Wow...very, very nice... I especially like the angel fish; where did you get that from? But overall, this is really well-done. I never tried to do an underwater scene in Bryce, but yes it is hard in Vue.

Yes, this is very nice, and the angelfish is lovely... Nice coral too... Did you make that with Vue? I guess my only constructive criticism is that the vegetation is very close to the surface, which is more like a fresh water situation... So my question is: where did you get the angelfish?? :)

that is a cool aquarium layout! do you know those clown loaches will make clicking noises? and they love little caves and those logs that they can widen holes in to make little caves in. and they cuddle with thier partners. i had clowns in my aquarium alond with keyhole cichlids. Great work!

Thanks, Mike. The "Angel Fish" is the scalar.vob. It's in the samples section of objects included in Vue 3.

I see, it's an aquarium... What do I know... :) I take back what I said about the low level water... Great picture and thanks for the heads up about the angel fish...

Thanks, Tradivoro. It was made in Vue 3. I'll keep your tip about the vegetation in mind if I do another underwater scene. The "Angel Fish" is the scalar.vob. It's in the samples section of objects included in Vue 3.

Thanks, Petunia. I've never had an aquarium. The only fish I've had were a couple of Goldfish in a bowl. Hehehe!

Great job! Hope you don't mind I add some 'salt' to it... I find the red coral a bit on the glossy side as if they were artifically painted. I think its caused by the placing of the lighting and its to powerful. You can lower the power value for the lights. Never mind if it affects other area of lighting...you can always add lights. Also, if you notice, the shadow colours are not right, including those on the side of the plants just behind the tetras. Tradivoro is right about the water level. Just scale down the distant ones (plant) will do. - IMHO as usual :) Are those bubbles spheres from Vue and given a liquid preset?

Glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback, Tesign. I think I got the bubbles from Mitch's site. He has a lot of excellent models there. The address is: www.mitch3dseite.de

actually, if that coral wasn't plastic or ceramic, those poor fishes would soon die. For some reason, tropical freshwater fish can't stand the salt that coral and real seashells give off - and even after years of not being in the saltwater they would still leach enough salt to cause casualties :)

Thanks for the info, Petunia. So what you're saying is I gacked these three fish? See how much I know. Hehehe!

Not exaclty....we do take slatwater coral, giant clam shell etc...to use them in tropical fish tank here, large and small. The things you have to do is : * Soak the stuff with waste fresh Pineapple skin (Sarawak pineapple is the best..most 'acidic')in fresh water for a week. * Drain and put them in boiling water for at least a good five minutes. * Take them out and leave in the hot sun for two days. * Put them in your "to be aquarium" for two days and put one live tropica fish for "Live" sampling. If that fish lives, its done, if not...repeat from step 2. They do sell the processed stuff here but its expensive. Also note that many plastic and cast ceramic product does contribute to bacterias that harm fish after prolong years of use. Soory for the OT.

Bill, do I first have to render the above models, or should I try that procedure before creating the scene in vue?? I don't want to kill any fish I put in a vue scene... (just kidding)... :)

Tradivoro - just don't put a dolphin in there...they hate freshwater and would eat all those tropical fish in there...Ha..x3!