Any seagrass nano's?

[deacon hemp]

Ive decided on a small yellowhead jawfish i think,if i ever come across one! Our lfs's are kinda slim pickings sometimes compared to yours.Also i wouldnt be able to pick from a selection of pipefish,id be stuck with a larger species im sure.I have to wait untill after the summer to get my grasses too!

If i cant get a yellowhead jawfish (because they are a rarity too up here) I'm just going with a yasha/pistol combo.Are jawfish too big for this tank,it says a minimum 10 gal on live aquaria,but ive always thought a 30 would be min.? I will have the sand bed for it.

 

[CamBarr]

if i do a sea grass tank i want one of these guys. i beleve they stay really small

 

[CamBarr]

these guys are really cool too

halimeda is pretty eazy to keep too

 

[Samala]

As far as I know, no one has successfully kept ghost pipefishes long term in captivity. Even seasoned SH breeders and other pipe and pipehorse keepers have found them to be an incredible challenge. You would almost have an easier time maintaining 'dragons.

Yellowheaded jawfish are adorable and a good choice for a tank with a deep sand bed. Heed the warnings on their jumping. I had mine for several months and he finally jumped a day after I returned home from vacation. Very sad. I had mine in a 20gal and he seemed perfectly happy in there with the snails and a few grass shrimp. I'm hoping to add another to the tank in the near future, as my adorable pygmy angel went on to her large intended tank with a friend, now that his system's seasoned a few months.

A 16in cube is how much for gallonage? Around 8 or so not including displacement from the considerable DSB? It may be too small.

>Sarah

 

[deacon hemp]

Sorry its an 18 gallon cube.

 

[Samala]

Oh duh, I shoulda looked at your sig line! Considering displacement from the DSB, I think your tank is going to have the same gallonage mine does, and my jawfish was plenty happy. He was the only fish though. Considering their cute factor, I'd chance it if it were me.

One thing with the jawfish is you need to have larger sized rubble (shell peices, very small bits of LR, or just larger grade sand bits) for him to build his burrow. Since my substrate was rather fine for the grasses I had to offer up piles of rubble to the jawfish so he could construct a strong burrow.

>Sarah

 

[CamBarr]

any updates one your tank samala

 

[halophila]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7490916#post7490916 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Samala
Wonderful photos and setups Halophila, as always. I'm not surprised you have such nice ovalis under 36w only......

Sarah,

You will be surprised if you find other seagrasses thrive as well as Halophila in the same condition. The keypoint is the shallow depth rather than lamp power. I will not consider PL lamp/T5 if the water depth is >12".

 

[ClamIAm]

Hermit crabs...do they eat seagrasses? I'm guessing they do but I'm not sure. Anything you can reccomend as a tank cleaner that won't bother seagrasses if that is in fact the case?

 

[Samala]

Cam, if you hit the red house on my posts it links you to my website/weblog where I update on my current tanks.

Halophila, I would definitely be shocked if anything liked the low light tank other than Halophila! Maybe a brackish plant like Ruppia or Vallisneria might make it though. That could be a fun tank.

I had a question for you actually, there are sooo many seagrasses in your general geographic area, have you attempted any species other than the ovalis and what appears to be species of Halodule in the tank?

>Sarah

 

[halophila]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7535944#post7535944 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ClamIAm
Hermit crabs...do they eat seagrasses? I'm guessing they do but I'm not sure. Anything you can reccomend as a tank cleaner that won't bother seagrasses if that is in fact the case?

Hi Clamiam, I use the following two organisms for tank cleaning:

Goby

An unknown snail labelled at C

They are very effective in removing epiphytic algae on the surface of seagrass.

 

[halophila]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7539383#post7539383 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Samala
Halophila, I would definitely be shocked if anything liked the low light tank other than Halophila! Maybe a brackish plant like Ruppia or Vallisneria might make it though. That could be a fun tank.

Unfortuantely I am not interested in brackish tank, nor my macroalgae can survive there. Perhaps, you could set up a brackish tank to show us their beautiness?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7539383#post7539383 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Samala
I had a question for you actually, there are sooo many seagrasses in your general geographic area, have you attempted any species other than the ovalis and what appears to be species of Halodule in the tank?
>Sarah [/B]

Sarah, there are even more seagrasses in US region from Central to West coast Pacific, Caribbean and Atlantic coast. It is so easy to get seagrass from mail order/online shops, I really admire that.

And by what implication did you get that this is Halophila ovalis? I never say so!:lol:

Instead of continuing hijack Deacon's post, I am thinking about to post a new thread about the organisms in this nano marine planted tank. Sarah, your questions about Halodule-like plant, unknown Halophila will be answered there .

 

[Samala]

I'd love to see a whole new thread for you little nano. On the ovalis.. sure looks like the ovalis I have! Of course, that hardly means a thing when we start looking at the available Halophila in your area. I'll chat more in your new thread!

>Sarah

 

[CamBarr]

sweet shrimp!
BTW what do you feed them dont they strictly feed on the tube feet of echinoderms.

 

[halophila]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7559658#post7559658 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CamBarr
sweet shrimp!
BTW what do you feed them dont they strictly feed on the tube feet of echinoderms.

Hi Cambarr, I feed them with frozen mysis and flake food, never see them eat their echinoderms host though. They are merely cucumber-hitchhikers