Post Pics of your SH tank!! - Page 2

Morgandy · 01/30/2006, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by majesticangelfish
Hi Amy, sorry for the late reply.

This is a very simple 46g bow, 4x39w T5, 15g sump/fuge, RO/DI topoff.

ZEOvit system aims to reduce nutrients, and hence the macro algae would NOT grow. This ones ZEO free

Please note, its a joint tank (Flipturn88's too).

What kind of ponies are they? The 2nd pic looks like reidi, but not sure. But then the other one, looks like a different kind. If they are different, you're not having any problems with that?

Also, what kind of lighting do you have? Your blue shrooms look blue, and my dang ones look red with my lights.

I'm spellbound by your tank and the beautiful critters! Keep posting, the photos are great quality.

Jordan55 · 01/31/2006, 05:48 AM

Here is the most recent picture from yesterday. Bad picture, but you get the idea.

Day 9:
[IMG]http://i1.*******.com/mvl252.jpg[/IMG]

Jordan55 · 01/31/2006, 09:00 PM

wrong thread... sorry

Morgandy · 01/31/2006, 11:06 PM

I really don't want to post now that I've seen what majesticangelfish has, and others. But, here are just a couple, though they've been in many tanks, and I re-arrange, add and take out stuff all the time. I'll get fresh pics tomorrow because I'm planting it more now and these are older ones.

Click on my house and you can see vids of them, select these (though there are random pony shots in the others too)

Delta, Morning has Broken, Wild Horses (must be highspeed!)

suprzman · 02/11/2006, 10:44 PM

Hey Amy,
What is that red/blue branched coral you have on the right side?
Z.

hooterhead · 02/11/2006, 11:54 PM

here's the hex. up for only a month now so it's still pretty bland. i'm trying to get more macro's. for now i've got razor caluerpa, grape caluerpa, and the red stuff you see there. i'm thinking of re-aquascaping tomorrow. if i do, i'll post pics.

broncofish · 02/13/2006, 07:38 PM

Here's a link to our seahorse page. http://www.hartford-schools.org/reef...s/Page1419.htm
We've had them in there for about 2 weeks now and they are doing fabulous. They are a major hit with the students!

Fishfreak218 · 02/13/2006, 09:14 PM

hooterhead, that tall tank has potential.. it will look great once those start filling in.. also some people cant STAND it but i think fake SPS or Sponges and real gorgonians make the tank look ALOT better!.... there is a website that has some really good fakes.. i forget it but will find it later.. it like www.imagecreations.com or something like that.. ill have to find out.. anyway
broncofish, what school is this for??? for elementary school? middle school? high school? coleage [sp]???? anyway i cant wait to get my SH tank up an running with some CB Barb's

Fishfreak218 · 02/13/2006, 09:20 PM

oh, i got the site its: www.naturesimageonline.com lol they have some prety good stuff... anyway here is a FOWLR tank that is using some of their corals: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...77861&hl=fowlr
anyway scroll down or recent pics of that tank^^^^
hth
-josh

hooterhead · 02/13/2006, 11:51 PM

eh i like the natural look better. give it a couple months and i'll post it again. those macros are growing by the inch every day so it shouldn't take long. i'm working on more varieties as well so just give it time. patience is the key to this hobby...

sunfishh · 02/14/2006, 11:49 PM

Avansickle I think ur being too hard on yourself. Your tank is great looking

lori7973 · 02/15/2006, 08:43 AM

Amy your tank is awesome!!! I love it!!! My ponys are gone

but they went to a good home.

jnowell · 02/15/2006, 11:43 PM

Here's my Oceanic 58 that i just finished. It's a two year old coral propagation tank that has been converted to seahorse habitat. It's got a clean up crew, and a pair of spawning peppermint shrimp in it right now, horses should get order in a week or so.

Jason

DebsSisterFlo · 02/16/2006, 12:02 AM

wow, gorgeous tank Jason! I am wondering how you got a pair of spawning pepps? Do you have to do anything special or is it all up the shrimp?

jnowell · 02/16/2006, 12:36 AM

Thanks Jessica, I'm pretty happy with it, can't wait to get the horses in it though!

Pepps are instant live food in my opinion. They are strange little creatures, I'm not sure I have the details perfect, but it goes something like this. Just after molting, they take on the female role, and are able to be fertilized while the shell is still soft. They carry the eggs on there little cillia like legs under their tail. You will notice a mucus looking substance back there instead of all the little legs, this is the egg mass. It will turn a greenish color before they are ready to hatch. When ready, "she" shakes them off her tail, and you get hundreds of baby shrimp (food).

Now for the strange part, as her shell hardens, she, goes HE, and the other one will molt, giving him (now her) the soft shell, and it will now carry eggs until the other one molts, and they switch again. They don't really change sex, they both have what they need to take on either role, and the molting process determines who does what. Almost any two peppermint or skunk cleaner shrimp will start this shortly after being introduced to a tank. These started as soon as the first one molted, less than two weeks from when I got them.

In short, I get babies out of these two about every 11 to 13 days like clockwork. You can raise the babies, it's not too difficult and there is a book called "How to raise and train your peppermint shrimp" that details the process (available on Amazon.com). The little ones will survive for several days just off their yolk sack, and make a nutritious treat for coral, fish and seahorses.

That was long winded, but I hope it helps.

Jason

JustDavidP · 02/16/2006, 07:51 AM

My 26 Bow

One of my fry grow out tanks:

One of my many DIY Kreisel Systems:

Dave

JustDavidP · 02/16/2006, 07:54 AM

Baby pictures...everyone loves babies

Night Night Kisses as they ready to roost for the eveing.

D

Morgandy · 02/18/2006, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by suprzman
Hey Amy,
What is that red/blue branched coral you have on the right side?
Z.

It 'was' a blueberry gorg. Beautiful but was difficult to keep. Basically melted away over about 2 months. I've heard others had hard times keeping them too.

Lori, I know it's hard but you probably did the right thing.. this is a lot of hard work and committment. I'm glad your guys went to a good home.

David4039 · 04/04/2006, 11:31 AM

Bump... Keep the pictures commin

)

edshern · 04/05/2006, 06:28 AM

JustDavidP · 04/05/2006, 07:34 AM

Ed,

Do you find that your tang and banggai cardinal eat the foodstuffs too fast etc. Do the seahorses get their share of food? I've wanted to put additional fish in my pony tank, but fear that "agressive" eaters would put some strain on my Reidi trying to properly feed.

Dave

pledosophy · 04/05/2006, 12:22 PM

I've done fine with the cardinal fishes. My salfin was O.K. for the first few months but then the competion for food, and the whack the seahorse with my side game got to be to much for me. JME.

BTW David, the tanks lookin good.

Kevin

reefkeeper27439 · 04/05/2006, 09:49 PM

JustDavidP cool tanks but that tanks seperater you have may rust (the metal clips) i had one about a year ago and it killed a few fish

edshern · 04/06/2006, 05:08 PM

dave,
So far I have not had a problem, but I just decided today to remove them before it became one. I will replace them with some seahorse friendly guys.

AndyL · 04/08/2006, 02:27 PM

That's mine, hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have the back wall (erm eggcrate) covered with LR (been waiting for some cooked (quite literally - heater malfunction) stuff I have to go through it's re-curing phases).

01/31/2006, 05:48 AM	#27
Jordan55 Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 2,208	Here is the most recent picture from yesterday. Bad picture, but you get the idea. Day 9: [IMG]http://i1.*******.com/mvl252.jpg[/IMG] __________________ I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Current Tank Info: None

01/31/2006, 09:00 PM	#28
Jordan55 Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 2,208	wrong thread... sorry __________________ I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Current Tank Info: None

01/31/2006, 11:06 PM	#29
Morgandy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 1,173	I really don't want to post now that I've seen what majesticangelfish has, and others. But, here are just a couple, though they've been in many tanks, and I re-arrange, add and take out stuff all the time. I'll get fresh pics tomorrow because I'm planting it more now and these are older ones. Click on my house and you can see vids of them, select these (though there are random pony shots in the others too) Delta, Morning has Broken, Wild Horses (must be highspeed!) __________________ Amy. Current Tank Info: Numerous past tanks (down to nano now)

02/13/2006, 09:14 PM	#33
Fishfreak218 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Palm Beach Florida Posts: 1,412	hooterhead, that tall tank has potential.. it will look great once those start filling in.. also some people cant STAND it but i think fake SPS or Sponges and real gorgonians make the tank look ALOT better!.... there is a website that has some really good fakes.. i forget it but will find it later.. it like www.imagecreations.com or something like that.. ill have to find out.. anyway broncofish, what school is this for??? for elementary school? middle school? high school? coleage [sp]???? anyway i cant wait to get my SH tank up an running with some CB Barb's __________________ -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

02/13/2006, 09:20 PM	#34
Fishfreak218 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Palm Beach Florida Posts: 1,412	oh, i got the site its: www.naturesimageonline.com lol they have some prety good stuff... anyway here is a FOWLR tank that is using some of their corals: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...77861&hl=fowlr anyway scroll down or recent pics of that tank^^^^ hth -josh __________________ -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

02/11/2006, 10:44 PM	#30
suprzman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 246	Hey Amy, What is that red/blue branched coral you have on the right side? Z.

02/11/2006, 11:54 PM	#31
hooterhead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N. TX Posts: 331	here's the hex. up for only a month now so it's still pretty bland. i'm trying to get more macro's. for now i've got razor caluerpa, grape caluerpa, and the red stuff you see there. i'm thinking of re-aquascaping tomorrow. if i do, i'll post pics.

02/13/2006, 07:38 PM	#32
broncofish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hartford Posts: 157	Here's a link to our seahorse page. http://www.hartford-schools.org/reef...s/Page1419.htm We've had them in there for about 2 weeks now and they are doing fabulous. They are a major hit with the students!

02/13/2006, 11:51 PM	#35
hooterhead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N. TX Posts: 331	eh i like the natural look better. give it a couple months and i'll post it again. those macros are growing by the inch every day so it shouldn't take long. i'm working on more varieties as well so just give it time. patience is the key to this hobby...

02/14/2006, 11:49 PM	#36
sunfishh Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Fullerton, Ca Posts: 1,875	Avansickle I think ur being too hard on yourself. Your tank is great looking __________________ It's nice to be important, but important to be nice

02/15/2006, 08:43 AM	#37
lori7973 Lori Join Date: May 2004 Location: Moved to Newton Falls, OH 6/11 and lovin it!! Posts: 1,246	Amy your tank is awesome!!! I love it!!! My ponys are gone but they went to a good home. __________________ Lori

02/15/2006, 11:43 PM	#38
jnowell Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Monte Cristi - Dominican Republic Posts: 480	Here's my Oceanic 58 that i just finished. It's a two year old coral propagation tank that has been converted to seahorse habitat. It's got a clean up crew, and a pair of spawning peppermint shrimp in it right now, horses should get order in a week or so. Jason __________________ If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.... Current Tank Info: 100g reef w/ fish and 55g sump - 58g Seahorse Tank - Small Seahorse and Clownfish hatchery with several 10 gallon rearing and growout tanks.

02/16/2006, 12:02 AM	#39
DebsSisterFlo Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Abrams, WI Posts: 519	wow, gorgeous tank Jason! I am wondering how you got a pair of spawning pepps? Do you have to do anything special or is it all up the shrimp? __________________ ·:¨¨:·.Jessica.·:¨¨:· more pics in the little red house Current Tank Info: 38g seahorse/reef/community tank & 72g FW.

02/16/2006, 12:36 AM	#40
jnowell Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Monte Cristi - Dominican Republic Posts: 480	Thanks Jessica, I'm pretty happy with it, can't wait to get the horses in it though! Pepps are instant live food in my opinion. They are strange little creatures, I'm not sure I have the details perfect, but it goes something like this. Just after molting, they take on the female role, and are able to be fertilized while the shell is still soft. They carry the eggs on there little cillia like legs under their tail. You will notice a mucus looking substance back there instead of all the little legs, this is the egg mass. It will turn a greenish color before they are ready to hatch. When ready, "she" shakes them off her tail, and you get hundreds of baby shrimp (food). Now for the strange part, as her shell hardens, she, goes HE, and the other one will molt, giving him (now her) the soft shell, and it will now carry eggs until the other one molts, and they switch again. They don't really change sex, they both have what they need to take on either role, and the molting process determines who does what. Almost any two peppermint or skunk cleaner shrimp will start this shortly after being introduced to a tank. These started as soon as the first one molted, less than two weeks from when I got them. In short, I get babies out of these two about every 11 to 13 days like clockwork. You can raise the babies, it's not too difficult and there is a book called "How to raise and train your peppermint shrimp" that details the process (available on Amazon.com). The little ones will survive for several days just off their yolk sack, and make a nutritious treat for coral, fish and seahorses. That was long winded, but I hope it helps. Jason __________________ If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.... Current Tank Info: 100g reef w/ fish and 55g sump - 58g Seahorse Tank - Small Seahorse and Clownfish hatchery with several 10 gallon rearing and growout tanks.

02/16/2006, 07:51 AM	#41
JustDavidP Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Marlborough, MA Posts: 822	My 26 Bow One of my fry grow out tanks: One of my many DIY Kreisel Systems: Dave __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> "Fins to the left...Fins to the Right, I'm going home to play with my reef tonight..." Current Tank Info: 26 Bowfront H. Reidi Tank

02/16/2006, 07:54 AM	#42
JustDavidP Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Marlborough, MA Posts: 822	Baby pictures...everyone loves babies Night Night Kisses as they ready to roost for the eveing. D __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> "Fins to the left...Fins to the Right, I'm going home to play with my reef tonight..." Current Tank Info: 26 Bowfront H. Reidi Tank

04/04/2006, 11:31 AM	#44
David4039 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Evansville Indiana Posts: 335	Bump... Keep the pictures commin )

04/05/2006, 06:28 AM	#45
edshern Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: cincinnati Posts: 253	__________________ 92 gal corner reef tank Current Tank Info: 92 gallon corner FOWLR, 30g sump

04/05/2006, 07:34 AM	#46
JustDavidP Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Marlborough, MA Posts: 822	Ed, Do you find that your tang and banggai cardinal eat the foodstuffs too fast etc. Do the seahorses get their share of food? I've wanted to put additional fish in my pony tank, but fear that "agressive" eaters would put some strain on my Reidi trying to properly feed. Dave __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> "Fins to the left...Fins to the Right, I'm going home to play with my reef tonight..." Current Tank Info: 26 Bowfront H. Reidi Tank

04/05/2006, 12:22 PM	#47
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	I've done fine with the cardinal fishes. My salfin was O.K. for the first few months but then the competion for food, and the whack the seahorse with my side game got to be to much for me. JME. BTW David, the tanks lookin good. Kevin __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT

04/05/2006, 09:49 PM	#48
reefkeeper27439 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 56	JustDavidP cool tanks but that tanks seperater you have may rust (the metal clips) i had one about a year ago and it killed a few fish

04/06/2006, 05:08 PM	#49
edshern Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: cincinnati Posts: 253	dave, So far I have not had a problem, but I just decided today to remove them before it became one. I will replace them with some seahorse friendly guys. __________________ 92 gal corner reef tank Current Tank Info: 92 gallon corner FOWLR, 30g sump

04/08/2006, 02:27 PM	#50
AndyL Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Alberta Canada Posts: 241	That's mine, hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have the back wall (erm eggcrate) covered with LR (been waiting for some cooked (quite literally - heater malfunction) stuff I have to go through it's re-curing phases).