6 month Update on my 29g Seahorse Tank

[djc1026]

Been a while since I posted over here, been busier with my reef tank. Anyway, thought I'd share a couple of photos now that my seahorse tank is at 6 months.

This was Feb, up about a month:

26 Mar:

2 Jun:

And a couple of close ups of the my Kuda:

Dave

 

[hornybear]

very nice, next time to trim those plan down, any extra send it to me...LOL very nice.

 

[sunfishh]

The tank looks good. I like the way you arranged your live rock

 

[djc1026]

Thanks, it's only about 20lbs of rock, but the seahorses like it. They hang out on the branch rock on the left side of the pic and hunt in the rock on the right side of the pic, as well as the caulerpa prolifera.

Dave

 

[sloshesv]

That looks very homey.

 

[Jordan55]

Wow. I like your set up. It looks sweet with all the prolifera in there. Wanna send some to me? Have the horsies had any babies?

Keep up the good work!

 

[djc1026]

The horses are both female.

The prolifera started out as an 8" string in an order from Tom's Carribean Tropical's, Inc To my delight it has gotten taller, which the seahorses really love.

Dave

 

[richardy1990]

What kind of plant is that on the bottom and how did you get it to stay like htat?

 

[djc1026]

It's caulerpa prolifera and it grows roots. The small piece that recieved, I just put in the sand and covered it enough to stay, it did the rest from there.

Dave

 

[maxcab]

Very nice! I was wondering what filtration you have running on your tank though. Need ideas.

 

[SaltyBrock]

Excellent use of tonga branch It looks very natural.!!!

 

[djc1026]

Thanks for the compliments. I'm using a Prism Pro Deluxe skimmer and I went chincy with a power filter. I read about the Tetra Tec "living filter" and decided to give it a try. It's not that special, but there are two factors that I do like, a heater if you choose to use one can be placed in it and the output are directional. I also have a little walmart aqua tech 15 on it. The caulerpa, Xenia and skimmer are doing the bulk of the filtration. I have somewhere around 300 gph of flow on the tank without a powerhead and I have one dead spot in the front right corner.

Dave

 

[hogpark7430]

That looks great I wish my wife would let me set up another tank.

 

[richardy1990]

Are there any other plants like the caulerpa prolifera? I called my lfs and they said htat they arent allowed to sell those? Anything similar with roots that are cheap??

 

[djc1026]

Most non-calcerous macro algaes are going to have "roots" as you know them. I like the c. prolifera and the sawblade caulerpa for their ease and of the caulerpa, I've never had these two types go sexual to a devastating degree.

Dave

 

[richardy1990]

where can you buy it? I live in the Bay Area (CALIFORNIA)

 

[maxcab]

Okay thanks.
Why can't you buy calerpa in CA, I know you can't but why?

 

[richardy1990]

something about the fish and game banning it i think not for sure

 

[sunfishh]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7563215#post7563215 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by maxcab
Okay thanks.
Why can't you buy calerpa in CA, I know you can't but why?

I believe that a type of caulerpa was found growing in california waters. In order to prevent an invasive species from taking over and destroying the ecosystems fish and game have banned all caulerpa

 

[djc1026]

Here's a nice pic of my two female kuda:

Here's a pic of their new Gorg, I've had it about a month now and it opens wonderfully:

Dave