NANFA-L-- spiral strip

Bob Bock (bockhouse-in-earthlink.net)
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:55:44 -0500

How are the spiral strips working out? I had a plan to do that myself.
Unfortunately, though, we can't get daylight spirals around here, only the
standard warm white.

Thanks, Bill

> [Original Message]
> From: Bill Flowers <billflower-in-gmail.com>
> To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
> Date: 3/29/2006 5:26:37 PM
> Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Photograph and Release
>
> The bulb is one of the 60 watt screw-in compact flourescent that can be
> bought-in-Menards, Meijers, or Lowes for about $4.00 US. The specific
> company that makes the ones I use is Fiet Electric and it is called
Daylight
> 60. The bulbs use 13 watts to give you 60 watts of light. It is the
daylight
> variety and not the warm white. The warm white tends to have a more yellow
> coloration. I have actually been slowly building strip lights for all my
> tanks and installing these bulbs. I actually have 400 watts on a 125
gallon
> tank.
>
> Bill Flowers
>
> On 3/29/06, Bob Bock <bockhouse-in-earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hey, Bill, what kind of bulb is in the overhead light in your first
link?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: Bill Flowers <billflower-in-gmail.com>
> > >Sent: Mar 29, 2006 3:16 PM
> > >To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> > >Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Photograph and Release
> > >
> > >Dennis,
> > >
> > > Here is a picture of a simple photo tank that I came up with from
> > seenig
> > >what others have done. It is a 2.5 gallon tank with the back covered in
> > >black. I have also took some acrylic sheets and painted them with a
paint
> > >called Fusion. The acrylic sheets are slightly bigger than the tank
and I
> > >bow them so that it creates a smaller pocket for the fish to lay in. I
> > have
> > >also attached some pictures taken in this tank. I haven't taken it out
> > into
> > >the field, yet. I am hoping to later on this spring and early summer.
> > >
> > >http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/phototank2.jpg
> > >
> > >http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/orangethroat.jpg
> > >
> > >http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/m_stone2.jpg
> > >
> > >http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/greenside.jpg
> > >
> > >Bill Flowers
> > >
> > >
> > >On 3/29/06, Dennis Burnette <deburnette-in-triad.rr.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> NANFA Folks,
> > >>
> > >> I am seeking advice on photographing fish in the field before
releasing
> > >> them.
> > >>
> > >> I am a native fish newbie. I have a good bit of experience with other
> > >> wildlife, but have only recently gotten hooked on native fish. What I
> > plan
> > >> to do is collect local fish (and invertebrates), hold them briefly in
> > some
> > >> type of enclosure on site, photograph them, and then release them
back
> > >> into
> > >> the place where I collected them.
> > >>
> > >> The photographic enclosure that I am visualizing is some sort of
small
> > >> glass/plastic container or aquarium that will allow me to isolate a
> > fish
> > >> and
> > >> keep it relatively still while I photograph it. (I prefer not to
shoot
> > >> photos of a fish out of water in a net or someone's hands.) I haven't
> > been
> > >> successful in finding anything about this kind of photography on the
> > >> Internet.
> > >>
> > >> I would be grateful for any advice I can get from you folks who have
> > >> successfully photographed fish in the field.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks in advance,
> > >>
> > >> Dennis
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Dennis Burnette
> > >> Greensboro, NC
> > >> deburnette-in-triad.rr.com
> > >>
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> > > Bill Flowers
> > >The Fish Addict
> >
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