Seahorse builtin refugium

[snake]

Hello Guys

I want to share with all of you this project of mine, this is intend for keeping a couple of seahorses (H. Ingens)

basically is a little refugium conected to my main system and with a low water flow to not botter the seahorses.

I'm still waiting to my refugium become more populated of macroalgae and copepóds until I decide to introduce the seahorses

 

[spw4949]

Very cool, looking forward to future pics, keep us posted....

 

[Arrg]

awesome idea I love it.

 

[snake]

Thanks, I will update this thread with any change I perform to the project.

 

[gsxunv04]

wow i had this exact idea earlier today, what are the dimensions of your tank(for the SH)?

Beautiful stand btw

 

[snake]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14864343#post14864343 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gsxunv04
wow i had this exact idea earlier today, what are the dimensions of your tank(for the SH)?

Beautiful stand btw

Thanks, dimensions are tinny due reduced space in the stand, 9x9x12 inches for the SH refugium, but as far as I know SH are not very active swimmers. So I believe is enough

 

[gsxunv04]

Thanks. that is a very cool setup once again. Ill be following along.
What light is on the sea horse tank?

 

[Tylt33]

H. Ingens gets up to 12" tall... a tank about 30" in height would be appropriate.

 

[micstarz]

Very, very nice! I am jealous of the way this tank is inlaid. I can't even describe how wonderful that looks. Any chance of you modifying the walls on either side to give three side viewing?

 

[snake]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14865421#post14865421 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gsxunv04
Thanks. that is a very cool setup once again. Ill be following along.
What light is on the sea horse tank?

I'm using dichroic led lamps they are cheap, low electricity consuming

pretty much like these

i'm gonna see the results with this lighting and if not work I will use a 39Watt PL

 

[snake]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14866783#post14866783 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tylt33
H. Ingens gets up to 12" tall... a tank about 30" in height would be appropriate.

Oh yes that is what I read in seahorse.org, but I believe that is in the wild, I haven't seen any that big in captivity.

Anyway, I will look forward to see the availavilty of other smaller species in my area.

Thanks

 

[snake]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14866870#post14866870 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by micstarz
Very, very nice! I am jealous of the way this tank is inlaid. I can't even describe how wonderful that looks. Any chance of you modifying the walls on either side to give three side viewing?

Thanks micstarz, you mean a three side view for the SH tank? unfortunately I can't modify the walls for this due the tank stand, this was intended more like a "window" view :rollface:

 

[gsxunv04]

Soemone told me that a seahorse tank inline would cause a nutrient spike in your main reef. Any notice so far? Right now your tank is just like a fuge, so it should be removing nutes. Im curious...

 

[micstarz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14868039#post14868039 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snake
Thanks micstarz, you mean a three side view for the SH tank? unfortunately I can't modify the walls for this due the tank stand, this was intended more like a "window" view :rollface:

Yes, that was what I meant

Too bad it isn't possible. In any case, it's still a very well made project and in my opinion stands out even more than the main tank!

 

[snake]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14868244#post14868244 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gsxunv04
Soemone told me that a seahorse tank inline would cause a nutrient spike in your main reef. Any notice so far? Right now your tank is just like a fuge, so it should be removing nutes. Im curious...

Yes I know the SH feeding could rise my nutrient levels, that is for I have added macroalgae hoping not be too much impact, but well at least this is a project and I will see how successfull it would be with the time.

If Sea Horses are not the best to keep in there, at least I will have a nice looking refugium :lol: and possible just keep a small goby.

 

[gsxunv04]

yea i didnt think a few extra mysis would hurt, espiecially if the SH were in a well populated(with pods) tank

 

[Tylt33]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14868920#post14868920 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gsxunv04
yea i didnt think a few extra mysis would hurt, espiecially if the SH were in a well populated(with pods) tank

Seahorses, ideally should be eating a few times a day, and to keep a stable pod population you need a good size refugium... it's more than just a few mysis.

 

[Tylt33]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14868027#post14868027 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snake
Oh yes that is what I read in seahorse.org, but I believe that is in the wild, I haven't seen any that big in captivity.

Anyway, I will look forward to see the availavilty of other smaller species in my area.

Thanks

Seahorsesource has captive bred, captive raised ones that are 10"+ I believe... I think you may have a difficult time finding a species of pony suitable for a 12" tall tank except for dwarves and young ponies.

 

[snake]

Wait a minute, I made a mistake on the conversion from centimeters to inches lol.

SH refugium is 16.5 inches tall

 

[Tylt33]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14871637#post14871637 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snake
Wait a minute, I made a mistake on the conversion from centimeters to inches lol.

SH refugium is 16.5 inches tall

LOL much better! That's a better height for a lot of ponies... I would still avoid the bigger species like H. Ingens though!