How to Photograph Aquarium Tanks

1. Xystichromis phytophagus-Lake Victoria Basin

2. Thoracochromis brauschi- Fwa River , West Africa

3. Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi- West Africa

Fishkeeping is another passion of mine. African cichlids, mostly westies and Victoria and some Tanganyikans(Tropheus)​. Just picked up some very rare Ptychochromoides katria from Madagascar last week and I am very excited about those

hey Buddy Thmopson,

I recognize that fish, its across from the sharks and the Denver, ops um the downtown aquarium...

do not use glass cleaner on acrylic tanks!
it will seep through the acrylic and kill/harm the fish and or ecosystem

Switchblade- Thanks for the tip before I did someting stupid!

Great Ciclid shots, Mullet!!

If they allow any flash at all, try to tether the flash so it can be as far away from your picture as possible but still offer the benefit of the added light. Setting the lens as close to the glass as possible is good too. My eldest son gets to hold the flash. Best outcome for sharpness is to have the camera looking straight into the tank. Shooting at an angle will add distortion to the picture. A really good lens is the 50mm f/1.4 to compensate for the low light levels as sometimes a f/2.8 can still be slow without a flash. The lens that gets the most use at the public aquariums is my 28mm f/2.8 when using the flash as it can get most objects with a 1.6x crop camera.

Here is a pic from Sea World in San Antonio:

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