This is something I've been thinking about for some time... I've wanted a way to photograph the corals easily nice and close with a macro-lens (phone camera). I talked to the guys at Building an Obsession at ReefCurrents and they said they built a really elaborate one at one point but it was so difficult it wouldn't be worth it.
So I stepped back and decided to do the simplest route I could think of and created two. One uses a piece of polycarb I had laying around and the other is fully 3D printed. I used epoxy covered N48 magnets I found on Amazon with same day shipping. I don't plan on "leaving" these in the tank 100% of the time, but they should be safe for that. Both are set so that it raises the plug to about a 15 degree angle towards the front so that the camera can get a better picture from outside the glass.
I am working on adding a lip to the "single" one so that you don't see the tank in the background, but I'm experimenting how much is the right amount so that it doesn't cut out the light.
Single Frag "Stand"
Multi-Frag Stand - The Polycarb is just pressure fit in, so I can make different sizes very easily depending how much I want to photograph.
Some example shots of some of the Zoa's I've acquired recently
So I stepped back and decided to do the simplest route I could think of and created two. One uses a piece of polycarb I had laying around and the other is fully 3D printed. I used epoxy covered N48 magnets I found on Amazon with same day shipping. I don't plan on "leaving" these in the tank 100% of the time, but they should be safe for that. Both are set so that it raises the plug to about a 15 degree angle towards the front so that the camera can get a better picture from outside the glass.
I am working on adding a lip to the "single" one so that you don't see the tank in the background, but I'm experimenting how much is the right amount so that it doesn't cut out the light.
Single Frag "Stand"
Multi-Frag Stand - The Polycarb is just pressure fit in, so I can make different sizes very easily depending how much I want to photograph.
Some example shots of some of the Zoa's I've acquired recently