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Post by babygeige on Sept 3, 2008 22:59:58 GMT -5
Here is another picture of my new little platy girl. I just love how iridescent she is. She's now living in my 10 gallon with 6 white clouds until I'm confident that she is big enough to move into the 30. She seems to have grown a bit just in the week and a half since I bought her!  Just for fun, here is an updated picture of the 10 gallon.  |
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Post by eve on Sept 3, 2008 23:12:42 GMT -5
very nice setup  just a little tip on the side if you don't want to have the flash, try putting it onto against red eyes, also try different angles when taking the shots |
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Post by murdock6701 on Sept 4, 2008 17:22:42 GMT -5
are you still trying to make me jealous! LOL - don't be surprised if she goes thru an orange phase - my little male is although he still has a blue irridescense
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Post by goldenpuon on Sept 4, 2008 18:17:52 GMT -5
Very cute fish. She kind of reminds me of my goldfish for some reason. lol
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Post by babygeige on Sept 4, 2008 21:37:38 GMT -5
Thanks everyone!
John, I'm so glad you know about blue platies, because I keep going back and forth about whether or not she is, simply because she's so pink right now. I had no idea they went through so many color changes as they grew. Not that I would like her less if she were a different color, but I never ever see blue ones and they are so cool!
Thanks for the tip, Eve. I'll have to check my book about the red eye thing. Do you mean turn the red eye thing on or off? I actually have no idea how my camera is set for that. I was trying weird angles to minimize the flash, but they all turned out blurry, or I just ended up with a shot of tail fin, lol.
Renee, you're .
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Post by eve on Sept 5, 2008 3:05:06 GMT -5
if you have a digital camera, you should have different settings for flash, as well as many other settings
just play around with them
as for red eye, i meant setting the flash in the red eye setting
which will shorten the flash period
hope that makes sense
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Post by murdock6701 on Sept 5, 2008 18:51:19 GMT -5
my little girl is going yellow/pink too - she's only about 5 weeks old......little boy just loves her! mama and daddy don't! little boy is ready to breed anything including mama who is NOT recptive and Dad chases him away constantly - time for a solo 5 gallon for the 2 of them!  |
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Post by brenda on Sept 5, 2008 19:54:15 GMT -5
I love your tank!!!!
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Post by murdock6701 on Sept 5, 2008 21:35:23 GMT -5
me too, she definetly has mickey mouse bars on her tail areaand black stripes on her caudal fins and tail bars - she will become more beautiful than she already is!
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Post by theoden on Sept 14, 2008 22:24:03 GMT -5
Beautiful tank, love all the green stuff! Those are real plants, right?
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Post by Carl on Sept 15, 2008 11:06:55 GMT -5
Beautiful tank, love all the green stuff! Those are real plants, right? Not to answer for Babygeige, but I know she has been VERY successful with her live plants (I am impressed), so yes these are live plants. Carl |
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Post by babygeige on Sept 18, 2008 21:38:13 GMT -5
Thanks for answering for me Carl (and for the nice comment). It's been a rough week and I haven't been around. And thanks Theoden for the tank compliment. I've had much better luck with the plants in my 10 gallon than I have in my 30, hence lack recent pics of the 30. I've been having an uphill battle in that one. The 10 is the one I like to sit and stare at. |
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Post by babygeige on Nov 3, 2008 16:42:19 GMT -5
I don't have any new pics, but I just wanted to update on my blue platy. I think "she" is actually a "he!" As he's getting bigger, the male whatever- it's- called is starting to show up.
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Post by goldenpuon on Nov 3, 2008 17:44:31 GMT -5
Cool, all my young males look like females even after they have some coloring. Then they grow out their fins and their gonodium develops(hope I spelled that right). Then they start chasing the females to try to breed or even try to mate with each other. XD I seriously think fish have impluse control problems such as with food, breeding, etc. especially my guppies! XD
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Post by babygeige on Feb 6, 2009 20:29:48 GMT -5
I thought I'd just bump this to remind you how my boy platy looked when I bought him and we all thought he was a girl!! So cute and little!
If you haven't yet, check out my new thread with updated pictures!!
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Post by murdock6701 on Feb 6, 2009 21:12:35 GMT -5
where is it?
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