Mad Max the GATF and Chicxulub's other ATF

Chicxulub

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Thanks for all of the replies everyone! I can't believe this thread has gotten eight pages of replies and over 2000 views in a month. I'm glad to see that old Mad Max is so well received. :cheers:

Well that does it. As of today, my little guy is on pellet training. No more feeders. If I can get him looking half as nice as Max, I'll be happy.

Beautiful fish Rob, and if you don't mind me asking, what type of camera are you using? Those pics are amazing!
It's an entry level DSLR, a Nikon d5100. For pics of my fish I like to use a 50mm f1.8 prime lens. I have the camera set to a +1 exposure compensation and I fire it on 1/200th shutter, f5.6-f9 depending on where he is in the water column and ISO 320. I really enjoy photography and I like taking pictures of my fish because I find them to be very challenging to photograph. Now that I'm figuring out how to get decent pictures by properly configuring the thing BEHIND the camera, I want to get a proper macro lens in order to get some really good close ups of the fish. There's only so much you can do with a non macro lens IMO. I can get sharp, clear crops from the full size pictures, but its not the same as a true 1:1 reproduction ratio. I really want to step up to a 35mm full frame DSLR soon, I'm considering a Nikon d600.


What a beauty! He looks even better with the white sand!


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Yeah he does. I was worried that with the white sand he wouldn't show the dark colors that hes developing, but that doesn't seem to really be happening. I guess if he's gonna turn black he's gonna turn black regardless of his substrate. lol. He does look good though! Thanks man!


he is unreal very nice ;) how long you got those together??
I'm assuming you mean Max and the arowana, Drogo? If so, I've had Drogo for about a month. They've had one fight that Drogo started and Max finished, but for the most part they get along very well. They even school together.
 

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Thanks everyone! :D

Everyone gets one.

Picture that is. Today, I'm uploading one for everybody, and here's the one for Max. Also, be sure to check Catfish for a growout thread for Ginger, my juruense. That's coming tonight, too.

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