CKS's horse staple

[CKS]

3ft tank (40g breeder) with 14" water colume

Filter consist of macroalgae on 24/7 lighting and AquaC Remora

Added macroalgae recently to main tank with 2x36w PL light

Currently have a donkey dung sea cuke and 3 trochus snails

[CKS]

-AquaC Remora skimmer

-Fan (managed to keep my temp at 29degreeC)

-DIY light hood

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The return from skimmer and sump are currently fed to a "betta" container to trap bubbles

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DIY-ed hitching post

[CKS]

DIY hitchpost consist of crush coral + liverock + rock bonder

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My refug/sump (20g High tank)

lots of pods and worms

lighted on 36w at 24/7 photoperiod

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ugly DSB on refug

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Hopefully i'll be able to get CB seahorses when the diatom on my sandbed has cleared up

meanwhile im trying to get the macroalgae to grow onto adjacent rock/sand.. thick growth of algae will be suitable "feeding station" for SH .. coz it should be able to hold on to the food that i'll be tossing in

Finally please provide constructive comments

[FuEl]

Hmm..diatoms won't really affect the health of seahorses but if you want to grow macroalgae diatoms might smother them. You can let the diatom episode pass by topping up with r/o or distilled water. Then for future water changes avoid using tapwater at all costs. Your macroalgae should be able to take off by then.

[CKS]

i dont have access to RO/DI

anyway ive started dosing iron suppliment.. hoping that that will bring a balace environment for the macro to outgrow the micro

[Venezia]

hey bro connect to a 11w uv-c and elimate diatoms and unwanted diseases

[CKS]

the diatom will not be my biggest concern actaully...

because im a newbie in SH keeping.. i wanna avoid diseases that they may contact..

UV is actaully a gd idea.. Thanks sis

[acedophin]

Hi,

Actually there is no way to avoid disease even with UV. Previously, I only dip them in freshwater for 5 mins to get rid of parasite. Can see alot of organism dropping off the SH.

I would advice to get a chiller if you can afford it (2nd hand, if possible). First, there is not much salinity fluctuaction(lesser top up) and disease is less likely to occur at lower temp(24°c-25°c).

Seahorse was cheap(about $3/-) when I first started out but not now. So do serious thinking before commit. SH was also the first marine fish I started on. But sometimes food(hard to buy) and medication(hard to find, most of the time from website) really makes you want to give up.

Focus on your landscape and hopefully it will grow like a jungle then move on to SH. Take a step by step approach, no use rush, else you are throwing $$ away. Read up on http://forum.seahorse.org/ for more info. Jump-start your experience, not learn it the hard way.

[CKS]

ouch... does most ppl run their SH tank at 24-25°c ?

[aStRoBo|]

yo bro, glad to see u back. It's better to maintain a <25c. Depending on the types of seahorses.

[CKS]

Yea..back after 2 years of NS..

anyway.. the temp has dropped to 28c

so aStRoBo|, when will u be serving the nation ?

[CKS]

Added artificial coral

Added another DIY hitching post

[CKS]

DIY hitching post consist of wooden chop stick tied to plastic rope (dont rem what u call them)

[aStRoBo|]

Yea..back after 2 years of NS..

anyway.. the temp has dropped to 28c

so aStRoBo|, when will u be serving the nation ?

going through my last sem in my sch. shld be early next yr.

[kelstorm]

wooden chopsticks? y not use plastic ones?

[CKS]

coz i thought it'll look more natural

[kelstorm]

wun last lah.. get those white color plastic chopsticks, get some macro algae like calapura (spelling a bit off) to cover it... it is even more natural..

[CKS]

hm.. yea..will keep a look out for white color plastic chopsticks

ive the same idea as well, just that i'll prefer to tie some brown macroalgae onto it

[CKS]

Picture documentation continues....

Feather caulerpa prolifera wiped out completely by caulerpa eating slug (Volvatella vigourouxi) http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=7445

[CKS]

Volvatella vigourouxi