Photo Competition Aug '05 - WINNER ANNOUNCED

[Proteus]

Subject: Group Shot (more than 2 fish in the same image)

Prize: Refer to follow up post by AquaHobby.com.au

Fine Print: Competition commences on the 1st of August 2005 and concludes at 11.59pm on the 31st of August 2005.

The judges decision is final and no correspondance will be entered into.

Images must be the original, unedited (other than for size) work of the entrant.

There is no limit as to how many images a member can enter.

Only current and active members are eligible to enter.

(the image does not have to contain Discus in it, however bonus points will be added if at least one fish is of the Dinnerplate variety).

Last of all.... good luck

[DiscusWorld]

The Prize for the Photo Competition is a Medium size Fludised bed filter and pump, this suits an aquarium up to a 600 Litre tank and is the perfect complimentary Biological filter for your existing Aquarium setup.

For more information on this device check out Matt's reviews at
http://www.discusforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3853

[Mattzilla]

cooooool

gotta borrow my mates camera again...

[Merrilyn]

Wow :shock:

Wonderful prize.

Get your entries ready folks. You can post your pictures in this thread.

Remember, this comp only runs for one month, so hurry.

Many thanks to our wonderful sponsors.

[DR.V]

I want that FILTERR !!! Hmm better try to win this comp ... hehe saves money :P

Oh btw .. is there only 1 winner ??

Cmon admin ... make 3 winner ( 1st , 2nd , 3rd ) hehehe .... but they dont have to get the same prize ... :P ^^

[Fishpimpin73]

Too bad I can't enter :lol:

I want that filter too :P

Good Luck everyone.

Get those entries in!

[Roy]

Ooohh no limit on entries, time to burn the bandwidth :D

Roy

[DR.V]

My entry number 1 ...
Will be adding more soon ...

[kalebjarrod]

i'm a snappin

[Darth_discus]

2 or more
or more than 2

[marg]

O.K., here is one of mine - I must admit I am not a real crash hot photographer though!!

[DR.V]

What is being judge in the photo ?

The quality of the picture or the fish ?

[kalebjarrod]

i believe its photo with a bonus for multiply discus in one shot

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

OK let's get this thread moving :P . I don't have discus but I have some other fish that may interest you :wink: .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/fuzzy_dragonfly/loaches.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/fuzzy_dragonfly/BettaBN.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/fuzzy_dragonfly/Bettaram.jpg

I have a few more...but I'll keep you is suspence :wink: .

[Ben]

My Little group shot.


Ben

[Soul-Weaver]

Here's my juvies

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/Soul-Weaver/mix.jpg

[kalebjarrod]

heres some pigeons

[DR.V]

Ryan , are you using pots for breeding ?

[Benny]

Heres a shot of my three little stooges from Jonesy, theyre growin so damn quickly :D

[kalebjarrod]

not for breeding in the community tank Dr.V

but i do use them as a astheticlly pleaseing training ground :wink:

[marg]

Pretty Colours Ryan - I have a young one similar to the one at the back in my Community tank.

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

Ohh nice pigeons :P . You don't know how wierd that sounds to me a bird lover and pigeon breeder :shock: . But mine are real pigeons :wink: .
Here are some more:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/fuzzy_dragonfly/Tetras.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/fuzzy_dragonfly/Bettaguppy.jpg

[Benny]

another pic

[Merrilyn]

Ohhh we have some lovely pictures here.

Keep them coming.

Just a few tips folks, wipe down the glass before you take photos, and look thru the tank into the background. Lots of ugly equipment is not a good look.

Happy snapping.

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

Just a few tips folks, wipe down the glass before you take photos

Yeah I know :roll: , I'm the biggest culprit for sticky fingerprints and dried up watermarks on glass :lol: .

Snapped this one a couple weeks ago and I thought it wasn't too bad.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/fuzzy_dragonfly/RamBN.jpg

[kalebjarrod]

Lady,

can you come and clean the bottom of my tank before i take the next shot?

its only 1m down LOL

thanks M :wink:

[goldenpigeon]

hahahahaha ryan you would like that wouldnt you?

i wonder what the wifey would say bout that? :twisted: actually this could be a good idea cause if she knows lady is cleaning your tanks she might put up some competition and do it for you :twisted:

[Sam]

heres a few random shots i took.

[Proteus]

just remember, the theme is group shot....

:wink:

[duck]

This is the first
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/IMG_1255.jpg

[duck]

Another one

[OscarManAlpha]

This picture had to be taken with no time to set up the shot. As you can see its a baby BN going for a ride on his Dad's pectoral fin. Now what are the chances of that happening ?

[OscarManAlpha]

What's up Freddy ?

[OscarManAlpha]

Proteus the rules state more than two fish ?

Does that mean if we only have two fish in the photo it will not be considered ?

[chrissyoscar]

Great pics everyone.
There are some real nice shots and it's going to be tough.

Proteus can you use pics with discus you no longer have? I have a few group shots but some of those discus are no longer with me.

Oscar

[Proteus]

so long as you took the photo it is fine

[chrissyoscar]

Thanks Proteus

Just had a look at all my old photos and only have decent shots with discus on there own or 2 discus in the shot. Just to clarify you need to have more than 2 fish in the photo don't you.

Thanks.. Oscar

[chrissyoscar]

Here are some I've just taken.

Oscar

[Mattzilla]

i love the baby and dad bn shot OscarManAlpha!

[OscarManAlpha]

More BN many more !!

[duck]

Another
EDIT:Change Pichttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/c_duck_c/IMG_1864.jpg

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

That's alot of BN Oscar man :shock: .

This one's cute, Caught them kissing behind the pirate ship :lol: .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/fuzzy_dragonfly/aRamkiss.jpg

Wouldn't want to put your finger in theis tank when they're hungry :shock: .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/fuzzy_dragonfly/aFeedingfrenzy.jpg

[Ylem]

Some pics of my Cory's.

[Ylem]

One more pic (wouldn't fit in the other post)

[goldenpigeon]

wow! how many cory's do you have?

nice pix guys

[Ylem]

About 20 bronze and 5 albino. With the exception of one, all the bronze were bred at home.

[mcloughlin2]

Im goin to hav to start takin some photo's..!!! :wink:

[kalebjarrod]

Im goin to hav to start takin some photo's..!!!

yeah totally

i'm a photo junkie :wink:

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

OOOH look at all those corys :shock: .

[sammigold]

Here are a couple of mine....

[Mattzilla]

lol @ sammigold

[Mattzilla]

ok here are my entries...

they are not new unfortunately..they are about a month or so old... and not that crash hot... but this months competition catagory was really hard for me...not really sure why, it just was

cheers
matt

[sammigold]

Hey Proteus is this competition separated. Ie. Do the discus photos get judged separately from the other fish photos. Looks like my 'lil fishies will have no chance. LOL :lol:

[OscarManAlpha]

About 20 bronze and 5 albino. With the exception of one, all the bronze were bred at home.

YLEM how did you manage to breed all those bronze cory's from just one fish ??? :?

[Ylem]

Only had 1 bronze, had around half a dozen albino's. The bronze turned out to be female and ended up laying frequently. As the albino gene is recessive, all the fish came out bronze. Perhaps I could have worded it a little better in the previous post.

On a side note, ROFL@sammigold's photo :D

[OscarManAlpha]

Ylem have you bred any other types of Cory's ?

Do you have any other varieties in your collection ?

[Ylem]

At this stage I only have the two kinds of cory's but I'd love to branch out. There are just so many cool looking ones around :D

[DR.V]

Some more of my entries :

[Mattzilla]

great pictures there mate!

[mcloughlin2]

DR.V how old r the babies....??? My planted 4 footer has went cloudy coz there isnt enough good bateria so i hav to wait for the water to go clear agen :( ....b4 i can get some good pics

[DR.V]

Hi mcloughlin2

The babies are 2 weeks old.

[Mad Kau]

Here is an entry of mine...

[Mad Kau]

Two more from me.

The top one I call 'The life of a flying fox'

The bottom one I call 'Trouble'

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

Sam the blue fish is actually a CT but his crowning never grew back properly after a failed spawning attempt :roll: . Nova is a mix if CT and something else, possibly delta or VT, not 100% sure, but I like him whatever the case.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/fuzzy_dragonfly/NovaSam.jpg

[Ylem]

One more Cory pic from me. I really like the colour of that Nova character you've got there :D

[otto]

my entries...

[OscarManAlpha]

Otto what size is your tank ?

Do you ever have a fish jump out ?

Is your evaporation rate very high ?

How old is your set-up ?

Enough questions !!

BTW tank looks great

[otto]

OscarMan, my tank is 500L including sump, the only fish i seem to loose are siamensis cats, evap rate is quite high approx. 25L/week & this set up is about 8 months old. the wet/dry was already bioed and i used old substrate. BTW thankyou..

[OscarManAlpha]

Otto are you pumping CO2 ?

Do you use any ferts ?

[OscarManAlpha]

And heater cable ?

[otto]

OscarMan, my CO2 system is a BOC size D food grade CO2 bottle, tunze
regulator, aquamedic solenoid, dupla reactor s, and dupla pH control alpha.
ferts are dupla root & root K in substrate and plant & plant 24. Heating
consists of dupla therm 500 with temp control alpha with additional via-aqua
in the sump. i run 3 x 125W mercury vapours for lighting.

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

One more Cory pic from me. I really like the colour of that Nova character you've got there
Yeah Nova's a groovy fishy :P .
I was planning to buy a couple more khuli's today but something caught my eye. There were 3 corys in a tank with some large fish, as I was watching I literally saw one of the corys get ripped to peices (it died) and the other 2 were being chased. As a matter of urgency I bought the two remaning live corys, one was lucky to get away with a nip to his dorsal. They're settling in but are still pretty jumpy. So here they are, my two lucky fishys :P .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/fuzzy_dragonfly/Leopardcory.jpg
for those interested these are Leopard corys (corydoras julii)
EDIT: for more info see below

[OscarManAlpha]

http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/c_trilineatus.htm

If you visit your local aquarist establishment and you are greeted with a tank labelled, Corydoras julii, you can bet that in 95% of the cases that you will be looking at Corydoras trilineatus, unless the shop owner is very much "into" cats and so that will take care of the other 5%!. Why the confusion, well apart from the reason that C. julli hails from Brazil and is rarer and trilineatus is found in Peru & Ecuador there is a marked difference in the markings on the area of the snout/head. Below you can see the comparisons as the C. julii on the right has a fine spotted head and C.trilineatus on left has what you would term, reticulations in that area. :?

Worth a look they may be Corydoras trilineatus not that it matters they are both great fish to have. But if you ever want more to breed with or make a school of them this info would be handy !!

[mcloughlin2]

Otto,

Nice tank....all these good photos...

I hope the discus the LFS gets in for me are top quality to make up for any faults in my tank and photgraphy skills LOL....

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

Thanks OscarMan :wink: , I was suspicious they weren't the genuine article.
So, if you see a tank labelled corydoras julii you now know it is most likely corydoras trilineatus as pictured above. More commonly known as Three-lined cory not Leopard cory :roll: .
You learn something new everyday :wink: .

Probebly better they are more common then julii, it'll make it easier to find more if I ever choose to breed them.

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

Any more pics? I love having a look at what others have.

Ah well, your probebly sick to death of seeing pics of Suzie the bolivian butterfly. But just thought I'd show off Bob, I only got him the other day. Bob is the one with the mango yellow belly :) .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/fuzzy_dragonfly/friends.jpg

[DR.V]

Heres mine

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

Nice :wink: ,

Wish I were skilled and patient enough to own discus. That, and the fact I don't have room for a really big tank :roll: .

[Proteus]

Competition is now CLOSED

A winner will be announced in the next few days.

Thank you and good luck to all that entered.

[kalebjarrod]

LOL

(i was gonna sneak in a pic this morning)

you beat me proteous! :wink:

i'll svae it for the next comp, good luck everyone :lol:

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

Gook luck,
Hmmm *looks around*...now where am I going to show off my fish :( .

[sammigold]

^ photo gallery? :wink:

[chrissyoscar]

Ok we've waited long enough, who won the comp?

Oscar

[Proteus]

you can wait a little longer. :P

we are still waiting for some feedback from the sponsor who is donating the prize.

[Mattzilla]

oh yeah who is the weener....i mean winner....lol

[sammigold]

Do we know who won yet? :wave2 :coffee

[DR.V]

So ... who is the winner ??

[Proteus]

After days of trying to decide I cant narrow it down to one...

so... I will show the 2 images I have selected, and will allow Fishpimpin73 & Pyrowolf to cast there vote.

If the vote is tied, I will make the final decision.

The final 2...

1, Submitted by OscarManAlpha

http://www.discusforums.com/forum/files/something_up_freddy_.jpg

2, Submitted by otto

http://www.discusforums.com/forum/files/_medium_.jpg

Feel free to critique either of these images.

Thank you to all who submitted images.

Another competition will be organised very soon.

[mcloughlin2]

I reckon OscarManAlpha's pic is better..something a bit different...

Otto's one is ordinary IMHO...still a great pic though... :D

:D

[Merrilyn]

Oh wow, they are both fantastic pics.

Glad I don't have to make the decision. :P

[Fixem]

They are both good BUT IMHO I'd say the pic from OscarManAlpha wins by a short head.....; )

[OscarManAlpha]

I'm most honored to be chosen as a runner up. :D
It was totally unexpected.
Thanks and good luck Otto as you know I love your tank it's awesome.

[fuzzy_dragonfly]

Well done to the finalists :D .

[otto]

congratulations oscarman, i love that pic you submitted talk about perfect shutter timing. i always seem to miss those "special" pics by a split second and end up with a fish`s butt or something. once again congrats, good luck and thankyou, i too am honoured.

[Mattzilla]

both great pictures!!! well done guys, congratulations

[Proteus]

The Winner...

Submitted by OscarManAlpha

http://www.discusforums.com/forum/files/something_up_freddy_.jpg

[DR.V]

Congratulation OscarManAlpha !!

[mcloughlin2]

Congrutulations!!! :D

[Merrilyn]

Congratulations gentlemen.

A very worth winner, and a worthy runner up.

Beautiful pictures. :wave2

[otto]

congratulations oscarman, excellent pic.

[wifey of axelfaz]

Congrats Oscarman awesome pic :)

[OscarManAlpha]

I would like to extend a special thank you to everybody.

I really enjoyed seeing all the photo's of other peoples fish and aquariums.

I'm looking forward to the arrival of my new toy and will be setting up a planted Discus tank once I have moved house. I will be sure to share the photo's with all.

[Proteus]

*bump*

Just a recap of what we did last time