Jervis' 1st Vivarium

[Jervis]

Hi Eddy

I am using a Sony Alpha 100 DSLR (2007 model) with the following lenses:
1) Sony Macro 2.8/50
2) Sony Carl Zeiss 16-80 ZA

One trick is to set to ISO 800 in order to capture a rather "black" fish in a shadowy spot. The pix will be slightly grainy than usual, but at least it's clear enough given the low light environment. A steady pair of hands help too I usually stop breathing when taking macro and dark shots

[Jervis]

Happy news!!!

Finally the Bettas are showing signs of affection... instead of hiding from each other... they are beginning to "check each other out"

They stayed together almost half the time today... probably something is happening right now in the dark



Please be gentle with me

[Jervis]

Witnessed a strange behaviour while "get together"... the male specimen keeps jumping out of the water (seen here sitting on my filter for a few seconds before leaping back into the water). As if he is showing his strength to the female.



How do you like the backdrop picture? I xerox it from my photo library

[fireblade]

have to be careful of the betta jumping, if he won't be able to get back into the water, it will be dried..

[Jervis]

have to be careful of the betta jumping, if he won't be able to get back into the water, it will be dried..

Emm... you got a point there... will fill water slightly higher tomorrow

Introduced 2 Otos today... luckily the curious Betta ignored them



Immediately start work!



Final pix of the day... tied some Anubias Nana petite onto the DW... the roots look pretty natural

[Fei Miao]

Mmm... so you removed the "disco lights"
I see the plants are growing nicely, the nana looks good, and yes bettas can be notorious jumpers.
Any full view of the tank now?

[Jervis]

Mmm... so you removed the "disco lights"
I see the plants are growing nicely, the nana looks good, and yes bettas can be notorious jumpers.
Any full view of the tank now?

Yeah removed the RETRO mistmaker as it heats up the water pretty fast

Will post a FTS tomorrow

[Jervis]

Here's the latest FTS with some new A. nana petite