Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post.

lcstorc · 03-05-2007, 01:10 PM

Well I am going to be slightly unusual as always and start a chronicle thread on my pony tank here in the seahorse forum. It makes sense in my warped mind anyway.
I of course have a rather odd setup. It is hard to show in a pic but I will attach the best one I have to the thread. I have a 24g Aquapod seahorse tank. Sounds simple right? HAHA Not! For starters I have raised the hood of the Aquapod about 5 inches off of the surface of the water. You will see why in a minute. My hitching post shares water with my reef system. My reef is a 125g mostly softy with some lps reef with a 29g sump and a 29g fuge with a DSB LR and several types of macro. I am running an ASM G4 plus skimmer in the sump. There is a small pump that moves water from the seahorse tank to the overflow of the reef and a gravity fed u tube that goes from the reef to the seahorse tank. This is both a blessing and a curse. It makes it very easy to keep the water paramaters in both tanks very stable. Particularly with my 20% water changes every other week. It also makes it difficult to keep the pony tank as cool as I would like. Right now I have the chiller feeding the reef. I believe I am going to move it or at least part of it directly to the seahorse tank.
Ok enough of the equipment already. Now onto the fun stuff.
I have LR of course, a sea whip for a hitching post. Several gorgonians as well for the same purpose. A yellow sun coral that is doing very poorly and an orange sun coral that is doing great. I also have 2 different types of xenia as well as Anthella. (I think that is what it is called. It looks like little palm trees.)
For livestock I have one peppermint shrimp, 1 cleaner shrimp, one yellow clown goby, several types of snails and 2 small fighting conchs. No crabs. I am too afraid of them getting my ponies.
For ponies, I just bought 2 baby redi little girls. They have a beautiful red color that I hope they keep. One has very pronounced white stripes and is smaller. The other one has thin stripes and is a bit larger.
OK I think I have talked enough. Here are some pics.

This is a very old pic of the two tanks together. The reef has changed dramatically since this was taken. It just gives you an idea of the setup.

Now some more recent pics of the pony tank. Everybody was already in bed for the night so you can't see the ponies in the pic but here is the tank overwiew.

lcstorc · 03-05-2007, 01:12 PM

Now for pics of most of the inhabitants. I will try to get more pics sometime this afternoon but at least it is a start.

boozeman · 03-05-2007, 02:26 PM

blue_eyes53813 · 03-05-2007, 02:31 PM

Looks Great.. They are so cute..

saltwaterfarm · 03-05-2007, 03:20 PM

Love it Lynn!!!
More please...

lcstorc · 03-05-2007, 03:24 PM

Sorry going crazy right now. Read my chronicle to find out why and hear the story of the biggest idiot to walk the planet. Me.

saltwaterfarm · 03-05-2007, 03:28 PM

Oh No... headed there now. Hope everything's OK!

lcstorc · 03-05-2007, 03:59 PM

I got one more pic for the pony tank. This is the yellow clown goby that is in the pony tank.

saltwaterfarm · 03-05-2007, 04:10 PM

How cute!

panmanmatt · 03-05-2007, 06:47 PM

Looks great Lynn. I like the openness of the set up.

lcstorc · 03-05-2007, 06:51 PM

I can get away with keeping the pony tank kind of open since I have so much LR in my reef and in the fuge. There are just a couple of pieces in the pony tank for everybody to hide in etc. The reef is a lot more full than that pic now. That was about a year or so ago. The pony tank pic is from last night.

aquaman3680 · 03-05-2007, 07:08 PM

Sweet tank and pics! This is what I hope to do with my fuge... and some pipefish!

Matt

JFK_Jr · 03-05-2007, 07:50 PM

Glad to see the ponies back...

Cougra · 03-05-2007, 09:21 PM

Very nice, what kind of horses are they?

lcstorc · 03-05-2007, 09:23 PM

They are Redi. Pretty young though. I am a bit nervous since they are so small, but they are both eating great so that is good.

03-05-2007, 02:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
boozeman The CodFather ~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: new york Posts: 8,800 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. __________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine

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blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 6,258 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. Looks Great.. They are so cute.. __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

03-05-2007, 03:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
saltwaterfarm Manta Ray Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,222 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. Love it Lynn!!! More please... __________________ Lisa 90 Gal AGA, DIY Sump/Fuge, Current Outer Orbit 250w MH's with T5's. AquaC Remora Pro Skimmer, RK2.[/font] Purple LTA, pair of Percula Clowns, Clams, Softies, Shrooms, Ricordea, Echinophyllia, Torch, Frogspawn, Blastos, Sponges, Acro, Wellso, the NEW Zoa Mountain, and some more stuff... 3 Gal Sexy Shrimp Pico. 29 Gal Oceanic BioCube, Current Sunpod 150w MH.

03-05-2007, 03:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,528 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. Sorry going crazy right now. Read my chronicle to find out why and hear the story of the biggest idiot to walk the planet. Me. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

03-05-2007, 03:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
saltwaterfarm Manta Ray Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,222 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. Oh No... headed there now. Hope everything's OK! __________________ Lisa 90 Gal AGA, DIY Sump/Fuge, Current Outer Orbit 250w MH's with T5's. AquaC Remora Pro Skimmer, RK2.[/font] Purple LTA, pair of Percula Clowns, Clams, Softies, Shrooms, Ricordea, Echinophyllia, Torch, Frogspawn, Blastos, Sponges, Acro, Wellso, the NEW Zoa Mountain, and some more stuff... 3 Gal Sexy Shrimp Pico. 29 Gal Oceanic BioCube, Current Sunpod 150w MH.

03-05-2007, 04:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
saltwaterfarm Manta Ray Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,222 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. How cute! __________________ Lisa 90 Gal AGA, DIY Sump/Fuge, Current Outer Orbit 250w MH's with T5's. AquaC Remora Pro Skimmer, RK2.[/font] Purple LTA, pair of Percula Clowns, Clams, Softies, Shrooms, Ricordea, Echinophyllia, Torch, Frogspawn, Blastos, Sponges, Acro, Wellso, the NEW Zoa Mountain, and some more stuff... 3 Gal Sexy Shrimp Pico. 29 Gal Oceanic BioCube, Current Sunpod 150w MH.

03-05-2007, 06:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
panmanmatt Acropora Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Waretown, NJ Posts: 1,910 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. Looks great Lynn. I like the openness of the set up.

03-05-2007, 06:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,528 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. I can get away with keeping the pony tank kind of open since I have so much LR in my reef and in the fuge. There are just a couple of pieces in the pony tank for everybody to hide in etc. The reef is a lot more full than that pic now. That was about a year or so ago. The pony tank pic is from last night. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

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aquaman3680 Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 2,130 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. Sweet tank and pics! This is what I hope to do with my fuge... and some pipefish! Matt __________________ Check it out! The 90 gallon Road Trip

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JFK_Jr Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hallandale Beach FL Posts: 2,108 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. Glad to see the ponies back... __________________ *JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire*

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Cougra Dragon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 2,216 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. Very nice, what kind of horses are they? __________________ Michelle Just because something CAN be done, it doesn't mean that it SHOULD be done!

03-05-2007, 09:23 PM	#15 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,528 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn and Franks 24g hitching post. They are Redi. Pretty young though. I am a bit nervous since they are so small, but they are both eating great so that is good. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

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