chargedtuna
Reefing newb
Hello,
I'm Julie and I have a 35g hex w/ currently two Reidi Seahorses. I don't see too many posts here on seahorses, so here's a tank for you to look at.
I hooked this tank up in Jan '06. I bought it one day when I got mad at my husband. Thousands and thousands of $$$'s later, this is what I had over the summer.....
I bought my first seahorses in maybe April of '06. They were two wild caught (WC) Erectus seahorses from an online vendor. That lived about two months, then passed. Future reference for any soon to be seahorse starters, don't buy WC. Anyway, then I changed to captive bred (CB). Much better results. Went to my LFS maybe in June and bought a female CB Reidi. She told me she was lonely so I bought her a companion sometime around August. They have had two broods of babies. They haven't had babies in over a month, she is very disinterested. Typical real life scenario, he's ALWAYS interested:)
full tank shot on 9/2/06:
female Reidi:
babies:
Unfortunately for you guys, these are older shots and as you know, tanks evolve. After these pics, I decided to add some macro (Caulerpa prolifera to be exact). I love the "natural" look. Since the macro has taken over all those corals you see, the corals have been relocated to either my 80g bow or my newest addition, my 55g that is currently the next installment phase of seahorses (4 small Erectus's that I've had a 1.5 weeks). This tank has pretty much evolved into an all macro tank. Even though it's really not as pretty as housing all the zoa's and mushrooms, I think it's for the betterment of the seahorses health (hitching needs).
Once I get my camera in picture taking mode, I'll take updates. I hope you enjoy!
Julie
I'm Julie and I have a 35g hex w/ currently two Reidi Seahorses. I don't see too many posts here on seahorses, so here's a tank for you to look at.
I hooked this tank up in Jan '06. I bought it one day when I got mad at my husband. Thousands and thousands of $$$'s later, this is what I had over the summer.....
I bought my first seahorses in maybe April of '06. They were two wild caught (WC) Erectus seahorses from an online vendor. That lived about two months, then passed. Future reference for any soon to be seahorse starters, don't buy WC. Anyway, then I changed to captive bred (CB). Much better results. Went to my LFS maybe in June and bought a female CB Reidi. She told me she was lonely so I bought her a companion sometime around August. They have had two broods of babies. They haven't had babies in over a month, she is very disinterested. Typical real life scenario, he's ALWAYS interested:)
full tank shot on 9/2/06:
female Reidi:
babies:
Unfortunately for you guys, these are older shots and as you know, tanks evolve. After these pics, I decided to add some macro (Caulerpa prolifera to be exact). I love the "natural" look. Since the macro has taken over all those corals you see, the corals have been relocated to either my 80g bow or my newest addition, my 55g that is currently the next installment phase of seahorses (4 small Erectus's that I've had a 1.5 weeks). This tank has pretty much evolved into an all macro tank. Even though it's really not as pretty as housing all the zoa's and mushrooms, I think it's for the betterment of the seahorses health (hitching needs).
Once I get my camera in picture taking mode, I'll take updates. I hope you enjoy!
Julie
