How can I hide my airlines?

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• Apr 11, 2003

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I prefer the natural look but this is what I have for now. This is my wifes first tank so I let her decorate it. We are going to be getting a couple plants every couple weeks if we can but our finances won't allow for more than that. How can I spark it up some?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

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OOOPS....let's try again. )

 

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Still learning to get them to swim infront of the camera.

Actually, I am still learning to take pictures through glass. Going to post a few to get some pointers. I hope no one minds.

 

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another...

 

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My very first live plant from a bulb!

 

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Why do I almost always get the glare?

Last one for now.....

 

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• Apr 12, 2003

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Ok the best way I found to take pics of a tank is to turn of all the lights except the ones in the tank and turn off the flass on the camera . works like a charm. I have posted some of my pics on this forum. but its been a while. maybe Ill respond to it to push it back up with yours.

 

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• Apr 12, 2003

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I agree with Sgt Birch. I tried loads of times to get rid of glare and it was so much better with the lights & flash off,and tank light on.
BTW, what kind of fish is that black and white one? I think he's awesome

 

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Thanks for the info. He is a marble sailfinned mollie. Thanks!

 

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• Apr 19, 2003

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Nice pics Mr. Bink . What we do to hide our air lines in the tank is buy a tall plastic plant and wind it around the air line. Not the best solution, but it camoflages it pertty well.

 

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• Apr 21, 2003

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Thanks I will try that! Has to be better than what I have going now...nothing...HEHE

 

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• Apr 22, 2003

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also try taking the pics at a slight angle, so that the flash from the camera is not reflecting off glass directly in front of you, usually works for me

 

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• Apr 23, 2003

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I tried that but it doesn't seem to work well for me.

 

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• Apr 23, 2003

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Mr Bink, As far as hiding the air lines I always bury mine till they get back to the corner of the tank then I use christmas light suction cups designed to hold lights to hold the air line. It worked really great for me untill I started getting way to many air lines so I have been contimplating a new way of doing it and I think I have it figured out. I have a spare tube from my UGF and I think I can pack all the lines into it and then run it in the corner and attach it with a suction cup.
I will get it done sometime and snap some pics for all to look at

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• Apr 24, 2003

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Cool, thanks. It wasn't bad until I got a dark background and now they stick out like a sore thumb. I used ick away a while back and it turned all my lines from then blue. I replaced one but now that I have guppy fry I dont want to go messin with moving things around right now. Those darn mollies are keeping the numbers down well enough on their own.