Dwarf seahorse tank

[rcmike]

Hey guys. I have a small tank set up in anticipation of the dwarf seahorses I am getting from the reeftopia order. I used the tank I won at the frag swap last year. I glued in a divider so the seahorsed wouldn't get near the heater or filter. Dwarves are very prone to getting sucked up into even the weakest filters. I also put in some cheato and made it a refugium. I put in some tigger pods to hopefully supplement the baby brine shrimp the horses will be eating. The middle of the divider is that craft stuff that you weave yarn through (can't think of the name right now). The stand is an end table I got from Target. They had it on clearance and it happens to be about 1" bigger all the way around. It looks like it was made from the tank. I put in a mangrove I got while in Florida. I am hoping it forms some aerial roots and I can sort of make a bonsai out of it.

 

[mikemartinez]

looks real nice

 

[rcmike]

Thanks! I forgot to crop out the salt and junk beside it though.

 

[CKreef]

what size is that tank? Looks good!!

 

[rcmike]

I think it figured up to be 12 gal.

 

[Avalanche Wolf]

So this is the one you were talking about !!! Very nice Mike , the tank looks almost cube'ish

I like the back flow area you did. Gives me ideas with Chase's frag tank.

 

[fallinapart]

very neat ! Good job

Norman

 

[Avalanche Wolf]

Hey Mike where did you get your mangroves ?

 

[rcmike]

I actually got it from the beach when we went on vacation this spring. I thought I had killed it when I burned all the leaves off from being too close to the MH bulb. It came back after a few weeks and it growing pretty good now. Two new leaves have started to open since I set up the new tank.

 

[NeveSSL]

Nice Mike! I really, really like that size.

I can't wait to see those seahorses and pipefish in there!

Brandon

 

[geewizzitsme]

Awesome! Where do you plan on buying the seahorses, and are you putting any gorgonians or corals in there?

 

[rcmike]

I'm getting them from reeftopia. I don't plan on any corals in it. I have very little water flow in the tank and also some corals can sting the horses when they grab onto them.

 

[Tennsquire]

That's an awesome tank. What size, and where did it come from before the raffle? That'd make a nice little frag tank....

 

[rcmike]

It is a glass cages acrylic tank.

 

[rcmike]

Alright guys, I finally got around to taking some pictures of the horses.

Here is one that has a lot of cirri on it. To get an idea of the size of them that is a mangrove root and those little white things are those tiny tubeworms that grow all over everything.

Here is the pregnant male. I expect him to spew out some babies any day now.

This is another male. He was having some boyancy problems when I first introduced him but he seems fine now. As a matter of fact I saw him displaying to a female a while ago. That is some cheato next to him.

Here is one of the pipefish. I was expecting to put them in with the seahorses but they were much bigger than the last ones I got. I guess they are a different species. I instead put them in a 30 gal. tank.

 

[NeveSSL]

Awesome, Mike!

Let us know when the little ones shoot out.

Brandon

 

[rcmike]

Will do. With pictures. Maybe I will get lucky and actually catch him in the act.

 

[Avalanche Wolf]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10827919#post10827919 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rcmike

Here is one that has a lot of cirri on it.

What is Cirri ?

 

[CKreef]

what are you feedind them?

 

[rcmike]

Cirri are the long stringy things sticking off of it. Those things that look like antennae are cirri.

I am feeding them tigger pods and baby brine shrimp.