Whats in your tank

Sara7814 · 10-06-2006, 12:15 PM

I know for some of you..this will be a long..very long list.. I was wondering if you could list your tank size and whats in it..from snails to fish to coral to algae... kinda give me an idea whats in with your SH's
i am hoping by knowing whats in your tanks.. i can research the stuff a bit further and know more.
thanks

QtJenny19 · 10-06-2006, 01:17 PM

Hi Sara,

I have a 25 gallon tank..really tall. Here is what I have in it:

Approximately 40 lbs. of LR
A 3 inch fine substrate sandbed
2 Seahorses
A Firefish
2 Pearly Jawfish (I think both of them are still there...only seen one in the past couple of days)
A Six Line Wrasse
Bullseye Pistol Shrimp
4 Nassarius Snails
10 Turbo Snails
Some Xenia
Various colored Ricordia
Various colored Zooanthids
2 Discoma Mushrooms
1 Umbrella Mushroom
1 Deresa Clam
A few Yellow Polyps
Coraline Algae

Sara7814 · 10-06-2006, 01:25 PM

thanks.. that gives me a start... i just want to start doing research on whats good to have in the tank. there are so many different areas to start.. i just figuered it was easier to look up what you guys have and see what it is and learn about it. so again thank you..that helps

Hendersonracing · 10-06-2006, 01:56 PM

Sara,
We started out tank 6 months ago...now its up to 300 gallons with a 24 gallon attached nano soon to be a frag-seahorse tank.....

currently we have:

1 naso tang
2 yellow tangs
1 powder blue tang
1 sohal tang...very aggresive...caution!
2 nemos
1 tomato
4 blue devils
2 yellow damsels

we are starting our coral collection now..

we have a few leathers

a few sps..some monti's

and a few lps...

we have a variety of shrinp probably abot 12 or so...a few sally lightfoot crabs..and over 175 snails of various kinds...

hope this helps...

Joe

Twitterbait · 10-06-2006, 02:55 PM

currently.... nothing. I am in between tanks since my main one crashed. i have a 20g with the survivors. My past seahorse tanks have either held nothing but seahorses, macro, and some snails... or i have kept the horses with my SPS.

Sara7814 · 10-06-2006, 05:16 PM

is macro something good to have for them??

jojon60 · 10-06-2006, 05:35 PM

Macro is good at nutrient export. Seahorse tanks because of the lower flow rates tend to get hair algea. The macros help by out competeing them for food. The more I let the macro grow the less HA I seem to have.
Here is the set up I have

46 gallon bowfront
fluval 304 canister filter
52 pounds live rock
60 pounds live sand, about 2" deep
9 watt UV
2 power heads
tank has been up since July 04
1, 6" 2 1/2 year old erectus seahorse, He is the lone surviver from the original 4 I got in Oct. 04.
1, Manderin goby had him 1.5 years
1, clown Goby had him 2 years
5, pepperment shrimp
1, Purple tuxido urchin had him 1 year
1, blue linkia(sp) starfish had him 6 months
1, orange marble starfish had him 6 months
encrusting Gorg.
4 large clumps of red macro I don't know the name
Feather claurepa
zenia
zoos
Just got a atlantic cucumber. hope he sifts the sand?

Tank stays very stable.

Jan

Sara7814 · 10-06-2006, 05:58 PM

thanks.. gives me a idea of whats safe and whats not. it does help.. thanks again

VWD · 10-06-2006, 09:56 PM

I have only Seahorses, some snails , live rock and macro algae.

tashier · 10-06-2006, 11:59 PM

Sara,

I have
1 yellow tang
1 blue tang
2 nemos
1 six line
1 diamond goby
2 cleaner shrimp
15 turbo snails
4 nassarius snails
4 astrea snails

Corals:
Frogspawn
hammerhead
Xenia
Candy

All of these seem to be working well in my tank. Not everything always works out perfectly but these are pretty safe bet.

pledosophy · 10-08-2006, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tashier

Sara,

I have
1 yellow tang
1 blue tang
2 nemos
1 six line
2 cleaner shrimp

Corals:
Frogspawn
hammerhead
Candy

All of these seem to be working well in my tank. Not everything always works out perfectly but these are pretty safe bet.

You have these with your seahorses?

I would not cosider anything on that list a safe bet. I would not put anything there in with seahorses. JME

Sara7814 · 10-10-2006, 08:21 AM

not many ppl do seahorses do they??

is there a reason or is it because the interests are elsewhere?

VWD · 10-10-2006, 09:22 AM

interests are elsewhere, They are not for everyone, reefs are nice and Fish only are nice.

Sara7814 · 10-10-2006, 10:07 AM

gotcha

VWD · 10-10-2006, 11:09 AM

Sara I will add that if You are going to have only one tank, and have seahorses you are limited in what You keep, So that may be one reason alot of people don't have them.