Jake's seahorse reef

[The Grizz]

If your dead set on 2" tubing you can easily eliminate all the front vertical tubes and just have one in the center. I use 1.5" tube for all my stands, never any issues. Realistically if you skin the top of the stand with 1" plywood and screw it down solid you don't need all the bracing. To simplify the stand put 2 cross supports in the top, back & bottom, one in the center front. More then enough support & cost much less.


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[chris88]

looks like it is going to be an awesome setup.

[BlueTang<3]

Looks good, as a side note we had clams and seahorses without any issues. I did it for a few years and know of others, some say the seahorse hanging on the clam may cause it to close and I think that's people's reasoning on it.

[Jakegr]

Thanks for the advice Grizz - I think I will reduce to 1.5" with 0.188" wall, and reduce the supports, as you suggested.

Good to know BlueTang! I was surprised when I read that clams were definitely not sea horse safe. I'll keep one in the tank and monitor it closely.

[intarsiabox]

I had a seahorse tank for a couple years as well. If you want to keep dragonets with the seahorses make sure you get ponies that are already eating frozen otherwise they will compete for food. And see for yourself at the store that they will actually take frozen foods, I had one that was advertised as eating frozen but that wasn't true. Luckily I had a well established pod population and it wasn't an issue. Of course you can also grow your own live food but I wasn't interested in doing that.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

Looks good, as a side note we had clams and seahorses without any issues. I did it for a few years and know of others, some say the seahorse hanging on the clam may cause it to close and I think that's people's reasoning on it.

Yup, had seahorses with large Squamosas, Derasas & other clams. No problem. Of course that was just my experience and other clams may be more sensitive to a curious or passing pony.

[Jakegr]

I'm really happy about this news regarding the clams! If all goes well, clams will be a big part of the display.

Here is the new stand...



I added in a 2nd vertical support in the front in case I ever want to up size to single 80"x24" tank.

[The Grizz]

What program are you using for the stand sketch? Looks good to go!!

[Jakegr]

Thanks!

I'm using Google Sketchup. I took a couple of 20 minute tutorials on it last year (free on Google). It is really easy to use. That rendering took me about 5 minutes. If you need help making a rendering, let me know.