65 Gallon Seahorse Tank

want2bsleepy · Jul 13, 2017

vlangel said:
My avatar is also an H erectus. His name was Adam, one of my first 2 seahorses. I still have Eve.

how long have you had Eve now?

Daniel@R2R · Jul 13, 2017

That scape looks amazing for seahorses! Great job!

want2bsleepy · Jul 13, 2017

mdbannister said:
That scape looks amazing for seahorses! Great job!

Thank you! We plan on making the tank like a refugium with lots of macro algae. It should. E awesome!

vlangel · Jul 13, 2017

want2bsleepy said:
how long have you had Eve now?

I will have had Eve for 3 years on Oct 2nd.

I'm a natural blue · Jul 24, 2017

Love that rock! Following along. Avatar= my Clyde.

I'm a natural blue · Jul 26, 2017

JHuneke said:
Love the scape! If it was me, I would remove any crabs , I know that they are considered low risk, but I have seen them really pick at ponies and can cause some injury . Opening the door for bacterial infection.

+1 on this. I had blue legs with my ponies and they gave them hell. Especially my Bonnie. She loved to lay on the bottom and spy amphipods crawling around the bottom of the rocks. They would crawl all over her and stress her out. Into the 75g they went!

How is the progress?

want2bsleepy · Jul 26, 2017

I'm a natural blue said:
+1 on this. I had blue legs with my ponies and they gave them hell. Especially my Bonnie. She loved to lay on the bottom and spy amphipods crawling around the bottom of the rocks. They would crawl all over her and stress her out. Into the 75g they went!

How is the progress?

Progress is at a halt, every time we catch up on our finances something else goes wrong. This summer alone we have put about $4k into fixing car problems...the tank is currently going through the ugly algae phase, so we'll be adding more snails soon. The hold up is money for lights and chiller.

I'm a natural blue · Jul 26, 2017

I completely understand! Our sump on our 75g blew out in April causing flooding. In carpet. UGH. We ended up having to take down the tank to replace the flooring. Thank godness for homeowners insurance! Since we had it down we replaced the floors and that turned into a huge reno in the house. But, we have all porcelain flooring now though. Phew! ANNDDD, hubby decided "since he tank is down we might as well upgrade the 75 to a 90" since it had the same footprint! OH, the joys of reefing!!!! LOL
Looking forward to seeing your progress.....I just love your rock and tank!

want2bsleepy · Jul 26, 2017

I'm a natural blue said:
I completely understand! Our sump on our 75g blew out in April causing flooding. In carpet. UGH. We ended up having to take down the tank to replace the flooring. Thank godness for homeowners insurance! Since we had it down we replaced the floors and that turned into a huge reno in the house. But, we have all porcelain flooring now though. Phew! ANNDDD, hubby decided "since he tank is down we might as well upgrade the 75 to a 90" since it had the same footprint! OH, the joys of reefing!!!! LOL
Looking forward to seeing your progress.....I just love your rock and tank!

Thank you!

want2bsleepy · Jul 28, 2017

We've got some major algae starting to build up, so getting some nails to add this weekend. Wishing I was adding more!

Critterheaven · Jul 29, 2017

Do you run GFO?

want2bsleepy · Jul 29, 2017

Not at the moment, but we plan to once we get more critters in there.

vlangel · Jul 30, 2017

want2bsleepy said:
We've got some major algae starting to build up, so getting some nails to add this weekend. Wishing I was adding more!

Snails can help a lot. Sometimes (actually most times) a tanks has to look pretty bad before it can look good.

vlangel · Jul 30, 2017

Critterheaven said:
Do you run GFO?

Do you run GFO? I have heard some folks say that it can be harmful for seahorses. I have never run it.

want2bsleepy · Jul 31, 2017

Folks, we have our first fishy inhabitant! So happy to finally get something swimming around in the tank, even if it is a tiny tail spot blenny. He seams so small in that giant tank all by himself, but is happily munching on the algae that is taking off. We've also added a dozen astrea snails and one turbo, hoping that they can keep up with the algae. We also got a dragon faced pipefish who we put in our frag tank right now to (hopefully) deal with our flatworm problem. He'll end up in the seahorse tank as well. They are both so cute, I'll try to get some pics of them up here.

want2bsleepy · Aug 1, 2017

I've got to get a pic of him this evening! He has taken up residence in a trubo snail shell that I threw in there. He looks like a barnacle blenny!

I'm a natural blue · Aug 1, 2017

want2bsleepy said:
Folks, we have our first fishy inhabitant! So happy to finally get something swimming around in the tank, even if it is a tiny tail spot blenny. He seams so small in that giant tank all by himself, but is happily munching on the algae that is taking off. We've also added a dozen astrea snails and one turbo, hoping that they can keep up with the algae. We also got a dragon faced pipefish who we put in our frag tank right now to (hopefully) deal with our flatworm problem. He'll end up in the seahorse tank as well. They are both so cute, I'll try to get some pics of them up here.

Woop! How exciting! Can't wait to see pics!