fuzzy_dragonfly

I can't come either if it's a Sunday due to work. UNLESS it could be on a Saturday? - that way luv_my_fish could come too That's a better idea than the sports club anyway...something we can all enjoy.

Awesome shots of the fry and shrimp. That fry is adorable. Those shrimp are about 3 days old when they get those flappy bits on their side. Did you know when they're born they have 3 eyes and as they grow they shed their middle eye, male shrimp grow tusks and fight other shrimp for mating rights like goats. If you want to see your shrimp do a trick keep them in the dark for a while then shine a bright torch at them, they'll do backflips and follow the torch! - it's more impressive when they're adults. Who knew fish food could be so interesting My original point and shoot camera was an olympus around the $500 mark maybe a bit less. No complaints about that one either, there are only very slight differences and it's all a matter of preference. So far I've been using an Olympus compact camera which does the job but doesn't pick up the same amount of detail.

This is with a canon SX10IS powershot, it's a higher quality point and shoot camera and probably takes about the same quality shots as a low grade SLR. Not interested in SLR, they're too complex for my needs - it would be like buying an instrument and not knowing how to play it. This baby cost me $615 with case, tripod and memory card - OUCH!!! but totally worth it. If you want a camera like this you'd better lay by one now, Dick Smith doesn't stock them any more and this was one of the last in JB HIFI, they seem to be disappearing and noone can tell me why. New technology in the making maybe? I bought it to replace my olympus which was stolen a few years back. Howszat for an up close and personal shot. You can even see his teeth, although it is only a face a mother can love... Not that the same can be said for the rest of him, he's quite a handsome fish: And who could forget those adorable queensland red claw yabbies I bought on the fish crawl, well as I expected only one is left because he ate his siblings so his new name is JACK THE RIPPER!!! He's now 5x the size I bought him and had 3 moults, he's eaten 13 out of the 15 feeder fish I gave him 1 week ago. It was fascinating watching him catch the fish. They almost what you'd call an underwater insect however I had no idea the eat so much! And some totally un-fishy-realated shots: A wild and lavendar zebra finch - this shot was taken standing about 6M from the birds in my free flight aviary. A longcoat mouse (Pandora), I've taken a shining to rodents (not that it was unexpected) and dabbling in the mouse fancy at the moment. So if your wondering where I am I'm on the AusRFSNSW forums. Got some show boys arriving from Newcastle tommorrow WOOT!!! Only been mucking around with the Macro setting so far, havent gone as far as night shots or landscapes. But being a small and exotic animal enthusiast macro shots are the ones I'll need to specialise in. I only have one complaint so far is that the flash is very strong and drowns out white animals, I haven't worked out if you can adjust the amount of light on the flash however there is a facility where you can attach an external flash so I'd say you can. Shutter speed is very good but like all animal photography still expect to take about 100 photos before you get a good one.

If I can get him to hold still near a ruler I'll post it but no sucess so far. It's a shame I don't have another betta for comparison, that's where you can really see the difference. He's about 1.5 times the size of a regular plakat his age in length and a lot more solid. I should have bought the cambodian DTPK to show the difference, I was going to but had second thoughts. Very round body compared to a more slender regular plakat. I'm not breeding him, he's just my pet . I don't think I'd find a suitable female for him anyway. Aren't those swordtails the coolest . They had regular oranges but their colour is so intense it makes them look a bit fake. Pretty but they'd look out of place in my aquarium.

Meet Goliath. I've been petshop hopping lately and found 2 LFS that stock giants. Concidering they were selling for an avarage of $100 a few years back I recon I got at steal at $15 from strictly aquariums Campbelltown. Auburn aquariums also has some deltas at the moment, not great but deltas nevertheless. I felt terrible for loosing poor Captian my multicolour CT from the Sydney LFS crawl in the summer heat, my fault, I left the light on and the tank overheated. Typically a crappy shot but gives you an idea anyway: Also does anyone know what colour this swordtail is? jet black, white nose and green irridecence. I got 4 one underdeveloped male and 3 females. They're the most unusual I've seen apart from the koi swordtails I once had, they were cool too. Concidering the youngest fish in my tank was 2 years old I thought it was time I added some new stock.