Plans for My 20 gallon Seahorse/Pipefish Tank [pic intense]

[rjwilson37]

Looks great Kayla!

[PaPa_Johnny]

Looking good as always Kayla, you're gonna make us beg aren't you? LOL!

[Don_Gnomio]

looks great amanda...if all goes well, i get my SH tank next week!


horrah!



Victor

PS, this is my 500th post!

[Wee Man]

looks great kayla!

[psycho_clown]

Kayla your tanks are looking great keep up the good work and keep those pics coming

[puffer21]

hey do you know if a seahorse is reef safe

[Flipturn88]

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

Originally posted by puffer21
hey do you know if a seahorse is reef safe

Yes they very much are.

[H2OLUVSME]

Kayla, great work on the photos as always.

im in love with this one


is there any way you could email me the full size one?

[Flipturn88]

Landon, email sent.

[H2OLUVSME]

thanks Kayla!! both pics are GREAT!! im falling in love with your SHs makes me want to dig my 20h out of the attic

[Skorpinok]

Hi Kayla,

I haven't posted in this thread yet, until now, but have been following it - sorry but I did not read all of it.

Great job on your tanks. Makes me want to set up a small tank just for the sea horse and put it my daughter's room.

How big is your seahorse tank and the type of lights? how long have you had your mandarin and what's he eating? Do you have other fish in that tank besides the sea horse, and the mandarin?

again - good job. Ohh, how often do you do water changes and what type of filtration are you using?

Thankx.

[Don_Gnomio]

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Victor

[Flipturn88]

Originally posted by H2OLUVSME
thanks Kayla!! both pics are GREAT!! im falling in love with your SHs makes me want to dig my 20h out of the attic

No problem! I like your thinking on the vacant 20 high...

Originally posted by To-Arbitrate
How big is your seahorse tank and the type of lights? how long have you had your mandarin and what's he eating? Do you have other fish in that tank besides the sea horse, and the mandarin?

again - good job. Ohh, how often do you do water changes and what type of filtration are you using?

I have two 65 watt PCs (one 10k daylight bulb, one actinic). The tank is a 20 gallon high.

The mandarin has been in the tank for probably about a month now. He is eating frozen mysid shrimp (aka what the seahorses miss)--this is the ONLY reason I have a dragonet in such a small tank. Because I work at a LFS, I was able to discover this while feeding the fish. There is also an ample population of pods and live mysis, probably because he prefers dead food--it is much easier to catch. the reason many are unsuccessful with mandarins is that they do not last long enough living solely on the population of pods for them to finally acclimate to eating frozen foods, but if you can find one that is definitely doing so, the care for them is much like most other fish.

I do weekly water changes of 5 gallons, thus yielding a 100% change monthly. Currently, the tank relies only on carbon and Purigen for filtration, as well as ~40 lbs of LR. I hope to add a sump where a (skimmer could run) in the future.

HTH

[Flipturn88]

Well, you are in luck, Victor. I needed to take some SH pics for a meeting the other day, so I snapped a bunch. Enjoy!









Eating








Tank as of yesterday


Finally...a decent pic of this coral


Have a great end to the week.

Kayla

[majesticangelfish]

Kayla, i will be the first on the thread to say it... "GREAT PICS" Really great stuff, Your photography skills are SWEET! I cant wait too see this tank in person.

[Flipturn88]

Thanks Josh! I can't wait for you to see them as well.

[H2OLUVSME]

Kayla, your pics get better with every series. your tank looks awesome.

one question though, does the purigen really work? i was in a PetCo down in FL last month a saw a package. since id never seen it before i picked it up and read it. it seemed almost too good to be true. does it really help out? would it on a larger system?

[rjwilson37]

Looking great kayla, those seahorse's really seem to be growing.

[Flipturn88]

Originally posted by H2OLUVSME
Kayla, your pics get better with every series. your tank looks awesome.

one question though, does the purigen really work? i was in a PetCo down in FL last month a saw a package. since id never seen it before i picked it up and read it. it seemed almost too good to be true. does it really help out? would it on a larger system?

Thank you Landon! Practice makes (closer to) perfect.

I do highly recommend Purigen (Seachem products are generally pretty reputable). I have found it to serve its purpose quite well. Should Purigen be used in place of a skimmer? IMHO, no, but it certainly does help to remove a fair bit of organics; this is apparent by a color change from white to brown in the "beads." I put mine in an area of higher flow, because it becomes much more efficient as the water is forced through the bag, rather than normally flowing around it (path of least resistance). Therefore, I wouldn't just float one in your sump; mine is blocking the output of my power filter, thus decreasing the flow for the SHs in addition to filtering a good amount of water. I hope this makes sense.

It says to use one pack per 100 gallons, and I think it could only help your tank. However, if you are running a high-powered skimmer already, it should not make a significant difference.

Originally posted by rjwilson37
Looking great kayla, those seahorse's really seem to be growing.

Now that you mention it, they have grown! They are also becoming great buddies, but idk if breeding will ever be an option since there are other more active fish in the tank. I am going to remove the Midas Blenny though, because she is a very lively fish, and I don't want to chance her stressing the horses in the least.

Speaking of other fish...the Green Clown Goby finally ventured out from hiding long enough for me to take a pic

[Don_Gnomio]

thanx kayla...LOL

Victor

[H2OLUVSME]

my skimmer is not high powered its actually a bit under rated. im on the search for a better one. this purigen may help me out a bit while i search for a good used skimmer that will fit my little sump. ive got a lead on a Deltec MC500, which should be plenty for my tank. ive just got to wait to get in touch with the guy again. hes in the military, so only has short intervals of communication, and im sure there are people hed rather talk to than me hopefully soon though. that and a closed loop will complete my system (except for corals, fish, and inverts of course ).

i love the green clown gobies i used to have one

[psycho_clown]

Kayla looks great

[Flipturn88]

Landon - A Deltec certainly isn't a bad option at all. I'm sorry about the loss of your Green Clown Goby. I thought mine would be shy, but he perches in the leather coral all day and is always out in plain view.

Kristopher - thanks!

Just two more pics for you. I will try to get more later if there is interest:






I hope everyone is having a great week so far.

Kayla

[H2OLUVSME]

Originally posted by Flipturn88
Just two more pics for you. I will try to get more later if there is interest:

...if there is interest pffft!




my green clown used to eat directly from the syringe. he would actually put his mouth around it and suck on it like a baby. it was so cute.

*edit* that last pic is magnificant!!

i feel like i tell you too many times "great pics", but they always are

i guess i need to join Victor's club

[Flipturn88]

LOL thanks Landon! I can send you a larger version if you'd like?