Jake's seahorse reef

[Jakegr]

I cleaned up the electrical a bit, so here are some more pictures:







My Q-tank.



I bought a AquaRay Mini500 HD for my refugium. Love it so far! It is a very white light, I wouldn't use it over a reef tank, but it should be great for growing algae.

[gregzz4]

Nicely done wiring

Where's the fish ?

[Jakegr]

Thanks!

I could probably add fish right now. I don't expect the tank to cycle, but I'm going to wait a week or two just in case.

I think I'll add some tigger pods tomorrow though. How's that for exciting

[Jakegr]

Took some PAR readings from the Kessil A350 (non-wide) this afternoon. The light is suspended 3" above water.



Pretty impressive in my opinion! They were far higher than I expected. I'd like to suspend the light further above the water, but the Kessil mounting arm is a bit too short for a 24" wide tank.

[Jakegr]

Added some livestock!

Clean up crew- 5 spiny astreas, 5 regular astreas, 5 ring cowries, 1 sand sifting seastar, and 5 nassarious snails.

Corals - contents of my Q-tank, and a frag of GSP and fox coral. JL has a couple of great fox corals right now, 5-6" for $50. A couple had quite a bit of green on them too.

[Jakegr]

Been a while, lots to update. I have added both of the organisms the tank was originally designed for... Halophila seagrass and seahorses. The seagrass has been in the tank for over a month and is growing well. The seahorses have been in for a bit over a week. Both are eating. I'm happy I was patient and found true tank bred seahorses.













New seagrass buds around the originally planted leaves.

[gregzz4]

Looks very nice Jake