January Photo Contest:

[fischfan13]

Ok, this is our first Photo Contest and here is how it will work.
We will pick a subject.
You take the pictures.
On the first day of the following month we will announce the winner.
The prize...we choose.

So here it goes...


January is Show Tank Month.
Show us your Showtank.
The winner will receive 1 Pound of their choice of HBH Flakes.
Start shooting, you have until January 31st.:odd043::odd043::odd043:

[Snitchols]

Should the pics be sent to you or placed in this thread?

[fischfan13]

On this thread for all to see.

[fischfan13]

I received an email from Artie. Even with his years at Harvard, Princeton and Oxford he has yet to figure out how to post a picture. (No one ever said he went to classes)
So, without further wait, I shall post the first entry (Hopefully everyone else can post their own:grin:)...
This is Artie's entry for Picture of the Month (Showtanks)...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/Fischfan13/DSC_0006.jpg

[AlishanAS]

So, is this a pic of Artie's tank BD(Before Disaster)? :icon82:

[Afreakin]

Different tanks, this one is in the sitting room.:a-okhand:

[Artie]

Thanks Bill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If no one else enters I would like the new HBH flake laced with caviar !!!!!!!!!!! :love:

[AlishanAS]

The way you kill fish Artie, we should lace it with strychnine. :1devil: :icon82:

[Afreakin]

Here is Afreakin Tanganyikan Tank :bandit:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1/vchop/DSC02466.jpg

[YoungAquaticPhotos]

Great tanks! What are the sizes of both entered?

[Artie]

Ed,
Mine is a 110. 5feet

[fischfan13]

Quick reminder.
January Photo Contest:
Best Show Tank

[Afreakin]

130 Gallon (66x18x25) All Tanganyikan

[fischfan13]

Anyone else here with Show Tanks?:alarm::alarm::alarm:

[ChrisG12887]

Beautiful tanks guyz!

[fischfan13]

C'mon boys and girls...
Two tanks posted and almost 200 members.

Lets see some showtanks!

[Pete]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/Fischfan13/DSC_0006.jpg

Tito's Dream Tank?

[Afreakin]

ca-mon! Let's see'em

[TOMMYN3D]

Afrekin tank looks good.what kind of sand in that?

[Afreakin]

Thanks.
It is called Ivory Coast and it's a mix of sand and small pebbles. My feather fins and sand sifters can move it around w/o a problem. So it's pretty fine. It also helps maintain the Ph.

[smitty]

Here is my 75 gallon mixed malawi tank
Taken with a Nikon D80

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/jets07/DSC_0012.jpg

[Afreakin]

Very nice. I'm glad you jumped in. :a-okhand:

[fischfan13]

Almost 200 members and only 3 tanks?
Lets see more pictures of your tanks!

[Snitchols]

My 10 gallon work tank.

[KutztownCichlids]

Heres my 75G, minus the tumbler now.

Bruce

http://i541.photobucket.com/albums/gg376/KutztownCichlids/myfish061-1.jpg

[fischfan13]

Is there anyone else out there who would like to show off their tank(s)?

[wayne]

2 lousy tank pics from my 125G Malawi project. The truth is I don't really have any good tank pictures - they are the hardest to snap IMO. I'll try again tonight (maybe).

[Afreakin]

Now Wayne, you got that Nikon and you can't get a good shot of that sweet Tenacor, come on!

[emartin]

These pics are from the summer:
http://www.toadscastle.net/marduk/new%20tank%20pics%20july%206th%202008/small/PICT0376.jpg

http://www.toadscastle.net/marduk/new%20tank%20pics%20july%206th%202008/small/PICT0388.jpg

Most recent pic...the Mchenga conophoros made a huge bower on the left hand side, the Apongeton (big plant that was on the right) went dormant for a while after it bloomed several times...just starting to regrow new leaves, and the center anubias I temporarily moved to another tank:
I need to clean up the some of the algae on the glass... http://www.toadscastle.net/marduk/pics/PICT0039%20(800%20x%20600).jpg

Here is what the tank originally looked like:
http://www.toadscastle.net/marduk/aquarium/265g%20pics%203-29-2008/PICT0142.JPG

And after I first set it up last January:
http://www.toadscastle.net/marduk/pics/S4300013.JPG

Stocking:
Buccochromis spectabilis
Exochochromis anagenys
Lichnochromis acuticeps
Protomelas 'steveni taiwan' Taiwanee Reef
Aulonocara stuartgranti Cobue
Aulonocara stuartgranti Ngara
Aulonocara baenschi Benga
Chilotilapia rhoadesi
Tyrannochromis nigriventer
Tyrannochromis macrostoma
Protomelas spilonotus Mara Rocks
Otopharynx lithobates Zimbawe Rock
Mchenga conophoros Otter Point 2m2f
Ancistrus sp. Albino x2
Synodontis decorus x2


~Ed

[misterted]

Here are some pics of my new 265 setup. My camera isn't the best so I struggled with lighting. I'd love to get a "glowing" pick like Emartin's and Artie's but can't seem to get it right now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/misterted/265cap2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/misterted/265Cap.jpg



Thanks for looking.

Ted

[wayne]

Wow, you guys have some nice show tanks. Now I have to go back and try harder. Hey Rob, PM me with some tips, would ya?

[emartin]

Here are some pics of my new 265 setup. My camera isn't the best so I struggled with lighting. I'd love to get a "glowing" pick like Emartin's and Artie's but can't seem to get it right now.
The lighting on my tank by the way is 4 CF bulbs, each 96watts and a total of 384watts...problem is it produces a LOT of hair algae on the glass and rocks...but that'd be a good thing for your mbuna.

[eggzackary]

Nice tanks everyone!:a-okhand:.....nothing like a look at someone's tank to get idea's for your own:)

[Afreakin]

Tripod Wayne, Tripod w/o a Flash :a-okhand:

[emartin]

Tripod Wayne, Tripod w/o a Flash :a-okhand:
Agreed. A Large aperture around F2.8 and Lower shutter speed will also help.

[YoungAquaticPhotos]

Looks great Ted!

[cwnaturescapes]

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo79/cwnaturescapes/Picture003.jpg

[FishWife]

I will borrow Ed's camera while he's out reffing tonight and take a picture of MY tank in our bedroom. It's very pretty and we just added the new Royal pleco from Julie. Bill, I'll let you know if I have a problem posting the pic....
I know you will all love my tank. <3:love:

[wayne]

Let me try again. My 125G Haps and 75G Cys + Shell Dwellers. Eliminate the reflaction coming from the back of the tank, even without flash, is not easy.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s100/tuway/BigHapsTank.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s100/tuway/CypsshellDwellers.jpg

[Afreakin]

What's in the Tenacor now?

Pics are great.

[misterted]

Wayne those Holey Rock pieces are awesome!
Do you clean them regularly or are they just new? I can barely see any algae on them.


Ted

[wayne]

Ted, I only turn on the lights when I want to look at fish and I do have a sizable albino algea cleaning crew in the tank. It works out fine since all my big tanks are in the basement and this is one of them.

Rob, Tenecor is currently housing 9 large N. Leleupi, 3 Toae, 3 comps, 3 synos and about 10 clown loaches. I have finally been convinced that built-in w/d was not sufficient for all those big haps. Until I find a way to work the Eheim pro 3, which is now bone-try sitting in a corner somewhere, into the Tenecor filtration system, these "light weight" tangs will continue to call the Tenecor home.

[Artie]

Damn no free food for me !!!!!!!!!!!! Tanks look great guys !!!!!!!!!! :colrface::colrface::colrface:

[EMTBMIKE]

Wayne the rock I sold you looks awesome.

[Flareside]

Here is my 125 gal built into the wall, framed, and wallpapered with an underwater scene:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/LesWebb/Fish04042006011.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/LesWebb/100_0168.jpg


125 gal oak stand and canopy mbuna tank:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/LesWebb/100_1190.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/LesWebb/100_1221.jpg

[YoungAquaticPhotos]

Nice tanks Flareside!

[eggzackary]

Nice shots Flare!, what is the black/blue fish in the last pic?

[AlishanAS]

Nice shots Flare!, what is the black/blue fish in the last pic?

Black/blue anni?

Looks like a Placidochromis, maybe phenochilus Mdoka?

[YoungAquaticPhotos]

Fishwife took this of her tank with her Blackberry phone.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e325/YoungAquaticPhotos/IMG00037.jpg

[fischfan13]

Although I cannot win...
Planted Mbuna Tank
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/Fischfan13/100_0104-1.jpg
Tropheus Tank
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/Fischfan13/100_0088.jpg

[cwnaturescapes]

hey bill nice rock work

[fischfan13]

Yes Chad, thanks for the rockscaping in the Tropheus tank.:smilewinkgrin:

Only four more days left.
Lets see some more pictures of aquariums!

[misterted]

I don't envy the judge (s).
All the tanks look great.

[gmoses]

So this tank has finally almost done...Took me a long time but here it is. i Still need to tweek a few things but i figured better take some pics and add it before the end of the month.
Let me know what you think
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/goinonbro/1-2.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/goinonbro/2-1.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/goinonbro/1-3.jpg

[Artie]

WOW !!!!!!!!!! I love the background !!!!!!!!!!!

[gmoses]

thanks Artie,
i worked hard designing and cutting and cementing... But i am happy with the end result. I really loved doing it. It was a very fun process and time consuming and messy but fun

[FishWife]

So this tank has finally almost done...Took me a long time but here it is. i Still need to tweek a few things but i figured better take some pics and add it before the end of the month.
Let me know what you think
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/goinonbro/1-2.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/goinonbro/2-1.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/goinonbro/1-3.jpg

WOW!!! I love it!!! Great pics!!! :love:

[joe_jaskot]

Nice looking tank. I like everything except the tiny blue rocks. They just don't look natural. But it's your tank.

[misterted]

:shocked:

OMG That is amazing!!!

OK so mine looks like crap compared to this.

Kudos to you on a job well done.

[Flareside]

wow! the tank looks incredible. Do you have any DIY pics when you were making that background?

[gmoses]

Joe i actually agree with you about the blue rocks..long story short i took some black gravel from another tank that had the blue mixed in. i tried getting rid of it and when that failed i used the gravel to fill in empty spots under the background. the big boss of the tank dug it all up and spit it up everywhere...he is making himself a nice little nook.
Thank you every one for the kind words

[gmoses]

flareside... i have pics posted in my albums section. and a tutorial in the diy section...any questions just ask. i wish i had another tank to do more of them its a lot of work and time but a great creative outlet

[fischfan13]

Saturday is the last day for entries.
Anyone else want to show off their tanks?

[emartin]

I wonder why Chris1932 hasn't posted pics of his Discus tanks here...

[M. Boona]

Lots of beautiful tanks, great work by everyone! :yes:

[fischfan13]

One last day for entries.


Do you have the winning tank?

[joe_jaskot]

One last day for entries.


Do you have the winning tank? Yes, but you can't see it. LOL!

[M. Boona]

One last day for entries.


Do you have the winning tank?

Oh gosh no... At least not yet! ;)

[gmoses]

its really hard to get a good pic for one i am learning and the corner unit is just tough..so here is a few shots to get a better idea of what i did...as always thoughts are appreciated
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/goinonbro/IMG_7617.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/goinonbro/IMG_7615.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/goinonbro/IMG_7614.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/goinonbro/IMG_7622.jpg

[M. Boona]

^ I like the way you decorated your tank with the background it ties everything together very nicely. May I ask how many gallons?

[fishboy]

not sure how to post pics yet but maybe somebody can move 1 of these pics over here for me... bill?? ed?? anyone

http://11s657.photobucket.com/albums/uu297/katale1/

thanks,

greg

[fischfan13]

not sure how to post pics yet but maybe somebody can move 1 of these pics over here for me... bill?? ed?? anyone

http://11s657.photobucket.com/albums/uu297/katale1/

thanks,

greg

http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/uu297/katale1/IMG_0981.jpg
http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/uu297/katale1/IMG_1002.jpg

[gmoses]

i believe the corner is either 44 or 54 gallon not positive...

[Lostlilkidd]

130 Gallon (66x18x25) All Tanganyikan

sweet set up!

[fishboy]

thanks bill

[fischfan13]

We have a winner, and the vote was unanimous.
Congratulations to Gmoses, and here is the winning shot...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/goinonbro/1-2.jpg

[Zippo]

Fantastic looking tank, Congrats gmoses. :smilewinkgrin:

[wayne]

Well deserved. It's a very nice BG.

[YoungAquaticPhotos]

Congrats Gmoses!

[gmoses]

I would first and foremost like to thank god and my mom... with out them none of this would be possible...
And of course all the great members of ECC who have helped me out as i learn about the very addictive hobby of cichlid keeping. (Special thanks to Bill for all his help) Keep up the great work...
I only wish i had more tanks to build more backgrounds..

[AlishanAS]

Congrats G.!!

[misterted]

Excellent choice.
That tank looks AWESOME!

[Artie]

Great choice. It's a beauty !!!!!!!!!!

[nick a]

Excellent choice.
That tank looks AWESOME!

100%--that tank rocks! :guitar:

[gmoses]

Just wanted to say again thank you for th egreat comments on my tank...
the prize of a one lb bag of HBH veggie flake seems to be a big hit with the fishies...
Thank you to all who did the deciding, it just goes to show that throwing a few bucks to th ejudges will get you far :shocked:
Seriously, thanks especially to yourfishstuff for my prize