ylchick's 29 Gallon seahorse tank

[YLChik]

oil based paint takes to long to dry GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[tims]

WoW Amy,
you guys did a great job!
are you having shelves on the one side?

[Wiskey]

Looks great Amy!!! I know all about waiting for paint to dry

Whiskey

[YLChik]

Originally Posted by tims

WoW Amy,
you guys did a great job!
are you having shelves on the one side?

yup the back of the shelves and the doors still need to be finished bits and pieces through out the week

[drdude05]

That is an awesome stand. I wish I had building abilities like that.

[YLChik]

and now.... the stand with paint and glaze...

[YLChik]

paint and glaze... needs some touch up later, but over all I am very happy with it

[mmn_usn]

hmm.. looks like I am a little behind the curve...

[Wiskey]

That looks awsome Amy!! I love the shelfs, perfect place for storing chemicals and test kits, I've been meaning to put some shelfs in my stand too. Do you have the doors closing on the outside of the stand, or on the inside of the frame? Is your canopy going to match the same style?

Your tank is going to look great sitting on that!
Whiskey

[YLChik]

The doors will close on the outside of the frame - overlapping the cuts so it looks nice and neat - they will be routered (that's all Ben, I'm not steady enough yet) I got *cute* starfish handles for the front, I hope they look ok. The canopy will match the stand, I am really excited * like ya can't tell* to see it come together.

[VolitanFF]

thats going to be a great looking setup.. nice work

[Koddie Doo]

looking great!!

[JustDavidP]

Amy,

I'm enjoying this thread. You are doing such a great job. When did you decide to get into seahorses? Have you kept them before? I just love my herd o' Reidi.

Dave

[combiemaster]

Hey YLChik you stand looks awsome really nice work. You gave me an idea when it time to break down my tank i will use my 29G sump tank as a sea horse tank ill just move some of my display sand and rock and them water and walla instant cycle ready for sea horses hehe. Can wait to see some water in it

[JustDavidP]

I don't want to sound like the seahorse police..but please, anyone who is interested in seahorses or pipefish for that matter, do your homework first.

They are not "impossible", but they are surely different, as are their needs. It was a completely new learning curve for me; coming from reef to lagoon/seahorses. There are just soo many things to keep in mind.

I've had my ponies now for a couple years, and have offspring from them too. I'd have gotten nowhere if not for seahorse.org, and some other resources. If you are interested, let me know and I'll babble on some more about research tools, set ups, etc.

Dave