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‘Lazarus’...80x40x40, back on track!

Hardscape selection has finally begun;

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Looks really good mate a lil spooky in a good way will this have your vivid on it

once planted it won’t look so spooky but for now I just wanna call it ‘sleepy hollow’ haha

No I sold my vivid 2 because I’ve been sponsored by skylight, so this will have the skylight aqi 80s intense on it very soon :), already using the 40S on my 45cm tank and it’s an fantastic light with nice shimmer effect that is quite unique on a wrgb.

loved the vivid2 but I’ve to say I finally got bored by the saturated Green and red tones of it...time for something more ‘natural’ looking I guess!
 
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I like Version 2 better though am still somewhat bothered by the very upright stone at left (photo) - this can obviously be hidden by plant design (it seems to be a support stone)

I finally got bored by the saturated Green and red tones
must admit this element of some LED lighting also disturbs me ... though I suppose it makes for some intense photography
 
I like Version 2 better though am still somewhat bothered by the very upright stone at left (photo) - this can obviously be hidden by plant design (it seems to be a support stone)


must admit this element of some LED lighting also disturbs me ... though I suppose it makes for some intense photography

Thanks @alto for your feedback, if you're talking about that stone, I forgot to take it out before the shoot (it was here for trial while scaping...totally forgot it:facepalm:)
And yes, those vivid colors can be aggressive to the eye while sitting in your living room and starring at your tank, but it does wonders in photography ;)
 
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hi guys, sorry for taking the pics out, planning to submit to iaplc again so had to remove the full frontal shot.

I’ll continue this journal anyway with sneak peaks! As I love to share with you the progress guys, here some shots from day 1 to nowadays (week 4), actually in a algae bloom (related to fungus on the woods?)...had to add some snails (clithon and neritina) to help. Some anubia melting too. On the other hand the stems are going crazy.

population is 12 paracheirodon simulans, 8 nematobrycon palmeri, 4 tucanoichthys tucano, 4 amano shrimps and 10 snails for now.

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Cheers
Thierry
 
Great macro shots! Can I ask what you are using to take those?
thanks man!

photos of the fish and snails were taken with an iPhone 12 mini coupled with an 100mm macro lens for smartfone found on Amazon.

plants were shot with an Panasonic lumix gx80 with an Olympus 30mm macro lens.
 
loved the vivid2 but I’ve to say I finally got bored by the saturated Green and red tones of it...time for something more ‘natural’ looking I guess!
The nice thing about the vivid is that you can make it look however you desire... You don’t “have” to jack up the reds or greens, take them way down or play with the Kelvin bar and get yourself the more natural look you’re after like the Twinstars or whatever:)
It’s a different story with you being sponsored by another company but it doesn’t make the vivid a bad light or even sub-par.
In my opinion , all these LED’s lack the true natural shimmer a metal halide puts out and it’s so pleasing to the eye with gentle surface agitation...their NA bulb is as natural as it gets , I just saw it the other day at my LFS.
 
The nice thing about the vivid is that you can make it look however you desire... You don’t “have” to jack up the reds or greens, take them way down or play with the Kelvin bar and get yourself the more natural look you’re after like the Twinstars or whatever:)
It’s a different story with you being sponsored by another company but it doesn’t make the vivid a bad light or even sub-par.
In my opinion , all these LED’s lack the true natural shimmer a metal halide puts out and it’s so pleasing to the eye with gentle surface agitation...their NA bulb is as natural as it gets , I just saw it the other day at my LFS.
Hi,
I never said the vivid 2 was an bad light. ;)

As for the shimmer effect, the skylight is as good as any bulbs I’ve seen yet.

should try the new skylight hyperspot soon which seems very promising too. :)
 
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