A 55G link in the Golden Chain

[cracker]

Now that was cool was a read! These multi page threads are so nice because You pick up tips & info on topics one wouldn't normlly ask about.Thanks for the inspiration!

[ScubaDrew]

Thanks very much for the link - I'm reading and taking notes. I really need to work on my DoF too.

Originally Posted by goldenmean

Hey Mark,
I have just been learning about aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.
Ben's Newbie Guide to Digital SLR Photography - Canon Digital Photography Forums
Last night I was experimenting with aperture trying to get a bigger depth of field/ field of focus.
I alway use a tripod when taking tank pics even before I got the SLR camera.

I have more to learn and need much more practice. I sure am glad this is a digital camera. I couldn't afford to learn this shotting on film.

[goldenmean]

Nice selections Jeff! You redecorating your tank with wall to wall ricordea?

I am thinking of a ricordia garden at the base of the ric rock.

Now that was cool was a read! These multi page threads are so nice because You pick up tips & info on topics one wouldn't normlly ask about.Thanks for the inspiration!

We are all here to help and inspire each other.
I am glad my ramblings can help some body.

Drew I have been slack in my photography lessons this past week

[goldenmean]

I love tracking packages!

The rics that i am getting from flricordia stated in Pensacola at 6pm cst. An hour and a half later they were in Mobile ALabama. The spent a half hour there and now they are in Albany Georgia.
MIdnight - the rics are in Louisville Kentucky

[BarbMazz]

Getting closer! They're going to look beautiful in your tank, Jeff

[goldenmean]

the rics arrived in Chicago by 5am.
2 hour later they are out for delivery.

I am glad flricordia ships them in a thermos as it is cold today - 14 degrees
Pics tonight!

[Craig Manoukian]

Woohoo Jeff, can't wait to see the new additions!

[goldenmean]

Me either Craig!
I have wantedsome of Mike's Rics for some time.


quote from Dentoid's Reeforama
I didn't want to totally hijack Scotts thread!

Jeff, have you read elsewhere what I told you about them? With the reading I do on fish I've noticed that some very different opinions are given on the same kind of fish depending on where you read. I imagine different authors report behaviors they've noticed, but that might just be that individual fish. I'll be interested to hear what you decide to do. Hope I didn't put you off!

Barb I did read that somewhere else. I think it was on wet web media.
If Diver's Den has a long nose available I will get him even if he is my first fish. I trust personal experience over whatever I read and I trust scott.
Of course if I do get a long nose first he could have a different temperament than Scott's. If that happens I could move the long nose to the QT for a time out, Make a temporary egg crate divide in the tank, or change the rock work around to get the fish over any territorial issues.

[BarbMazz]

Originally Posted by goldenmean

quote from Dentoid's Reeforama
I didn't want to totally hijack Scotts thread!


Barb I did read that somewhere else. I think it was on wet web media.
If Diver's Den has a long nose available I will get him even if he is my first fish. I trust personal experience over whatever I read and I trust scott.
Of course if I do get a long nose first he could have a different temperament than Scott's. If that happens I could move the long nose to the QT for a time out, Make a temporary egg crate divide in the tank, or change the rock work around to get the fish over any territorial issues.

I say go for it. You obviously know what you're doing. I was hoping you weren't upset with me because I have NO experience whatsoever, and who was ~I~ to tell you that. And of course it is much better to trust to experience and friendship than what you read somewhere.

They are really neat fish and I can understand why you'd like one first. At the LFS their movements were fascinating.. the way they were in and out and around the rocks. There were five or six of them in the tank and it was like watching a bunch of monkeys playing!

[goldenmean]

Barb i appreciate that you told me what you had read.
That made me do some research on the issue of long nose territorial agressiveness. I did find another place that also confirmed it. That is why I asked Scott as I knew he had a long nose and I wanted to know what his experience was with the fish.
I was not upset with you at all. Just the opposite I was grateful that you said something. I don't have a lot of experience with fish either and I hope I never have so much experience that I no longer have "beginners mind."

[BarbMazz]

Originally Posted by goldenmean

Barb i appreciate that you told me what you had read.
That made me do some research on the issue of long nose territorial agressiveness. I did find another place that also confirmed it. That is why I asked Scott as I knew he had a long nose and I wanted to know what his experience was with the fish.
I was not upset with you at all. Just the opposite I was grateful that you said something. I don't have a lot of experience with fish either and I hope I never have so much experience that I no longer have "beginners mind."

Thank you, Jeff. Means a lot to me. You're a very nice guy.

Some Karma to you!

[goldenmean]

ahhhhhhh! Shucks Barb, Thanks!

The Ric arrived at 11am!
Alas I am at work. Mike said not to acclimate them so I had Alonzo open the package and put the rics in the tank. I talked him through it over the phone. It was his first hands on coral experience. He said the water was cold and the rics were really small but I bet they will be fine now they are in the tank.

[Craig Manoukian]

Time and pictures will tell!

[Octoman]

Jeff, my long nose is very well behaved as well. Never messes with my coral banded shrimp or any other fish. My yellow tang chased him around when I added him, for the first two weeks he had to hide from her. I've added a few fish after him that he never took any interest in. Actually, my lawnmower knocks him off his perch and he just waits patiently for the lawnmower to leave so he can go back. He is a pellet fiend, he eats frozen and won't touch flakes but he loves pellets most of all.

BTW - you're avatar intrigued me and after seeing the game, I've been eagerly awaiting the release of Beautiful Katamari for Wii! (2/29/08).

[goldenmean]

Thats very cool to know about your long nose.
You will fall in love with Katamari. It is such an amazing game.

So as i said the Rics arrived at 11am and were put in the tank. When i got home this evening I had to search for a couple of them as they had been moved in the current. One of them had come unattached in shipping.

After i rounded them all up i mounted them to some larger rubble and I place them together on a flat rock to get a pic to take a pic.

Thanks Flricordia. They are awesome!!