Post Pics of your SH tank!! - Page 3

ReefNutPA · 04/10/2006, 10:00 PM

29 gal Kuda tank

Mishap · 04/11/2006, 06:32 PM

That tank looks familiar!

ucsb_irishman · 04/11/2006, 08:23 PM

Nice pics

AquaReeferMan · 04/13/2006, 12:30 AM

Nice Tank Tom, Its so nice having that at work. "Excuse me sir, How much are those seahorses"? Ahh that never gets old.

ReefNutPA · 04/13/2006, 01:01 AM

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Originally posted by AquaReeferMan
"Excuse me sir, How much are those seahorses"?

Thanks, Doug. Although I might have to make the NOT FOR SALE sign just a tad bit bigger for all to see...

Tom

surg_xero · 04/13/2006, 01:55 AM

ReefNutPA,
Is the mechanical filtration in your Fluval not catching most of your horsie food?

ReefNutPA · 04/13/2006, 06:02 PM

The feeding dish is positioned where there is low flow and is deep enough to keep all the mysis within the dish - so none of it ever floats around the tank. Personally, I do not ever just blow the frozen mysis in the tank and let the seahorses chase it down. I believe, over time, the lost pieces of mysis that get stuck in crevices and such cause the water quality to deteriorate severely. But that's just my opinion and how I run my tanks.

Very rarely is there any leftovers, and if there are they stay within the dish and are siphoned out within an hour after feeding.

Of course, small tiny bits of mysis created from the seahorses eating do float around the tank and are removed by the filter - which is cleaned weekly. But to answer your question...no whole mysis ever leaves the dish or enters the fluval.

Tom

tjay · 04/13/2006, 06:05 PM

thats what the army of nasarius snails and fighting konks do for me

BlayneMan · 04/15/2006, 07:59 AM

Why does it seem that no one uses any type of shrimp for an additional form of clean up crew in there SH tanks other that snails? I was thinking of adding a fire or coral banded shrimp to my tank, but it seems that there is a reason that most people do not use them. Can any one tell my why?

tjay · 04/15/2006, 08:09 AM

they are not really that effective in my opinion.
I have cleaner shrimp but they really dont contribute that much to cleaning.
What I have discovered is with the right population of various snails, I dont even have to use a mag float any more.

c-horseman · 04/15/2006, 11:59 AM

i have peppermints and they're great at cleanup. cleaners can potentially bother and stress the seahorses if the horses don't want to be cleaned. plus peps are cheaper :P

i initally got the peps to clean up my aptasia problem, but was worried that they'd hord the food as that's what they used to do at feeding time before i got seahorses. they went right up to the top of the tank where the food was. but with seahorses, i think the peps have an instinctual fear of them, so they lay low and eat the leftovers. perfect.

and the aptasia's gone!

just get big enough peps that the horses don't actually eat them.

yahutch · 04/15/2006, 01:35 PM

I could not find any full tank shots , but I hope you forgive me for sharing anyway . these are 4 & 5 mos old erectus juvi's I raised ( they are a couple months older now ) . and some gulf pipefish fry that I could not get a good pic of . they were so small and as thin as dog hairs when they were born , they were in one of those really small condiment cups when I took the pics.
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Fishfreak218 · 04/15/2006, 04:00 PM

WOW..you have a beautiful tank.. anyway you could take a pic. for us of FTS??

yahutch · 04/15/2006, 04:29 PM

thanks . that is my 35g hex erectus juvi tank . the camera was borrowed , but I will see if I can use it again this week . I will try to get FTS of the parents and pipefish tanks as well .

Fishfreak218 · 04/15/2006, 04:45 PM

Oh.. that would be awesome!!!

ReefNutPA · 04/15/2006, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BlayneMan
I was thinking of adding a fire or coral banded shrimp to my tank, but it seems that there is a reason that most people do not use them. Can any one tell my why?

Because they are not safe seahorse tankmates. CBS can be very aggressive. Fire shrimp can also be bothersome...but not nearly as bad as a CBS. Peppermint shrimp are usually ok. Nassarius snails are the "cleaner" of choice because not only do they keep the sandbed stirred a bit...but they eat excess mysis just as shrimp would.

Tom

BlayneMan · 04/16/2006, 04:47 PM

Thanks for all the help guys! I looks like I will pick up a couple Peppermint shrimp and a handful of nassarius snails.

Jaguar · 04/17/2006, 04:52 AM

5g dwarf seahorse tank, unfortunately still in cycle.

No corals. 8 possibly 9 macros (if that teacup somehow survived) and shoal grass. Some mini stars, some really pretty mini featherduster worms, 2 narcissa snails and a tiny hermit crab.

BlayneMan · 04/22/2006, 03:12 PM

My 30 Cube

tjay · 04/22/2006, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BlayneMan
Thanks for all the help guys! I looks like I will pick up a couple Peppermint shrimp and a handful of nassarius snails.

We just added peppermints today, but the army of nassarius and konks are fantastic.
We only added the peps hoping they would eat aptasia and reproduce

angieg1123 · 04/22/2006, 05:20 PM

Here is mine. Finished cycle 4-10-06. Added 1 male and 1 female H.Reidi

tjay · 04/22/2006, 05:27 PM

Very cool tank. What kind of rock is that?
we put ours up in Feb so it is fairly new as well.
Did you consider seeding with pods?

angieg1123 · 04/22/2006, 06:15 PM

The rock is from haiti. I bought it off ebay. 100# for 340.00 or something like that. The shipping was a disaster, but the rock is awsome. I didn't have to seed it with pods since I used established LR from my reef tank in the sump. I have so many copapods I'm thinking of borrowing the mandarin from my reef tank to eat some of them. They cover the glass day and night, lol. My sea horses eat the amphipods, but the copapods are too tiny I think. Thanks.

DebsSisterFlo · 04/23/2006, 11:59 PM

ReefNut, that tank is so CLEAN! It doesn't even look like there is water in it!
My 38g is doing very well. I have a pair of H. Comes (my other male passed) along with 3 pepp's, 2 scarlet reef hermies, a dozen assorted snails, a firefish and a pair of pj cardinals. I love my peppermint shrimp but have never seen any eggs, but they do molt, at least one a week, so there must be babies at times. Let's see if I have any presentable pics...

full tank shot

this is Lucy

then here is Tigger
http://jessica.photos.us.com/p28348514.html

and if you'd like to see more pics of my tank and it's critters just go here: http://jessica.photos.us.com/c923975.html

big red j · 04/25/2006, 08:05 AM

This is my first post on Reef Central

. I wanted to post a pic of my seahorse tank but its in jpeg, any ideas?

04/13/2006, 12:30 AM	#54
AquaReeferMan Got Reef? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Under the Sea, Pa Posts: 4,593	Nice Tank Tom, Its so nice having that at work. "Excuse me sir, How much are those seahorses"? Ahh that never gets old. __________________ Couple SPS/Zoanthid tanks and a couple of FW planted tanks. Current Tank Info: 5 pieces of glass with some silicone and plastic frames holding them together

04/13/2006, 06:05 PM	#58
tjay Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas Posts: 759	thats what the army of nasarius snails and fighting konks do for me __________________ Click the red house for our pictures Current Tank Info: 90 gallon Oceanic RR SEIO 1100 G3 Skimmer, Ozone, 30 gallon sump/fuge, 130 lbs rock, 3 inch live sand bed. 2X250 MH 20K 4X54 Watt T5 actinic:::: 54 gallon corner seahorse tank

04/15/2006, 08:09 AM	#60
tjay Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas Posts: 759	they are not really that effective in my opinion. I have cleaner shrimp but they really dont contribute that much to cleaning. What I have discovered is with the right population of various snails, I dont even have to use a mag float any more. __________________ Click the red house for our pictures Current Tank Info: 90 gallon Oceanic RR SEIO 1100 G3 Skimmer, Ozone, 30 gallon sump/fuge, 130 lbs rock, 3 inch live sand bed. 2X250 MH 20K 4X54 Watt T5 actinic:::: 54 gallon corner seahorse tank

04/15/2006, 01:35 PM	#62
yahutch Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: wonder lake , illinois Posts: 1,211	I could not find any full tank shots , but I hope you forgive me for sharing anyway . these are 4 & 5 mos old erectus juvi's I raised ( they are a couple months older now ) . and some gulf pipefish fry that I could not get a good pic of . they were so small and as thin as dog hairs when they were born , they were in one of those really small condiment cups when I took the pics. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

04/15/2006, 04:00 PM	#63
Fishfreak218 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Palm Beach Florida Posts: 1,412	WOW..you have a beautiful tank.. anyway you could take a pic. for us of FTS?? __________________ -30g. Oceanic Cube Cuttlefish Reef -90g. Mixed Reef -14g Biocube FW planted tank -10g. frag tank (soon) Current Tank Info: 90g. Reef, 30g. Cube cuttlefish reef

04/10/2006, 10:00 PM	#51
ReefNutPA Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Pottsville, PA Posts: 852	29 gal Kuda tank

04/11/2006, 06:32 PM	#52
Mishap Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 977	That tank looks familiar!

04/11/2006, 08:23 PM	#53
ucsb_irishman Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oroville, CA Posts: 44	Nice pics

04/13/2006, 01:55 AM	#56
surg_xero Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 99	ReefNutPA, Is the mechanical filtration in your Fluval not catching most of your horsie food?

04/13/2006, 06:02 PM	#57
ReefNutPA Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Pottsville, PA Posts: 852	The feeding dish is positioned where there is low flow and is deep enough to keep all the mysis within the dish - so none of it ever floats around the tank. Personally, I do not ever just blow the frozen mysis in the tank and let the seahorses chase it down. I believe, over time, the lost pieces of mysis that get stuck in crevices and such cause the water quality to deteriorate severely. But that's just my opinion and how I run my tanks. Very rarely is there any leftovers, and if there are they stay within the dish and are siphoned out within an hour after feeding. Of course, small tiny bits of mysis created from the seahorses eating do float around the tank and are removed by the filter - which is cleaned weekly. But to answer your question...no whole mysis ever leaves the dish or enters the fluval. Tom

04/15/2006, 07:59 AM	#59
BlayneMan Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 20	Why does it seem that no one uses any type of shrimp for an additional form of clean up crew in there SH tanks other that snails? I was thinking of adding a fire or coral banded shrimp to my tank, but it seems that there is a reason that most people do not use them. Can any one tell my why?

04/15/2006, 11:59 AM	#61
c-horseman Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: canada Posts: 77	i have peppermints and they're great at cleanup. cleaners can potentially bother and stress the seahorses if the horses don't want to be cleaned. plus peps are cheaper :P i initally got the peps to clean up my aptasia problem, but was worried that they'd hord the food as that's what they used to do at feeding time before i got seahorses. they went right up to the top of the tank where the food was. but with seahorses, i think the peps have an instinctual fear of them, so they lay low and eat the leftovers. perfect. and the aptasia's gone! just get big enough peps that the horses don't actually eat them.

04/15/2006, 04:29 PM	#64
yahutch Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: wonder lake , illinois Posts: 1,211	thanks . that is my 35g hex erectus juvi tank . the camera was borrowed , but I will see if I can use it again this week . I will try to get FTS of the parents and pipefish tanks as well .

04/15/2006, 04:45 PM	#65
Fishfreak218 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Palm Beach Florida Posts: 1,412	Oh.. that would be awesome!!! __________________ -30g. Oceanic Cube Cuttlefish Reef -90g. Mixed Reef -14g Biocube FW planted tank -10g. frag tank (soon) Current Tank Info: 90g. Reef, 30g. Cube cuttlefish reef

04/16/2006, 04:47 PM	#67
BlayneMan Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 20	Thanks for all the help guys! I looks like I will pick up a couple Peppermint shrimp and a handful of nassarius snails.

04/17/2006, 04:52 AM	#68
Jaguar Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 61	5g dwarf seahorse tank, unfortunately still in cycle. No corals. 8 possibly 9 macros (if that teacup somehow survived) and shoal grass. Some mini stars, some really pretty mini featherduster worms, 2 narcissa snails and a tiny hermit crab.

04/22/2006, 03:12 PM	#69
BlayneMan Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 20	My 30 Cube

04/22/2006, 05:20 PM	#71
angieg1123 Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 525	Here is mine. Finished cycle 4-10-06. Added 1 male and 1 female H.Reidi

04/22/2006, 05:27 PM	#72
tjay Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas Posts: 759	Very cool tank. What kind of rock is that? we put ours up in Feb so it is fairly new as well. Did you consider seeding with pods? __________________ Click the red house for our pictures Current Tank Info: 90 gallon Oceanic RR SEIO 1100 G3 Skimmer, Ozone, 30 gallon sump/fuge, 130 lbs rock, 3 inch live sand bed. 2X250 MH 20K 4X54 Watt T5 actinic:::: 54 gallon corner seahorse tank

04/22/2006, 06:15 PM	#73
angieg1123 Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 525	The rock is from haiti. I bought it off ebay. 100# for 340.00 or something like that. The shipping was a disaster, but the rock is awsome. I didn't have to seed it with pods since I used established LR from my reef tank in the sump. I have so many copapods I'm thinking of borrowing the mandarin from my reef tank to eat some of them. They cover the glass day and night, lol. My sea horses eat the amphipods, but the copapods are too tiny I think. Thanks.

04/23/2006, 11:59 PM	#74
DebsSisterFlo Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Abrams, WI Posts: 519	ReefNut, that tank is so CLEAN! It doesn't even look like there is water in it! My 38g is doing very well. I have a pair of H. Comes (my other male passed) along with 3 pepp's, 2 scarlet reef hermies, a dozen assorted snails, a firefish and a pair of pj cardinals. I love my peppermint shrimp but have never seen any eggs, but they do molt, at least one a week, so there must be babies at times. Let's see if I have any presentable pics... full tank shot this is Lucy then here is Tigger http://jessica.photos.us.com/p28348514.html and if you'd like to see more pics of my tank and it's critters just go here: http://jessica.photos.us.com/c923975.html __________________ ·:¨¨:·.Jessica.·:¨¨:· more pics in the little red house Current Tank Info: 38g seahorse/reef/community tank & 72g FW.

04/25/2006, 08:05 AM	#75
big red j Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: UK Posts: 8	This is my first post on Reef Central . I wanted to post a pic of my seahorse tank but its in jpeg, any ideas?