salty Lemon]

From one Peorian to another, looking good!

Dude...I knew I liked you for some reason. Thanks.

 

[Saveafish]

So I've been getting very wet in this endeavor. For further details or what recommendations on the subject that other reefers have given me (some are funny) you can hop on this thread here. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/short-people-with-big-tanks-maintenance-question.536415/
But in the meantime, I purchased a few tools to help a bit with the whole "mess" thing. The snorkel and mask was a gag gift from my husband.

Lol that snorkel is not as much as a gag as you think. Wait till your working in it. It'll come in handy.

 

[garbled]

Oh I outright refuse to put my face in the tank. Will not do it. People ask me "why is the sandbed in your tank that deep?" and the answer is "that is the exact distance from my shoulder to the end of my fingers".

 

[Victoria M]

Oh I outright refuse to put my face in the tank. Will not do it. People ask me "why is the sandbed in your tank that deep?" and the answer is "that is the exact distance from my shoulder to the end of my fingers".

That made me lol.

 

[emvanburen]

Apparently I can't type the word listed above on R2R (It was starred out). Let's just say it was phallic in nature.

It was obvious by context!

 

[Salty Lemon]

I have set some corals and added fish. But I ordered a lens for my phone online to specifically work with aquarium/reef shots. So I'll wail until it comes in (I hope soon) and I'll post the new photos instead of my fuzzy ones. Fingers crossed that it works. ;Snaphappy

So I was really excited about ordering a Polyp Lab Coral View Lens from Amazon. I'd add the link so people could look at it, but I'm afraid someone would not read my post clearly and actually order it assuming I was recommending it. It doesn't work. My photos don't look any better than before. So now I need to find a camera.

 

[Salty Lemon]

So here are the photos from my cell phone. They are fuzzy and somewhat hard to see. Sorry. The best suggestion I can give you is to either look at them cross-eyed or drink a few alcoholic beverages first. Believe me, I'm proud of my purchases over the last couple weeks and everyone seems to be doing well.

 

[Salty Lemon]

And here are a few more...
The cloudiness in the clown pic was shortly after we added another bag of sand.

 

[Salty Lemon]

Well, my other baby (the furry one) decided to tear her ACL today. So because doggie knee surgery is so cheap, I'll have to take it easy on building up the tank this month. The good news is she is calm and being well-loved by her family. ;Nurse;Doctor

 

[Raege]

Sucks about your furry ones knee. One of our silky store a knee not cheap but the little buggers are worth it for the unconditional love they give. Here’s to a speedy recovery of your baby and temporary slowdown on the build.

 

[Salty Lemon]

Sucks about your furry ones knee. One of our silky store a knee not cheap but the little buggers are worth it for the unconditional love they give. Here’s to a speedy recovery of your baby and temporary slowdown on the build.

Thanks @Raege.

 

[Salty Lemon]

Well @Raege pm'ed me and suggested a camera app that I can load that works with my phone. I still think I want to invest in a camera, but you can see the difference in the photos. Thanks for the tip, Raege!
Regular phone camera:

Aquarium app:

Phone camera pic 2:

Aquarium Camera App photo 2:

I'm not going to add all the photos. But the app really makes a difference.

 

[Raege]

Well @Raege pm'ed me and suggested a camera app that I can load that works with my phone. I still think I want to invest in a camera, but you can see the difference in the photos. Thanks for the tip, Raege!
Regular phone camera:

Aquarium app:

Phone camera pic 2:

Aquarium Camera App photo 2:

I'm not going to add all the photos. But the app really makes a difference.

Glad it does the trick. It wont beat a digital camera but will get ya by
Pics are very nice you may need to give me setting lessons on the app cause im not getting my pics that nice

 

[Salty Lemon]

Glad it does the trick. It wont beat a digital camera but will get ya by
Pics are very nice you may need to give me setting lessons on the app cause im not getting my pics that nice

I have an android and originally downloaded "aquarium camera" that I actually paid money for -- it didn't work at all. It was terrible. Then I installed "Cameringo Lite". That works great so long as I click on "marco focus". I'm not certain what you have for your I-pad. But that is what I used.

 

[Musovski]

your name on here intrigued me, so i went a took a lemon and added salt on it and tried it.... it wasnt what i expected. Very disappointed in myself.

 

[Salty Lemon]

your name on here intrigued me, so i went a took a lemon and added salt on it and tried it.... it wasnt what i expected. Very disappointed in myself.

LOL! ;Hilarious
FYI...it goes well with tequila. ;-)