Photographing loaches

[Mark in Vancouver]

If anyone has any non-cruel tips for this... I seem to have lost the touch, or my loaches no longer appreciate life in the limelight. I stalked four tanks, and sat patiently for them to take the bait and come out for photos. Graeme recently challenged me to record my tanks the way he manages. Fooey.

No luck except this, the drawer and friends. One clown nose (if you press it, it beeps), and two B. dario noses. Curious, but non-committal.

[Emma Turner]

I just love 'the drawer'! Can never get enough of seeing him.

With the photos, I'm sure it'll all come back to you very quickly! Lots and lots of patience, and lots and lots of deletions!

But keep them coming, there's been a shortage of 'Mark loach photos' for too long....

Emma

[diesel]

Cool foto.
I sure like the expression on the face from the biggest loach. "is he gone yet so we can get out"

[Barracuda518]

Nice picture. To get general pictures, I just put algae wafers in the tank and they all jump on it. To get other pictures, I just keep the camera close to the tank and if I see something funny they are doing, I will get a picture.

Here is a link showing how I got them eating the wafers:

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=1883

Keep the pictures coming

[Martin Thoene]

What's up Mark? Too much time spent on those 'boring' bird pictures eh?

The problem isn't you. If you've not been spending time around the tanks with the camera the fish will be unused to it. I hadn't taken pics of loaches for ages either and had a bit of reticence from the performers the other day.

Martin.

[aquarioten.nl]

12x zoom helps me alot of the time...

[Graeme Robson]

Persistence, Mark. Remember the old 'Dayz'