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58 Gallon Seahorse Tank
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SETUP
58 Gallon RR Oceanic tank with Cherry stand and hood
20 gallon sump with Eheim 1260 return pump
ASM G2 skimmer
250W DE 14k Phoenix in SS Reef Optix III pendant run with Icecap 250 HQI ballast w/ heat sink
60 pounds of CaribSea Seaflor Special Grade Reef Sand
1/10 hp JBJ Chiller
Ehein Jager 75 and 50 watt heaters
INHABITANTS
~20 Lbs Hatian Branch rock
Multiple types of mushrooms
Green ricordia rock (From VT ~$40 Oct. 22, 2005)
Daisy Polyps
(moved to 120)
Colt Coral
Mexican Turbo Snails
3 Erectus Seahorses (one of the 4 was eaten =( )
Sea hare
Tuxedo Urchin
(moved to 120)
ORA Green leather from Petco (several months before Jan 07, $35)
Gray Acanthastrea from Phishybusiness 2/20/07 ($99)
Ricordia Florida from Phishybusiness (R16) 2/20/07 ($40)
Blue Zoanthids from Phishybusiness 3/18/07 ($149)
Green Ricordia from Phishybusiness (R42) 3/18/07 ($12.50)
Flame Hawk (Thanks
Chris!!) 8/2/07 (found him on the ground behind the tank 4/12/08)
7 Berghia Nudibrachs
from berghia.net
DFS Strawberry Echino Challice from Liveaquaria 8/23/07 ($90)
DFS Green Australian Duncanopsammia from liveaquaria 11/5/07 ($35)
Cynarina lacrymalis (small opal) from liveaquaria 11/5/07 ($40)
Green and red brain from Global 12/2/07 ($40)
Green and red micromusa frag from City Pets 12/2/07 ($40)
Candy Cane from T&T 12/2/07 ($35)
Elegance coral from Bay
Area Aquarium 1/25/08 ($60)
Copper banded butterfly fish from Fish Gallery ~Feb 2008 ($35)
Sunburst Anthias From Bay area Aquarium 3/30/08 ($40)
LOG
Bought a 58 Gallon Oceanic setup from Josh in Katy on 12/28/06
Started adding RO water at 12:00 on 12/29/06
Moved some rocks/mushrooms over from the 25 gallon 1/5/07
Bought a daisy polyp rock and some Mexican snails from VT. Moved everything over from the 25G into this tank 1/6/07
Got a five gallon bucket full of live rock from Jerry Stammann 1/13/07
Got a large sea hare and a tuxedo urchin from VT ($25 and $20) and some nice purple mushrooms from City Pets ($40) 1/27/07
I sold the cup coral and moved the Daisy Polyps into the 120. Algae is all over the place! I added a sm PM reactor with carbon and cleaned the shimmer. Feb 07.
Got two more seahorses from Draco Marine today. 3/9/07
Got a small green Echinopora frag from City Pets for $5. March 2007
It has been almost two weeks and I only have 3 baby seahorses left (I gave seven away to Sam). 9/9/07
Lost my duncan to a bacteria infection 10/10/07. Nitrates were ~20 ppm, did ~20 gallon water change.
I still have the two little guys from the 1st batch and one from the 3rd. I also lost my yellow leather to an infection blob that covered the entire coral. 10/14/07
Came back from a weekend in Austin to a dead baby seahorse. The was the last one from the 1st batch still alive. All I have now is one small guy from the 3rd batch. 11/11/07
The last baby died a few weeks later Nov. 2007
I found the Cynarina eating one of my female seahorses this morning =(. She was already dead. 1/26/08
Moved Live Aquaria Duncan over to the nano tank. I think it may have been infected from the Elegance. 3/28/08
Red and black slime algae have taken over the front of the tank. The RS80 skimmer is not doing anything for me! 4/12/08
Since may of 09, I have been down to 1 seahorse. It has been several day and I have not seen the last guy. I think I may no longer have any seahorses. 7/22/09
Most of the corals were not doing very well so I removed the few remaining ones (including the red brain) and placed them in the 57 gallon rimless. I plan on selling the live rock and converting the tank over to fresh water. 12/27/09
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