NANFA Mailing List Archive: RE: NANFA-L-- photo tank

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>>If you plan on releasing them or keeping them alive, yes, you want to =
be a
little more careful about water temp and chemistry.<<

You can always set jugs of water in the stream on a rope to get them to =
temp while you collect. Streams are really good-in-stripping away heat =
efficiently. It would be best to have a round about idea of pH, but I =
doubt in _most_ systems, that your tap water is going to be much =
different than off the tap. =20
=20
So yeah, I've already thought this through... Just never did it. I'm =
lucky to remember my memory card usually, let alone things like water =
:)
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And as I mentioned-in-the Convention after Gerald's talk... You can just =
use a white bucket with stream substrates in the bottom, or even better, =
dark aquarium gravel with some local substrates, and the fish will =
maintain their color. The photographs you saw last week were done in =
this manner. Many of those fish were photographed over an hour after =
collection, and this isn't just a spring thing either...
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I picked up a Coolpix 4800 over the weekend (happy 1 year no smoking! :) =
The aperature on this thing is WAY better than the 950 that I've been =
using all these years, so home aquaria shots are gonna get a lot easier =
and happen more frequently. Look for pics and text from the Spring =
Fling coming later this week.
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Todd
The Muddy Maumee Madness, Toledo, OH
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
http://www.farmertodd.com

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>>If you plan on releasing them or keeping them = alive, =0A= yes, you want to be a
little more careful about = water =0A= temp and chemistry.<<

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You can always set jugs of water in the stream on a rope to get = them to =0A= temp while you collect. Streams are really good-in-stripping away = heat =0A= efficiently. It would be best to have a round about idea of = pH, but =0A= I doubt in _most_ systems, that your tap water is going to be much =0A= different than off the tap.

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So yeah, I've already thought this through... Just never did = it. I'm =0A= lucky to remember my memory card usually, let alone things = like =0A= water :)

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And as I mentioned-in-the Convention after Gerald's talk... You can = just =0A= use a white bucket with stream substrates in the bottom, or even better, = dark =0A= aquarium gravel with some local substrates, and the fish will maintain = their =0A= color. The photographs you saw last week were done in this =0A= manner. Many of those fish were photographed over an hour = after =0A= collection, and this isn't just a spring thing either...

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I picked up a Coolpix 4800 over the weekend (happy 1 year no = smoking! =0A= :) The aperature on this thing is WAY better than the 950 that = I've been =0A= using all these years, so home aquaria shots are gonna get a lot easier = and =0A= happen more frequently. Look for pics and text from the =0A= Spring Fling coming later this week.

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Todd

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The Muddy Maumee Madness, Toledo, OH

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It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
http://www.farmertodd.com