Pics of all my tanks

[Beverly]

72 gal soft coral and no fish yet reef:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/72gal-tank-8.jpg

Front view of the 42 gallon hex reef:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/42gal-15.jpg

Right side view of the 42 gal:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/42gal-14.jpg

Our 28 gal H. whitei tank:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/hh-bw-28gal-tank-8.jpg

Close up view of the centre of the tank with SHs hitched to the every lovely plastic straws :smile: :

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/hh-bw-28gal-tank-7.jpg

[martym]

Very nice Beverly :mrgreen:

[Delphinus]

Great aquascaping!

[Bob I]

Is that red plant in the tanks real? If so what is it :question:

[andestang]

very, very nice Bev :cool: :biggrin:

[Jason McK]

Very Nice Bev.
I have always understood SH's are very hard to keep. It looks as though they have a very nice home.

J

[kuatto]

I like the straw idea for the horses :cool:
The 72 looks good just as it is,even without fish.

Jim :smile:

[Buccaneer]

Very nice Bev ... all your tanks are so clean :eek: ... I agree the aquascaping is awesome :cool:

Cheers

[Samw]

Awesome tanks.

[Beverly]

Thanks, everyone, for the very kind words :cool:

Bob,

Both red plants are real. The red one in the SH tank was purchased from Big Al's. It sort of looks like red grape caulerpa, but it grows upright on sturdy stalks from a rock. The red MA in the 42g is something that grew out of an ordinary piece of LR. It's very slippery to the touch and its movements in the current are beautiful :smile: Don't have IDs on either of them, unfortunately. The red stuff from the 42 and the green stuff from the SH tank are what I will be bringing to Saturday's get together.

J,

Wild caught SHs from your lfs are very hard to keep. Many of them have suffered much stress from shipping and handling prior to them getting to the lfs. WC SHs also only know how to eat live food and even the very best stocked refugium will soon run out of food for them. Some WC can be taught to eat frozen mysis, but it takes a long time and a lot of patience to train them. Other WC never eat frozen and simply starve to death :cry:

My SHs are captive bred and I will only ever keep CB horses. They ate mysis when I got them, but to make sure they ate consistently, I set up a feeding station and trained them for a week to eat from there.

Steve,

All our tanks are in our dining and living rooms, so we see them an awful lot. I love looking at clean tanks so I can see what the inhabitants are doing from afar :cool: Plus, we have brown flatworms, so if I don't clean the glass weekly (along with other weekly maintenance) the flatworms soon become a problem.

I love all my tanks too :cool:

[StirCrazy]

what do you have for lights on the 42 hex?

Steve

[Beverly]

what do you have for lights on the 42 hex?

Steve,

On the 42g hex we have a 175w 5500k MH. We like the look of daylight in the tank, so we didn't go higher with the k rating. For more detailed info here's my webpage of the 42g:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/42galhexreef.htm

[StirCrazy]

cool, if you ever decide to try a 10000K in ther post a pic it would be neet to see the difference.

Steve

[ruck'n'reefer]

Nice tanks! Do you have more details on your SH tank (web page)? Specifically your feeding station and training.

Rob

[Beverly]

Captive Bred H. whitei sub-tropical seahorse webpage:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/hh-bw-28gal-whitei.htm

Feeding Stations Gallery:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/hh-feeding-stations.htm

My feeding station page:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/hh-feeders-bw-whitei.htm

If you are in interested in keeping SHs, do LOTS of research before buying. The SHs at you lfs will be wild caught. Some WC may only eat live food and will soon die unless you can provide them with an unlimited supply of live food. Brine shimp do not count as live food as their nutritional value is that of cardboard. Pods in a well established refugium will soon be eaten, and are not to be relied upon for the long term well being of your SHs.

It is preferable to buy CB SHs that already have been trained to eat frozen mysis (preferably PE mysis). CBs can be bought online at:

http://www.seanic.ca/ (bought mine here)
http://www.aquaparadice.com/

The BEST seahorse BB and research site is:

http://www.seahorse.org/