Video of my tank

Rogger Castells · Nov 9, 2011

This video was taken a few weeks ago during the my local club tank hop event, hope you enjoy.

[video]http://youtu.be/NTybTsex3Tc[/video]

[video=youtube;NTybTsex3Tc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTybTsex3Tc&feature=youtu.be[/video]

iReefer · Nov 9, 2011

wooo very impressive thanks for sharing

Rogger Castells · Nov 9, 2011

Thank you!

revhtree · Nov 9, 2011

Just beautiful!!! Nice!

Dowtish · Nov 9, 2011

We need one that is longer than 43 seconds!:wink:

But just from that, I am super impressed. thanks for sharing

dolfandds · Nov 9, 2011

Roger it looks almost as good as it looks in person. Was that a clarion Angel Thanks Rick

Rogger Castells · Nov 9, 2011

Thank you, actually there is a longer version of the whole event, this is call a tank hop here in Miami, basically the club request volunteers that want to show their tanks, set a day and timelines, a bus is rented to transport the 20-30 members and we will visit the 4-5 houses in a day. The host will take care of explaining their husbandries and what ever other questions people may have, it's like a tank of the month but in person.
Overall is a great event imagine a bus full of people that love reef tanks

Here is the video, my tank is the 4th one, about 6 minutes into the video. I hope you enjoy it.

[video=youtube;x0qph56okRA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0qph56okRA&feature=feedf[/video]

Aquaph8 · Nov 9, 2011

Very nice, how big is it?

Rogger Castells · Nov 9, 2011

Thank you, the display is 376 gal it measures 96x30x30, the sump holds an additional 100 gals.

skinz78 · Nov 9, 2011

Very nice indeed, future TOTM material for sure!

M&M · Nov 10, 2011

Very beautiful tank.I love your fish selection.What kind of lights are you using?

Rogger Castells · Nov 10, 2011

Skinz, thank you for your kind words.

UCedumacasion · Nov 10, 2011

Rogger's tank looks like a tank full of ugly fishes and ugly corals. I can't believe how terrible his taste is. His food is complete garbage. I mean seriously why would you put so many angels in one tank full of SPS?! Seriously, what's his problem?

Just kidding, I wrote this while talking to him. Don't hate.

Rogger Castells · Nov 10, 2011

Thanks M&M, I have 4-400w Radiums powered by good old HQI PFO's, I also have some actinic LED's.

Mike&Terry · Nov 10, 2011

Beautiful tank! Enjoyed the videos... thanks for sharing!

Rogger Castells · Nov 10, 2011

Thank you Mike, I saw your tank video too, Very nice tank you have, you had at the end that you shot the video with your Nikon D300, it looks really nice i would like to utilize my D90 to be able to shoot a video of my tank, can you give me any pointers, (tripod, settings, etc)

Mike&Terry · Nov 11, 2011

Thank you, Rogger. We're not familiar with the D90 that much, but some tips that might help:

as with your still shots, getting exposure and white balance right are crucial - play with still shots to get these settings right before shooting your video
autofocus is limited with video (you have to be using tripod mode, and then its still kind of manual), so we pretty much wind up using manual focus while shooting video
aquarium glass causes distortion, which gets worse with increasing glass thickness - try to remain perpendicular to the glass to minimize
darken your room before shooting - we like to shoot at night with the tank being the only source of light in the room

hope this helps, and looking forward to seeing your next work of art!

Rogger Castells · Nov 14, 2011

Thanks for the tips, I will start testing tonight.

Rogger Castells · Dec 7, 2011

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Acropora Microclados (strawberry shortcake)

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