Seahorse Tank
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namxas
Things With Stings R Us!
it's Tonga branch LR, so yes, it's real, but it's not a live coral.
yes, zots (H. zosterae) require live food their entire lives. it's also difficult to do a "natural" setup for them due to having hydroid blooms (because of the presence of small live food items). many folks start with all dead items and let it go "live". also, if you think larger species of SH don't swim much, multiply that by about 100 for zots. they ARE very cute tho.
namxas and TikiDan:
where did/do you guys buy your plants and/or algae? Found a few sites, but would like some personal preferences.
The 15 gallon tank I set up for bangaii rearing has been hijacked by my girlfriend when she came home with 3 H. comes to 'put something in the tank with nothing in it'. After explaining how she ruined my frag tank/nursery plans, she has agreed to throw money in for a 50-70 gallon tank for her beloved seahorses, which I have also taken a shining to in the past couple weeks. The tanks above are what I am dreaming of, and would like some plant recommendations/warnings prior to setting up a SH tank.
Anything grow out of control? constantly going sexual? dieing? flow? Anything will help, my google searching is yielding limited knowledge.....maybe wrong keywords? maybe a live plant seahorse tank not very popular?
Thanks for whatever you got as far as advice.
where did/do you guys buy your plants and/or algae? Found a few sites, but would like some personal preferences.
The 15 gallon tank I set up for bangaii rearing has been hijacked by my girlfriend when she came home with 3 H. comes to 'put something in the tank with nothing in it'. After explaining how she ruined my frag tank/nursery plans, she has agreed to throw money in for a 50-70 gallon tank for her beloved seahorses, which I have also taken a shining to in the past couple weeks. The tanks above are what I am dreaming of, and would like some plant recommendations/warnings prior to setting up a SH tank.
Anything grow out of control? constantly going sexual? dieing? flow? Anything will help, my google searching is yielding limited knowledge.....maybe wrong keywords? maybe a live plant seahorse tank not very popular?
Thanks for whatever you got as far as advice.
namxas
Things With Stings R Us!
we got some of our macro from John Maloney at Reefcleaners.com he has great stuff, but we already had a good protion of it and just used trimmings from other tanx we have.
as for going sexual, the C. racemosa (green grape) gets iffy every so often, but we just yank out the bad pieces and it grows back.
as for going sexual, the C. racemosa (green grape) gets iffy every so often, but we just yank out the bad pieces and it grows back.
thanks for the quick responses folks, will check out those companies.
TikiDan, I grew up in McKinleyville too, now living in Arcata the last year or so. First sunny day in a week today! There is actually a pet store in McKinleyville now with lots of saltwater things (and lizards, snakes, frogs, etc.) called Blue Planet. Ron Miller is the owner, not sure if you know him.
TikiDan, I grew up in McKinleyville too, now living in Arcata the last year or so. First sunny day in a week today! There is actually a pet store in McKinleyville now with lots of saltwater things (and lizards, snakes, frogs, etc.) called Blue Planet. Ron Miller is the owner, not sure if you know him.
class of 98.
finally noticed the 'click on the house' part of your profile. Nice build. do you feel 250W is necessary for proper growth of most plants? We run 150s on the 120 tank and the algae grows fine if you let it
Thinking our budget for the SH tank was going to be $1500......250W could change that, though not by too much I guess. Fear the sheriff will be kicking down the door with too much more power consumption.....2 saltwater tanks, big bearded dragon setup, little freshwater tank. hmmmm.
finally noticed the 'click on the house' part of your profile. Nice build. do you feel 250W is necessary for proper growth of most plants? We run 150s on the 120 tank and the algae grows fine if you let it
Thinking our budget for the SH tank was going to be $1500......250W could change that, though not by too much I guess. Fear the sheriff will be kicking down the door with too much more power consumption.....2 saltwater tanks, big bearded dragon setup, little freshwater tank. hmmmm.
