Tropheus Moori Kasanga - Pictures

[328iGuy]

Hey

Well I finally had the chance to make the road trip down to Toronto yesterday to pick up my colony of Tropheus Moori Kasanga, along with MArx colony of Tropheus Moori Chaitika for him.  They all arrived back home safe and sound and have been in their new surroundings since last night and seem to be quite happy, chasing one another all over the tank.  You can really pick out the dominant male in the tank as well with his chasing and colouration standing out the most.

These guy's aren't the easiest to photograph but I have taken some quick shots for everyone to see them!

[Sue]

Nice looking tropheus!

[328iGuy]

Thanks Sue!

[pegasus]

Very nice indeed

328iGuy Tropheus Moori Kasanga  (Blue Blaze)
Marx Tropheus Moori Chaitika  (Blue Rainbow)
Pegasus Tropheus moorii Kiriza (Kaiser II)
Sue Tropheus duboisi ??    right?

How about pledging some of our first born?
Anybody else?

[328iGuy]

Very nice indeed

328iGuy Tropheus Moori Kasanga  (Blue Blaze)
Marx Tropheus Moori Chaitika  (Blue Rainbow)
Pegasus Tropheus moorii Kiriza (Kaiser II)
Sue Tropheus duboisi ??    right?

How about pledging some of our first born?
Anybody else?

Actually the Kasanga are known as "Red Rainbow" not "Blue Rainbow".  

[pegasus]

Actually the Kasanga are known as "Red Rainbow" not "Blue Rainbow".

It's the Tropheus Moori Chaitika who is often called the Blue Rainbow, not the Kasanga.

That's what happen with common names: So your T.m. (Kasanga) are called Red Rainbow and sometime Blue Blaze. This is very useful at auction when the seller can't have more than 3 lots of the same specie.

Tropheus moorii (Kasanga)   Blue Blaze
Scientific Name: Tropheus moorii (Kasanga)
 Common Name(s): Blue Blaze
 Habitat: Shallow Precipitous Rocky Habitat
 Diet: Herbivore
 Gender Differences: Monomorphic
 Breeding: Maternal Mouthbrooder
 Temperament: Mildly Aggressive
 Conspecific Temperament: Highly Aggressive
 Maximum Size: 5"
 Temperature: 77 - 79°F
 pH: 8.6 – 9.1
 Water Hardness: Very Hard
 Difficulty: 4
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1882

[328iGuy]

Where are the pics of you're Tropheus anyway??  

[pegasus]

Since you ask.

And there's one for your screen background. (My compliments)

[328iGuy]

VERY nice....although the background one won't display???

[Marc]

VERY nice....although the background one won't display???

It's too big to display automatically.  You'll have to click on the "download" link at the far right (you'll have to scroll).

[328iGuy]

VERY nice....although the background one won't display???

It's too big to display automatically.  You'll have to click on the "download" link at the far right (you'll have to scroll).

Ahh yes my bad, thanks.

[328iGuy]

Since you ask.

And there's one for your screen background. (My compliments)

You know...I would use it as a background if you didn't cheat when you took pictures and bump up the ISO to get a quciker shutter speed and add all that noise in there. HA!  :lol:

[pegasus]

You know...I would use it as a background if you didn't cheat when you took pictures and bump up the ISO to get a quciker shutter speed and add all that noise in there. HA!

Just a quick lesson... When taking a picture in close range (so you can see the eye of your fish) depth of field becomes much more important. When using a flash, the synchronization will be 1/125 or 1/60 sec but the actual speed is of the flash, 1/400 to 1/2000 sec and even more on certain automatic flash. So for depth of field you would close down the lens and you could help the exposure by bumping the ISO. I usually keep mine to 200... I would like to know what you have read as an ISO on this picture. There should not be any noise before 800 ISO with these cameras. What you could have seen is the result of high compression, 100k file from an original 17MB.
For obvious noise... look into your black to find weird out of place pixels of reds greens and blues.

[328iGuy]

Yes, I understand photography quite well .

[Troy]

Nice pictures  
Thanks for posting


328iGuy : How big is your tank?

[328iGuy]

Nice pictures  
Thanks for posting


328iGuy : How big is your tank?

Thanks a lot!  

[Marx]

your fish are awesome!!! mine started showing blue coloration.. their doing great..

they are still in the midst of getting the pecking order done..

seems that they fear nothing in the tank.. inlcuding themselfs lol..

[328iGuy]

Yupper...great fun to watch them eat too, they go nuts......

[luvfishies]

328, glad to hear the trip was a success!

Did you hook up with the Texas Holey Rock as well?

[328iGuy]

328, glad to hear the trip was a success!

Did you hook up with the Texas Holey Rock as well?

Nah his prices are outrageous for the crumby peices he has left, I told him that too.