New Nikon - First Fish Pics

I just bought a new camera and am trying to learn how to use it effectively....so far my fish pics aren't comming out too nicely. I've had to digitally enhance them a bit to see much detail/color. Do these look too doctored up?
Also--- Is anyone else using a Nikon Coolpix that can offer some advice on settings and setups?

the exposures come out strange, so here I've had to play with the gamma setting to balance out the light and dark.

which nikon is it? if its SLR style i can help. but non idk.

oooooooohK, heeere we go ---- I finally cracked open the 'Ol Man-U-al and found the problem.
How are theeese?






FRY!

Whoa. i love the fry, and parents. THE COLORS... i wish i had the time and patience for rasing fry.. though i have gotton eggs by accident alot... lol

Lovely pictures and fish

Anita

Damsel_in_Distress said:

Whoa. i love the fry, and parents. THE COLORS... i wish i had the time and patience for rasing fry.. though i have gotton eggs by accident alot... lol

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raising African cichlid fry is actually pretty easy. By the time the mom spits them out they're usually big enough to feed crushed flakes to. And with enough rock crevises, they survive until they're big enough to not become a cichlid-snack.

wow those fish are gorgeous im in luuuurve

tell me more about them?

please..............................................

How old are yours mine are 2 day old Morrii now in a net together for arounf a week or so then ill let em go. Mine are still nearly see through. I got some yellow lab fry coming in the next week or so aswell hopefully.

wow is all i can say

helsekia said:

wow those fish are gorgeous im in luuuurve

tell me more about them?

please..............................................

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Uh oh, you've opened a whole can of worms here! I Looooove talking 'bout fish!

Here are the names of the fish if you want to google and read more about them.
Maylandia callainos (aka Pseudotropheus zebra "cobalt")
Labeotropheus fuelleborni OB Morph

They are African cichlids, endemic to Lake Malawi. They have specialized jaws for scraping growth off of rocks, and they are mouth brooders. They are a very social kind of fish and stake out territories in which to attract mates and raise their offspring.
I think they are the coolest fish on earth

Ginge said:

How old are yours mine are 2 day old Morrii now in a net together for arounf a week or so then ill let em go. Mine are still nearly see through. I got some yellow lab fry coming in the next week or so aswell hopefully.

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Hi Ginge, the adult fish are about 2.5 years old now, but the fry are only 3 months old. What else do you have in the tank besides the the H. moorii and L. caeruleus? You might want to wait a little more than a week before you release them -- just to make sure they don't look like snacks to your other fish. Do you have a a little betta tank or something to raise them in?

clareuk said:

wow is all i can say

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Thanks guys!
Here's some more eye-candy!!

the pictures are GREAT and fish are wow

For the full fish list of fish in my tank see my sig but i have a huge amount of rock in my tank and no fish are over about 3".Except the BN plec about 4".

Hey Thanks nelly!!! I'm loving the new camera


Ginge -- sounds live a lively and colorful mix-- do you have pics of your Pseudo. acei's ??
I might get some of these in another tank.

I need to ask, what camera u using ( im looking for one and wouldnt mind looking the one you used to get those pictures up ) the pics are great !!!

A very large and beautiful fish, are the yellow spots suppose to be there?