Please show me your Seahorse tank!

[ezcompany]

Self sustaining (foodwise) tanks!

Please post pics of them, I need some ideas!
Also please post your temperature range, flow and tank size!

Thanks~

 

[gasman059]

29 biocube- hydor nano- 75-78 constant.
pc lights.
Will most likely convert the second chamber into fuge for pod supply.

Feed ghosts consistently.

 

[Shawn D]

gasman, is that without a chiller

 

[gasman059]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11791302#post11791302 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Shawn D
gasman, is that without a chiller

yes

 

[dixie2oscar]

man i was hopen to see pictures.

 

[ezcompany]

me2

 

[peterpiper]

This is not something that can be done, unless the system is large enough. IE for a pair of H.Reidi you would be looking at 1000g min, guess it depends on which SH you are looking at.. Dwarfs on the other hand require a smaller system as their main staple are pods..... you would need to look at the volume required to grow the food to sustain the type of SH you were keeping.... and remember that growing the food requires the same effort as the SH

 

[ezcompany]

a pair of Reidis can out eat a 1000g pod population? are you 100% sure about that?

 

[peterpiper]

100% no.. 90% maybe 80% yep. the way I look at it is that H.Reidi are a large SH and eat a fare bit ( my 2 do anyway ) and being a large SH require larger food ie, Amphipods, Mysis Shrimp etc, the pod population in a tank will only grow to the number it can sustain ( food wise ). MY Reidi's eat 15-20 Mysis/Amphipods a day each, so thats around 100+ a week. In a tank with a live food source, the SH will not only take the older pod's, but the younger ones too. So you would need to have a pod population that could sustain taking a 150 - 250 hit each week. I think you would need a lot of pod's for that... and what would they feed on?
Anyway that just my thoughts on it. think you would be better off setting up some culture tanks for live food and keep the big tank for reef, fish and corals...

Pete