Cories in the dark!

Corydora_FREAK · 03-20-2007, 11:03 PM

I couldn't sleep well last night, so at 1pm i woke up for the third time, so i decided to get my camera that was sitting right next to my bed and very slowly and quietly prepare for a shot in the dark. Literally! I dropped a couple shrimp pellets( in pitch dark!) in and gave them a good 5 minutes to settle down and find the food. Then i pointed the camera where i dropped the pellets and took just 2 pics. Here they are. I crawled away from my bed super quiet and vibration free and got the shot from far away!

Madd Bichir · 03-26-2007, 04:58 PM

Nice pics corydora... Tank looks great... cool piece of drift wood. One of best I've seen.

Ringo · 03-26-2007, 05:26 PM

lol dont kill your cories with the flash!

The driftwood is pretty cool, its real right?

Corydora_FREAK · 03-26-2007, 05:41 PM

No the drift wood is plastic, all my ornaments are. I like them way better than live plants. WAY easier to tend, just stick them in there and you done!

Madd Bichir · 03-26-2007, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Corydora_FREAK

No the drift wood is plastic, all my ornaments are. I like them way better than live plants. WAY easier to tend, just stick them in there and you done!

Real or fake... I still think it looks pretty sweet!... Couldn't agree more on the plastic plants... To much work. Why not just constarte on the fish. If done right artifical plants and decor, Imo look just as good.

Corydora_FREAK · 03-26-2007, 08:58 PM

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just concentrate on the fish. If done right artificial plants and decor, Imo look just as good.

indeed my friend, indeed

I couldn't agree with you more!

Ringo · 03-26-2007, 09:08 PM

yea but plants grow

if you dont kill them...

Scuba Kid · 03-26-2007, 09:33 PM

I tend to kill them.

Nice shots.

**Buggy** · 03-26-2007, 10:37 PM

I love the juliis

MyraVan · 03-28-2007, 10:21 AM

I love your cory shots! Nice to see what they're getting up to in the dark...

I have live plants because, well, to be honest, I've always loved plants. I've always had a good collection of houseplants (especailly like cacti and succulents) so it was inevitable that I'd get into planted tanks.

But actually I find that plants make for less work, not more. They eat up lots of fish waste, so I only do water changes when I need to rinse my filter pads (because they've got so clogged up that the filter flow has gone way down).

And I think that it helps me to keep a more healthy tank in other ways too. I find lots of people tend to way overstock their tanks. Probably partly it's just getting bored of your tank, and wanting to do something different with it. If you have plants, you just buy a new plant, or rearrange the plants, but if you don't you're more tempted to buy a new fish. I tend to keep a fairly light fish load, and I love looking at the plants as much as I love looking at the animals in the tank.

03-20-2007, 11:03 PM	#1
Corydora_FREAK FIENDING FOR CORYDORAS! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Middle of Nowhere, New Mexico Age: 20 Posts: 267	Cories in the dark! I couldn't sleep well last night, so at 1pm i woke up for the third time, so i decided to get my camera that was sitting right next to my bed and very slowly and quietly prepare for a shot in the dark. Literally! I dropped a couple shrimp pellets( in pitch dark!) in and gave them a good 5 minutes to settle down and find the food. Then i pointed the camera where i dropped the pellets and took just 2 pics. Here they are. I crawled away from my bed super quiet and vibration free and got the shot from far away! __________________

03-26-2007, 04:58 PM	#2
Madd Bichir Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Norcal Age: 26 Posts: 96	Nice pics corydora... Tank looks great... cool piece of drift wood. One of best I've seen. __________________ spare a guppy?

03-26-2007, 05:41 PM	#4
Corydora_FREAK FIENDING FOR CORYDORAS! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Middle of Nowhere, New Mexico Age: 20 Posts: 267	No the drift wood is plastic, all my ornaments are. I like them way better than live plants. WAY easier to tend, just stick them in there and you done! __________________

03-26-2007, 09:33 PM	#8
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	I tend to kill them. Nice shots. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

03-26-2007, 10:37 PM	#9
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03-26-2007, 05:26 PM	#3
Ringo I'm just a Twig Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Sticks Age: 16 Posts: 960	lol dont kill your cories with the flash! The driftwood is pretty cool, its real right?

03-26-2007, 09:08 PM	#7
Ringo I'm just a Twig Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Sticks Age: 16 Posts: 960	yea but plants grow if you dont kill them...

03-28-2007, 10:21 AM	#10
MyraVan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 861	I love your cory shots! Nice to see what they're getting up to in the dark... I have live plants because, well, to be honest, I've always loved plants. I've always had a good collection of houseplants (especailly like cacti and succulents) so it was inevitable that I'd get into planted tanks. But actually I find that plants make for less work, not more. They eat up lots of fish waste, so I only do water changes when I need to rinse my filter pads (because they've got so clogged up that the filter flow has gone way down). And I think that it helps me to keep a more healthy tank in other ways too. I find lots of people tend to way overstock their tanks. Probably partly it's just getting bored of your tank, and wanting to do something different with it. If you have plants, you just buy a new plant, or rearrange the plants, but if you don't you're more tempted to buy a new fish. I tend to keep a fairly light fish load, and I love looking at the plants as much as I love looking at the animals in the tank.

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