Little Horse Tank at home

[Chris Low]

Took a year to save and create a little haven for our 1st most successful generation. Total 7 male horses after letting go all pairs.... Got to stop breeding for a long time because of work commitment. Hope you guys enjoy my little creation for them....

[Chris Low]

Another view from the side...

[Chris Low]

closer look at some horses....

[c0ol]

Nice tank bro

[woverine]

bro, cool..

can I ask what is the temp of ur tank and the no3 level?

tks a lot..

[Darryl85]

Bro........ i have to sAy amazing of u to keep them so well........

can share on more informs abt them n how to make sure they can strive in tank?

[cherietung]

Hi Chris! Congrats that you have found time to post your tank.

Very nice. Hope to see you at the farm again one day.

[CKS]

Sweet looking tank!!

er.. ur seafans didnt mind ur seahorses hitching?

[Golden Tooth]

Nice...

[Maxstar81]

Your sea horse are always a pleasure to look at.

Nice cosy tank.

[Chris Low]

Thank you for the welcoming message.... showing my entire setup. Keeping it neat, simple and easy maintenance is my theme.

Consist of:

a. 1/10 Hp chiller maintaining temp at 24 to 25 Deg C.

b. Box filter (Big) with only bio-ring full.

c. Box filter (Small) with chemical filtration such as Seachem Activated Charcoal

and Phosphate absober.

d. Sump loaded with bio-ring and mini refugium power by 13 Watt PL. Aglae :

Chaetomorpha.

e. Lighting by Aqua pro. 24 watt Actinic and 24 Watt PL. On only from noon to 8pm.

f. Prizm hangon skimmer

g. Tank size: 200 litre bare bottom.

[Chris Low]

.....continue.

1. Monthly utility bill $50.

2. Food for 7 horses: 2.5 cubes of Mysis Daily and enrich alternate day with Zoe and Zoecon.

3. Food for worms and Fans: 5cc of Conc DT from AquaTim.

4. Bare bottom tank allow weekly removal of detrius.

5. Top up weekly spoonful of Ca and Mg and trace minerals.

6. Fortnightly replace with DIY salt water 10% using Deionizer.

7. PH = 8.1 and NO3 = 1 PPM

[Chris Low]

Sea fans don't really mind the horses and kind of getting use to each other. Reason for sea fans is to help absorb mysis juice and tube worms to filter out the tiny mysis particles when the horses puff. However, this mere food is not sufficient, so DT come into play.

2 to 3 cubes of mysis daily put a great burden to the sewage plant. Rowa should be used and change 1/3 bottle monthly. Charcoal 1/3 bottle montly.

Have fun and keeping a horses only tank may not really be a chore unless productive couple.....

[c0ol]

nice seahorses bro

[PerculaClownfish]

nice........

[brittlestars]

Keep it up Chris! Your work on seahorses command my deepest respect

I used to keep them for a while (in 1990s) but failed miserably. I think it is slightly easier to keep now due to better knowledge and technology but still your effort is impressive.

Show more pics please!

[brittlestars]

Btw Chris, as your tank tone is pretty dark, have your horses turn to darker colors at certain times of the day/week? Just curious...

[Chris Low]

Well not at all in this tone. But I do realise the horses look abit more orange in amber lighting when my dining hall lit up and tank light turn off. Lower temp would also bring out the colour. Haven't really tried out but would do so.....

[tan]

how long have u been keeping them?

[slcw]

what a sight to behold.

[cdckjn]

Totally inspired. I need to research more before I try my hand at keeping seahorses.

[tan]

guys,anyone with successful breeding of pipefish to share?looking forward to start a small tank consisting only sh and pf....and some corals too.

[Chris Low]

Hi Guys, long time no talk busy with work. Well, I have been in horse keeping for 3 years and still fasinated by them. Hope to see more enthusiastic hobbist to share.