a couple of you have been sending me to seahorse.org and if you have reading my other post in "new here"under general discussing you will see that i am already a member of seahorse.org and have been for a couple of years now under the user name of mike2350, as of now i have printed out what ever seahorse .org has in their library on seahorses and have read though it a couple dozen times so far, i also have read though a couple dozen times the book on seahores from tfh publications.
everyone has told me to be as specific as i can on this setup so here you go, according to the lfs were i got this tank it is a 20 high the diamensions are 13 inches wide, 24 inches long, and 16 inches deep, i am using a marinland biowheel 150 power filter, a perfecto deluxe full hood with an 18 inch freshwater grow bulb right now, planing to switch out to a allglass top and a coralife 50/50 bulb (15watt 18 inch t8 50% 6000 degree k natural daylight 50% actinic 03 blue) sub heater, i am keeping the temp at 74 degrees, 8 lb of live rock(i know this is not enough and will be adding more shortly), carib sea sand substright with the black specks in it, reef crystals salt mix, i have one blue dasmel ( which will be switched out before i get the seahorses, it just in there to start bactera growth),
red sea hydrometer, 1 red plant not sure what it is, 1 red mushroom coral frag i think, 1 nassarius snail, 1 collonista snail( how many more snails should i get for this size tank and what kind?), chemicals i use are kent marine liqiud calcuim, and ammonia detox, sea chem 8.3 buffer for ph?, and reef builder, carib sea purple up, and marine snow plant food?, medicne i have is sea chem para guard, and api melafix(what else should i get in this section?), text kits are api calcuim,ammonia, no3 nitrate, no2 nitrite, high range ph, and use saltwater biozyme.
things i will be adding slowly are equipment wise continous hatch and feed brine shrimp hacther, what does every one think of the red sea berlin airlift 90 skimmer?, so of you have told me to hermit crabs in here as i stated in my last post in general discussion i said that seahorse. org said not to put hermit crabs in or very few according to them 1 per 10 gallons.
every one has told to be careful as to what i put in here for coral wise with sea horses here is a list of what sea horse.org says is safe and not safe these are rated on a 0 to 4 threat risk were 0 is no risk and 4 is exterme risk, most if what i am listing is going to be a 0 or 1 on threat list.
the 0 chooses are for sponges the spiny sponge and blue sponge, fan worms are common feather duster, christmas tree worm, and dwraf duster, sea fans and gorgonians are sea stalk, red sea fan, soft corals are christmas tree coral, toad stool mushroom, speckled leather,kenya tree, fiji leather,colt coral,carnation coral, cabbage leather,and thye spaghetti leather, sea stars are the orange sea star, the sand sifting star,and the blue sea star,polyps are clove polyp, zoas, polys, anthelia, pipe organ, yellow polyps, xeia, green star polyp, and the sponge polyp, mushrooms are the florida rice, common mushroom, yuma, and the hairy mushroom,lps are maze brain, and the sun coral,shrimp are the sexy shrimp, harlequin shrimp, and the bumble bee shrimp.
the 1 treat level chooses are cucumbers is the tiger tail cuke, lps are lobophyllia, cup/pagoda coral, fox coral, acantha strea, sea slugs are the lettuce nudi, purple nudi, and the sea hare, shrimp are the peppermint shrimp, pistol shrimp, tiger shrimp, saron shrimp, camel shrimp, and pipe fish.
out of what i have listed i am thinking about going with the following a blue sponge, feather duster, tiger tail cuke, red sea fan, kenya tree? , clove polyp?, sun coral?, fox coral?, sea hare, and a peppermint shrimp.
if any one has any other ideas other then what i have just listed please let me know what i should add or remove based on this tank size,light ideas for what is listed, medicne i need to get , test kits i need, and what every else you may think of.
thanks in advance
mike 2670
