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annaflowerpower http:///t/395837/new-seahorse-tank-with-video#post_3525203
Okay thank you!!!
I changed to sand today.
And I have 4 small prolifera in my tank already. The plastic is temp until the algae grow.
Anything else???
My salt readings are good. My ammonia is spiked and waiting for that to lower and the cycle to finish.
How should I set up a feeding station? It helps keep the tank cleaner = less ammonia. Right?
Thanks so much ill put up more media as my tank grows!!
Hi,
I'm glad to hear you got some caulerpa and the fake plants are temporary, I did the same thing. I'm glad you switched to sand...
Yes a feeding station will help keep the tank clean. My erectus horses would go to the feeding station, but the Kuda and Potbelly seem to like to chase their food down. I think it has something to do with how the fry were taught to eat, but I'm no expert.
A feeding station is just a shallow dish with something for hitches around it. Even the erectus horses would wallow in the dish and send food floating off everywhere. So the dish really didn't help much with the keeping the tank clear concept. However the feeding dish made it easier to count heads, and check them for health.
I got the erectus to feed from a sea squirt (google it...it looks like a giant eye dropper)...then I released a little food, and they would follow it, until I got them herded to the dish...then later they would go right right to the dish as soon as they saw the sea squirt. The Kuda and potbelly acted like the sea squirt was a monster, and they got so upset they wouldn't eat at all. So I released the food and let the air line bubbles send it every which way...they were happy to chase it down to eat, so that's what I left them to do.
I do turn off the filter pumps for an hour at feeding time, and just leave the air line bubbles run. I don't want the filter to gobble up the food...the air lines just send the food swirling around. I also keep peppermint shrimp, they help to clean up any food the horses miss. I rely a great deal on my peppermints and the macroalgae for keeping the tank clear of ammonia, I think macros are a must have, I don't think I could keep seahorses without it...calling them messy eaters is a huge understatement.