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Unread 03/20/2006, 04:43 AM   #76
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Agreed with everyone else: really, really great looking tank (and horses too!).

I've found that leaving the lights off for a day kills off a lot of cyanobacteria. Only I'm willing to bet that the coloration isn't cyano (I've had plenty of outbreaks in my pre-skimmer days). It's brighter than what I've seen, and doesn't look thick enough to me. Plus, cyano usually appears highest in the tank first. The fact that it's only on the horses and nowhere else leads me to believe that it isn't the bad stuff.

Take that with a grain of salt, though. I have ZERO experience with seahorses (for now).


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Unread 03/20/2006, 11:46 PM   #77
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i just cant get over the fact of how beautiful this tank and horsies are


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Unread 03/21/2006, 06:52 AM   #78
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Thanks snowboard, and Hero


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Unread 03/22/2006, 09:55 AM   #79
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where did you get thoes horses


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Unread 03/22/2006, 10:00 AM   #80
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yeah the algae is an issue, we run a mag 12 at about half open for flow
weird thing is the algae only grows on the dang horses
I am adding phosban and uv soon to help
tjay i wouldnt add a UV because it might kill the pods that the horses naturally eat in the tank


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Unread 03/22/2006, 10:12 AM   #81
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We picked them up locally from Exotic Aquatics in Plano Texas
I understand they were ora CB's
You might find a local shop carrying ora products and look for the Reidi's

I have to say that ours have turned darker and fluctuate colors now. This morning they were very light and now thy are fairly dark.

Our second pair arrive this morning


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Unread 03/22/2006, 07:04 PM   #82
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you excited for the new pair ?


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Unread 03/22/2006, 07:05 PM   #83
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well our LFS that was supposed to be holding them sold us out
so we are on the wait for new tankmates
oh well


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Unread 03/31/2006, 11:54 AM   #84
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For those of you who are following this thread... Thought I'd post a picture of what we woke up to this am... this is after we moved them to the "nursery."

2nd birth in 3 weeks time!




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Unread 03/31/2006, 04:19 PM   #85
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cool fry pic

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Unread 04/01/2006, 07:24 AM   #86
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Thought this was a cool pic, too!




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Unread 04/01/2006, 08:08 AM   #87
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So they live in green water? Wow momma.


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Unread 04/01/2006, 08:14 AM   #88
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So they live in green water? Wow momma.
Yes! They are eating Phyto and live Rotifers that we are culturing. Will have to keep them in green water for quite some time.


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Unread 04/01/2006, 08:16 AM   #89
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So comparetively, How big are the first set to the new set now.


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Unread 04/01/2006, 08:17 AM   #90
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yes, fish can live just fine in greenwater, which I have found out now my tank did a crazy algae outbreak, and my fish are doing fine in greenwater.

just make sure to keep up the oxygen excange. Maybe people can do this for ill fish that can eat rots??? I don't know what would though, other than tiny fish...

ok, back to the regularily scheduled topic!


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Unread 04/01/2006, 08:29 AM   #91
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do you mean brood size as in number of fry? first brood was about 20 this one about 40

the size of the fry themselves was about the same 1/4 of an inch maybe


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Unread 04/19/2006, 10:29 AM   #92
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Well, they had their 3rd brood... exactly 2 weeks from the date of the 2nd brood of fry.

Except this time... ONE HUGE CRUNCH and He popped out close to 200 babies.

This was taken under the actinics this past Friday morning.




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Unread 04/19/2006, 03:03 PM   #93
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WOW!!! cool pics.... and the baby's seem to have pretty color


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Unread 04/19/2006, 05:17 PM   #94
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They are so cute. Wow, talk about prolific.


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Unread 04/19/2006, 05:20 PM   #95
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Unread 04/19/2006, 07:04 PM   #96
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WOW... the tank looks awesome... REALLY nice!!!!


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Unread 04/19/2006, 08:43 PM   #97
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They are so cute. Wow, talk about prolific.
LOL.. WHo would have thought!?!

FishFreak::: Thanks!! The tank has only been up since February. Its incredible how fast things have just taken off! (Including the mating )



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Unread 05/27/2006, 03:53 PM   #98
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Unread 07/26/2006, 08:55 PM   #99
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Unread 11/12/2006, 11:22 AM   #100
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I'd like to see a picture and an update of how the tank is doing now :-) I really enjoyed following along with this post!
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