A great gift - Page 2

Basile · 04-07-2009, 04:55 PM

Uhmmm i'm getting 2 more horses, buddy's got to evacuate his other tanks. So i've got 4 now.

I'm happy

Forgot to mention, they're Kuda's

Basile · 04-10-2009, 10:28 AM

Well just learned something today about seahorses; they have a blow hole on top of their heads, yep. Saw it in action today while feeding them, when they scoop the mysis the rejects the water through it and you see a little plume of water and i don't know, bubbles or what ever it is it makes a little white plume. really cool. I whish i could get it on camera but my camcorder is an old one and you wouldn't see that detail.

SHMStrack · 04-10-2009, 11:28 AM

I am a novice reefer but I always have thought of keeping seahorses and nothing else. any feedback on that?

Basile · 04-10-2009, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by SHMStrack

I am a novice reefer but I always have thought of keeping seahorses and nothing else. any feedback on that?

I can't give you any advice on that i'm a nooby myself; i got those by chance, i got them because a buddy of mine had to give them away now. the only thing i can tell ya is do a regular tank first, before tackling this. There's lots to be learn before doing a seahorse tank. Like a guy told me earlyer if i can do a reef tank i can do a seakorse tank, and i'm barely there so this is an experiment for me too. I happen to have a tank that my buddy said was perfect for them, thats why he gave them to me . I rely on him for advices.

SHMStrack · 04-10-2009, 11:51 AM

alright i guess i will stay with my nano for a little while longer

Basile · 04-10-2009, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SHMStrack

alright i guess i will stay with my nano for a little while longer

Don't give up on your dream though, just research it a little more.

Basile · 04-12-2009, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by panmanmatt

Congrats on the new additions. The only thing with the chromis is they may bother the seahorse in the future. They are a questionable tankmate that some folks have luck with and others don't. Remember, chromis are just another damsel.

The tank looks good. What temperature are you keeping them at? Seahorse need a temp in the 72-74 degree range.

I've give away my chromis, sad....he's in a good place at a friends house. but i had the time to get him out, man....turned every rock and the tank was a mess after, had to redo the whole thing lol. But thats what i liked about the little guy, full of spirit, and life, very nice to look at, such life in a small thing. My last addition to the tank new algaes.

Basile · 04-14-2009, 12:56 PM

OHHHH MYYY GODDD!!!! I think i'm in trouble. It think my Algae-seahorse tank is going into a cycle..... My nitrates just shot to 25ppm this morning. The reason it would go, is that last week i transfered, my stuff from a 10 G to this tank 20 g, disturbing the substrates. I did this to take on my friend horses, he had to leave them to some one, in an emergency, his roof caved in long story.. So he said just transfer your small tank in this bigger one and everthing will be fine, the tanks was 6 months old. So i just transfer my rocks and sand... What a fool, What am'i going to do if its the case.

BigAl07 · 04-14-2009, 01:00 PM

I offered some advice in the other thread

lcstorc · 04-14-2009, 01:00 PM

Do water changes and use Amquel to reduce the toxicity of the amonia.

Basile · 04-14-2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by lcstorc

Do water changes and use Amquel to reduce the toxicity of the amonia.

Thanks Allen , on it already mixing waiting for right oF, there's no amonia, just a rush spike in the nitrates.

Nitrates. 25ppm
Amonia 0
Phosphates 0
Nitrites 0
DK 11 ,
PH 8.1
Calcium 400
Temp 72 oF

i also found curious form of sticky, white dots all over the glass, hard to scrape off, took one under microcopes, looks like a bag of tissues, no ideal what it is, bigger ones look snail like.

Basile · 04-15-2009, 09:51 AM

Well this morning i found one of my horse grasing at the codium algae, i thought seahorses didn't have any teeth. Anybody have a go at this one. he snaped the leaf in half. No ideal!

By the way this is a great site for seahorse ecosystem

Sea horses and their buddies

panmanmatt · 04-15-2009, 05:15 PM

Seahorses don't have teeth and don't eat algae. Perhaps he was snicking a pod off the codium and it incidentally broke the branch.

Not sure if you are aware of it or not, but that link is for an Australian company. Seahorse Sanctuary is the only place in the world right now to get CB pipefish.

Basile · 04-15-2009, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by panmanmatt

Seahorses don't have teeth and don't eat algae. Perhaps he was snicking a pod off the codium and it incidentally broke the branch.

Not sure if you are aware of it or not, but that link is for an Australian company. Seahorse Sanctuary is the only place in the world right now to get CB pipefish.

Thats what i though, but when i saw them snap the codium branch i wasn't sure anymore. And i didn't know about the link. great link though.

panmanmatt · 04-15-2009, 05:31 PM

Their snick is definitely strong enough to break a branch of codium.

04-07-2009, 04:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
Basile Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gatineau/Ottawa canada Posts: 2,022 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: A great gift Uhmmm i'm getting 2 more horses, buddy's got to evacuate his other tanks. So i've got 4 now. I'm happy Forgot to mention, they're Kuda's __________________ My Rockwork Macroalgae Club. My slow 65 g build up Combination fish and Anemone 65g- Aquamedic 2X250wMH-T5 -Recirculating Octopus 150DNW- 2X Vortech Mp40W gen2 powerheads-Eheim 1262 910GPH return - Little fishes Carbon&Phosban reactors,GHL controllers and Dosing pump and ME!

04-10-2009, 10:28 AM	#17 (permalink)
Basile Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gatineau/Ottawa canada Posts: 2,022 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: A great gift Well just learned something today about seahorses; they have a blow hole on top of their heads, yep. Saw it in action today while feeding them, when they scoop the mysis the rejects the water through it and you see a little plume of water and i don't know, bubbles or what ever it is it makes a little white plume. really cool. I whish i could get it on camera but my camcorder is an old one and you wouldn't see that detail. __________________ My Rockwork Macroalgae Club. My slow 65 g build up Combination fish and Anemone 65g- Aquamedic 2X250wMH-T5 -Recirculating Octopus 150DNW- 2X Vortech Mp40W gen2 powerheads-Eheim 1262 910GPH return - Little fishes Carbon&Phosban reactors,GHL controllers and Dosing pump and ME!

04-10-2009, 11:28 AM	#18 (permalink)
SHMStrack Fire Coral Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: St. Marys WV Posts: 80 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: A great gift I am a novice reefer but I always have thought of keeping seahorses and nothing else. any feedback on that?

04-10-2009, 11:51 AM	#20 (permalink)
SHMStrack Fire Coral Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: St. Marys WV Posts: 80 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: A great gift alright i guess i will stay with my nano for a little while longer

04-14-2009, 12:56 PM	#23 (permalink)
Basile Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gatineau/Ottawa canada Posts: 2,022 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Oh My God!! OHHHH MYYY GODDD!!!! I think i'm in trouble. It think my Algae-seahorse tank is going into a cycle..... My nitrates just shot to 25ppm this morning. The reason it would go, is that last week i transfered, my stuff from a 10 G to this tank 20 g, disturbing the substrates. I did this to take on my friend horses, he had to leave them to some one, in an emergency, his roof caved in long story.. So he said just transfer your small tank in this bigger one and everthing will be fine, the tanks was 6 months old. So i just transfer my rocks and sand... What a fool, What am'i going to do if its the case. __________________ My Rockwork Macroalgae Club. My slow 65 g build up Combination fish and Anemone 65g- Aquamedic 2X250wMH-T5 -Recirculating Octopus 150DNW- 2X Vortech Mp40W gen2 powerheads-Eheim 1262 910GPH return - Little fishes Carbon&Phosban reactors,GHL controllers and Dosing pump and ME!

04-14-2009, 01:00 PM	#24 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,547 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: A great gift I offered some advice in the other thread __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

04-14-2009, 01:00 PM	#25 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: A great gift Do water changes and use Amquel to reduce the toxicity of the amonia. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

04-15-2009, 09:51 AM	#27 (permalink)
Basile Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gatineau/Ottawa canada Posts: 2,022 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: A great gift Well this morning i found one of my horse grasing at the codium algae, i thought seahorses didn't have any teeth. Anybody have a go at this one. he snaped the leaf in half. No ideal! By the way this is a great site for seahorse ecosystem Sea horses and their buddies __________________ My Rockwork Macroalgae Club. My slow 65 g build up Combination fish and Anemone 65g- Aquamedic 2X250wMH-T5 -Recirculating Octopus 150DNW- 2X Vortech Mp40W gen2 powerheads-Eheim 1262 910GPH return - Little fishes Carbon&Phosban reactors,GHL controllers and Dosing pump and ME! Last edited by Basile : 04-15-2009 at 12:03 PM.

04-15-2009, 05:15 PM	#28 (permalink)
panmanmatt Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Waretown, NJ Posts: 2,255 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: A great gift Seahorses don't have teeth and don't eat algae. Perhaps he was snicking a pod off the codium and it incidentally broke the branch. Not sure if you are aware of it or not, but that link is for an Australian company. Seahorse Sanctuary is the only place in the world right now to get CB pipefish. __________________ The mind is like a parachute, it only works when opened. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")

04-15-2009, 05:31 PM	#30 (permalink)
panmanmatt Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Waretown, NJ Posts: 2,255 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: A great gift Their snick is definitely strong enough to break a branch of codium. __________________ The mind is like a parachute, it only works when opened. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")

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