Kayla's 50 Gallon Seahorse Cube New Pics

[BlueTang<3]

So we had some equipment sitting around and decided we are try our seahorses. We found some branching rock and put it in a tank and let it seed for around 3 months or so and started adding macro algae. We stopped in to see Ken at Blueworld and he hooked us up with some soon to be bright orange Redi seahorses.

We stopped over at Tias in Calgary yesterday and picked up some mangroves as hitching stations just need to build proper hanger for the mangroves.
As for the tank its our 24x24x20 Cube with tile stand
Lighting Vertex Illumina 200
Skimmer Deltec mce 600
Flow is a aqua-clear 50

Tank is being kept at 72 deg to try and keep bacteria from harming our seahorses. They are currently black from being stressed out and not settled fully from shipping. Talking to the same supplier on ordering some bright reds in a few months
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[Flash]

looks amazing!!!

[cale262]

Looks great Kayla :thumb:

[The Grizz]

Very cool Kayla & Wes, now I know who's brain to pick when I set-up the wife a seahorse tank :lol:

[BlueTang<3]

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[Triggz]

Sweet little tank! I really miss my seahorses :(. Watching them mate and the male giving birth has to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen.

Good job guys!

[Wayne]

Wow Kalya and Wes that tank looks awesome! How do you do the feedings?

[BlueTang<3]

Sorry for the late reply the feedings are done daily with a eyedropper and brine shrimp. I choose the macro direction so there would be lots of live food, most time you cant see through the glass pods are just thick.

[paddyob]

How is this tank doing?


Any macros to spare? I would love to add some to my Mandarin tank.

[BlueTang<3]

How is this tank doing?


Any macros to spare? I would love to add some to my Mandarin tank.

Tank is still good waiting for more ponies still have the mandrin pair. Lots of macro just mainly calupera.

[BlueTang<3]

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[BlueTang<3]

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[msjboy]

what is that red sea fan in the back.... is it a real one and if so, where did you buy it. Nice tank!

msjboy

[BlueTang<3]

Way to call out my sweet 5 dollar from Big als plastic sea fan :mrgreen: I too wish it was real but I don't want to risk purchasing one knowing there requirements and track record.

[Myka]

Looks good Wes! What specie are they? Kuda?

[BlueTang<3]

Looks good Wes! What specie are they? Kuda?


I went with Hippocampus Redi they are what seems to be the easiest to get in the area. I was totally nervous to take the plunge as i was thinking they were super delicate, they are a lot hardier then most of us give them credit for.

[BlueTang<3]

Gonna have to add the feeling of working in the tank and the pony coming up and wrapping his tail around your finger is probably one of the coolest/ most rewarding feeling in the hobby. That or making some one touch my carpet anemone. :lol:

[Nano]

Very cool Kayla & Wes, now I know who's brain to pick when I set-up the wife a seahorse tank :lol:

LOL funny you should say that, my wife want sea horses one day to! but i have a long way to go before I take that plunge!

[Myka]

I went with Hippocampus Redi they are what seems to be the easiest to get in the area. I was totally nervous to take the plunge as i was thinking they were super delicate, they are a lot hardier then most of us give them credit for.

Ya, actually it seems like the only ones available lately are reidi. I thought yours looked like kuda though, that's why I asked. I'm horrible at IDing ponies.

[BlueTang<3]

Ya, actually it seems like the only ones available lately are reidi. I thought yours looked like kuda though, that's why I asked. I'm horrible at IDing ponies.

I personally cant see the differences, just trust the store. I have a few different varieties tho, but it turns out that they can g what ever colour they want depending on mood and surroundings.

[fishoholic]

The tank is looking good and the ponies look great :biggrin:

Way to call out my sweet 5 dollar from Big als plastic sea fan :mrgreen: I too wish it was real but I don't want to risk purchasing one knowing there requirements and track record.

nothing wrong with that, I bought one to for my frogfish tank :biggrin: I was hoping it would bring out the red in my frogfish.

[Funky_Fish14]

Wow the tank looks awesome you two! Thanks for sharing!

Chris