Larger Pics Accepted/Tank Requirements?

[nvcichlids]

I know I am not the only person, but everytime I try to up load pictures, they get denied because they are too large. I have tried to scale them down several times, but have yet to get pics to work for my tank images. Any help/ suggestions with this would really help me (and I think others)

I think it might be also helpful to have a tank size required to keep each species of catfish. I know you can read that a fish gets 6", but they may be too active of a fish to fit in a 48" tank. I just feel that this would help people choose what catfish species they can actually keep in their tanks (not just basing it on the size of the catfish itself)

Thanks,

NV

[Dave Rinaldo]

they get denied because they are too large.

Have you resized them down to 512 KiB or less?

toobig.GIF (2.42 KiB) Viewed 1325 times

This pic is 412 KiB

[Marc van Arc]

Any help/ suggestions with this would really help me (and I think others)

It may be very obvious, but as you asked for any help: did you save them ("Save as") after resizing? I've been struggling with that for some time, thinking resizing itself would be sufficient and then finding out that the pictures kept being denied.....

[nvcichlids]

I guess, I don't realize where to look to see how big the picture actually is when I save it? And that save as thing, very possible problem lol. I will work on it when I have time and see if I still have problems.

BTW, is the other idea about tank requirements a good idea?

[Bas Pels]

Using windows, I see the size of any file going over it with the mouse. However, if the computer is still working, this does not happen. Alternatively, you could click on view and than select details.

[Jools]

The "hover over" trick won't work in all versions of windows. To be sure, right click on the picture and select properties.

As to the question about a recommended tank size, we'll, it's a lot of work and quite subjective. For example, what you you put for something like a red tailed cat.

Jools

[MatsP]

As to the question about a recommended tank size, we'll, it's a lot of work and quite subjective. For example, what you you put for something like a red tailed cat.

Would something like this work (in pseudo-code):

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    len = thisfish.SL;
    if (len == 0)
    {
        display("Size unknown, can not recomend aquarium size");
        return;
    }
    if (len < 600)
    {
       if (len < 100)
       {
          len = 100;
       }
       size = { 4 * len, 2 * len, 2 * len };
       displaysize(size);
    }
    else
    {
       display("Fishes of size over 600mm are unsuitable for standard aquariums.");
    }

In displaysize we could simply display the size in mm/inches, or have lists of standard sizes [easy in the US traditional tank, not so easy in Europe - perhaps rounding to even 100mm would help making it easier].

Of course, there would have to be a note saying "this is a minimum recommended size, and active fish may need more space".

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Mats

[Jools]

I'm not sure that would work Mats, I mean, take 6 Corydoras robustus and 6 Corydoras habrosus - using your code they need the same amount of space! The factors of interspecies aggression and also "activeness" are required. I can add the later as a 1-5 type field in the catelog, but then someone will need to go through all entries and set that value.

Even at a genus level, that's 350 odd bits of data.

Jools

[MatsP]

Well, my "minimum size" was just an example to avoid coming up with tanks that are silly small size - e.g. a 10 x 5 x 5 cm - that would make a good photo tank, but it's not an aquarium, right? 40 x 20 x 20cm is about as small tanks go - they may vary a bit in shape, but not massively.

My suggestion was mainly to show that there are ways to deal with very small and large fish.

But I agree, activity level, tolerance to water pollution and many other things will have to be taken into account too.

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Mats

[MatsP]

I'm closing this thread, as there is a second thread requesting the same thing, and the title is more appropriate...

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =3&t=27757

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Mats