My Seahorse Cube And Babies

[scubasteve]

Just bustin' your chops steve

I know.... it was pretty bad tho lol still got some cleaning to get it purdy again

awesome how deep is your sandbed.. my 180 gallon fuge on my 200 display is 7 1/2 inches...I went to 7 1/2 cause its not sand its a little coarser so need deeper to get same affect not sure how deep I want to go on the horse tank. I am going to run cheato in it and Mexican caulerpa and a scrubber.... I might do a curtain waterfall scrubber maybe... or a angled tray might be easier

Ya im rigging an angled peice of acrylic for my algae scrubber as well since its the easiest way for my tank...... i should have built one in when i built my tank lmao musta been into something that night

As for the sandbed i had 6" of caribsea seafloor special but after removing some lr and a heavy cleaning im down to 4" so gonna add some back slowly over the next couple of weeks. My sandbed in the fuge section on the other hand is a good 8" deep and has never ever been disturbed

 

[yveterinarian]

Looking good Steve. I'll bet you can see them a lot better now without all the Caulerpa!

 

[scubasteve]

Looking good Steve. I'll bet you can see them a lot better now without all the Caulerpa!

ya thats one of the reasons i pulled it all they are too good at hiding.... im also glad they darkened their patterns again with the lower intensity lighting i am alot happier. Will try to get some pics when i feed them my females cirri are coming in nicely she looks like a unicorn at the moment... and one the boys is getting chunkier than i have ever seen too so fingers crossed

 

[yveterinarian]

If he looks like he swallowed a grape get ready for babies! Looking forward to pictures.

 

[scubasteve]

If he looks like he swallowed a grape get ready for babies! Looking forward to pictures.

either its that or one big poopie lol will post pics soon as i can get them

 

[scubasteve]

some pics of the horsies

 

[yveterinarian]

Beautiful!

 

[barebottomcouple]

awesome Steve

 

[scubasteve]

if only i had the gear and skills that some the fellow photo masters have on here but not bad for a cell

 

[scubasteve]

yay i found out how to eliminate algae in my sh tank i put a t8 macro light on the back fuge and 1w led on main tank.... chains are still white after a few weeks

 

[EricTMah]

Looking good!
That's great you found an easier way to control algae in the dt.
Lets see a fts now

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[scubasteve]

Looking good!
That's great you found an easier way to control algae in the dt.
Lets see a fts now

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[EricTMah]

Cool. How many do you have in there?


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[scubasteve]

@EricTMah
2 males and 1 female plus a brittle star and a feather duster.... probably a mandarin soon if i can find a small one

 

[barebottomcouple]

looking great

 

[heath]

looks awesome, where are you going to put the babies ?

 

[scubasteve]

looks awesome, where are you going to put the babies ?

ive got the 55 gal qt downstairs i could rig up but being the time of year it is i really wont have time to raise seahorses once work pics up im looking at 12-14 hr days almost 6-7 days a week till it snows again..... good thing i booked the coral show off months ago

 

[scubasteve]

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT !!!

 

[heath]

is that a blue legged crab.. was told to get some, apparently they are a good clean up crew..

 

[scubasteve]

is that a blue legged crab.. was told to get some, apparently they are a good clean up crew..

its a zebra hermit.... the blue legged hermits are bastards they get twice the size and seem to kill snails just for the enjoyment i honestly wish i never got hermits as they only do a part job but imo snails and shrimp together are alot better.... i do recommend a few mithrax crabs tho they are non stop algae eaters