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She is an energetic little girl and she does that every day. I think that is why she has such a good appetite. I think she is adorable because she is so inquisitive too. She wants to check out everything.
Dawn's 56g memorial seahorse tank!
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Its nice to hear from you Krista!WOW!!! I have missed so much! The tank looks great and you are giving me inspiration!!
This is definitely the best tank I have set up for the seahorses. Its very easy to clean without sand and the high flow helps keep detritus and uneatten food in suspension so it can be filtered out. It looks a little more sterile and less natural but the rock with coral and macro help a lot. Everything shows up nice with the light backround and bottom. Even Eve lightened up.
I think the seahorses like it too. They have lots of hitches in different areas and flows to choose from.
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Well Boaz is finally eating from the food bowl with Eve and Ruth. However 3 ponies sticking their heads in a small jelly jar all at one time is not working very well. I guess that means I need a food bowl with a bigger circumference.
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Today I scrubbed micro algae off the bottom of my tank. I left all the dots of coralline however. In order to do a thorough job I moved some scape around so once again the tank looks different. I really love being able to do that without clouding the tank or kicking up nasties.
O yeah, and I gave the ponies one of my little candy dishes for a food bowl. If that isn't love? Now all 3 can eat at the same time.
O yeah, and I gave the ponies one of my little candy dishes for a food bowl. If that isn't love? Now all 3 can eat at the same time.
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Ruth's pinto coloring shows in this pic.
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She's so cute and I love that red bubbly macro algae.
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Eve deserves some love too!
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I think she is a cutie too. That red macro algae is called red grape caulerpa but it is not related to the green caulerpa. It makes wonderful hitching posts.
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Merry Christmas from the 3 seahorses and a Happy New Years!
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They are looking gorgeous!!! Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!
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Thanks Renee!
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Merry Christmas!
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Thanks Meredith!
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I just finished training a new seahorse sitter how to feed the ponies. We are leaving for the weekend to visit our children in SC.
This is a good breaking in period for the new sitter because it is only 2 days. Not much bad should happen with such a short trip. I can do a water change the day I return home and the food has been premeasured.
This is a good breaking in period for the new sitter because it is only 2 days. Not much bad should happen with such a short trip. I can do a water change the day I return home and the food has been premeasured.
melypr1985
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don't jinx it!!! Knock on some wood, throw salt over your shoulder, four leaf clovers.... what else is good luck? Rabbit's feet? Though that always grossed me out a little. I'll do those things for you too! Hope all goes well with the sitter and your trip.
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Well Meredith, maybe I did jinx it! My sitter texted me yesterday and said the tank was making a gurgling noise. I told them to look at the sump and see if the water level was down which it was. I guessed that it had evaporated since there was no mention of water on the floor so a leak was unlikely. I told them where my fresh made ro/di water was and instructed them to fill up to the line. They said that stopped the gurgling. Problem fixed, right? WRONG!
I got home and realized the return chamber in the sump was pumped dry, most of the macros in my fuge were toast and upon checking the salinity it was down to .020. Amazingly the display tank looked ok with seahorses and coral all looking pretty normal.
The real problem was the chiller leaked. I am still not sure whether it was the flex tubing at the input, output or inside the unit somewhere. I took it offline and cleaned up the sump which included emptying it of everything except the DSB. Then I filled it back up with newly made saltwater. I have no idea what temperature the tank is since my chiller told me that but I suspect it was a little warm. Tomorrow I will buy a thermometer. I did another water change later on and I am making new ro/di now for tomorrow.
Everything still looks good so I think I dodged a bullet. Maybe your well wishes for my tank helped!
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Thank you very much!
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