55g Seahorse Tank

rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by zeke92
two questions
1. should i be worried about the polyp
2. how can i get the mysis to stay in the dish? half of it just flows out and floats around.
~if it has tentacles, YES
~I'll walk you through the food depositing when I wake up sometime around 9am
 
zeke92

zeke92

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i tried to slowly pour it in with a turkey baster but half of it still flows out.
i havent seen the thing opened up for days, but it had tiny tentacles that looked feathery.
how do i take it off? i don't know exactly what to od about it
 
zeke92

zeke92

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Originally Posted by Rykna
~if it has tentacles, YES
~I'll walk you through the food depositing when I wake up sometime around 9am

AAHH!!! she didn't wake up!!
i'm gonna miss her..she helped with so many questions

haha, just jokin
 
koi lady

koi lady

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Originally Posted by zeke92
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...08807852&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...58224159&hl=en
i lost the video between that last one and getting the goby. so it goes from sandy to rocky. not much rock yet but every time i add a fish i will get more. this guy at the lfs has a nice plan for it all.
here is my little ??. can you tell hat he is? boy or girl? i wanna name him walter, he looks like a grumpy old man, haha.
guy says he is near full grown. i just gave him his first mysis tonight.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...94920253829470
last night he lost alot of color and was pinkish, is that normal? he is bright yelow and fine tonight btu what happened?

In answer to your question about your goby. It is hard to tell which they are. But usually the female is a darker color. How big is it. My mated pair are about 4" long with the female the bigger and greyish-yellow and the male a bright yellow. The following is a link to my pictures of my pair. Maybe that will help.
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=271754
 
rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by zeke92
i tried to slowly pour it in with a turkey baster but half of it still flows out.
i havent seen the thing opened up for days, but it had tiny tentacles that looked feathery.
how do i take it off? i don't know exactly what to od about it

Boil it
take the LR out get a syringe and char boil the little pest
 
rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by zeke92
AAHH!!! she didn't wake up!!
i'm gonna miss her..she helped with so many questions

haha, just jokin


....I'm sorry..did you say something???..oh..oh well..........
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
jk
ok ok Mr. grumpy gills

#1. When you suck up the mysis into the baster. The baster must remain vertical. It is important to hold the baster right over the food dish and proceed to lower it straight down. Any side to side motions or tipping of the baster allows air to escape, causing the mysis to escape.
#2 Food Dish Location,
Location-location-location. It's all about location. The food dish works best when placed on the tank floor at a angle. Place the food dish so that the dish is tipped away from the return flow
as pictured here



 
rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by MaTT B
do u have a up to date full tank shot??
Yessssssssssssss...that way I can see where you flows are positioned.
 
zeke92

zeke92

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i turned the power heads off and kept the baster vertical. it worked.
but even with garlic in it it takes them a while to even notice and go to it. like an hour. and then they barely eat it cause there mouths can only take in the smaller tiny pieces, there still young horses.
but they are eating copepods like NUTS
they will just run the side of the tank and twitch there heads like there slurping up pods. if you see a white spec near there snouts and watch it you can see it disappear when they twitch sorta, haha.
oh, about the polyp
like i said on earlier posts, the polyp is ON the horse. And i don't feel comfortable boiling seahorse for dinner

the polyp is so small and stuff and it barely comes out eiuther. but the tentacles, small ones, NOT like anemone tentacles, like polyp ones. there kinda feathery. the polyp is pure white too. and i don't know what to do about a tiny polyp that barely opens up on a small horse. the horse doens't seem to be bothered by it, it never tries to pick at it and doesn't seem to be hurt when the polyp has opened.
 
zeke92

zeke92

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oh, and how fast should i expect them to grow? there about two inches or so, just wondering whne i should expect them ot be full grown. like if they grow slow or not.
 
matt b

matt b

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Originally Posted by zeke92
bumpy
still don't know what to do about the polyp on the horse.
i dont think she likes u any more
 
monalisa

monalisa

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Originally Posted by zeke92
and i found a pic of everyhting after it settled.

Am I the only one to see a big red flag with the tank hanging over the stand on both sides? Isn't that a recipe for disaster? Just asking...
Sorry Zeke, I don't mean to flame, and I'm not...believe me. I posted this strictly out of concern...I've not heard anything good happening with setting a tank up on a stand that doesn't fit properly. Hope you understand.
Lisa
 
matt b

matt b

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Originally Posted by MonaLisa
Am I the only one to see a big red flag with the tank hanging over the stand on both sides? Isn't that a recipe for disaster? Just asking...
Sorry Zeke, I don't mean to flame, and I'm not...believe me. I posted this strictly out of concern...I've not heard anything good happening with setting a tank up on a stand that doesn't fit properly. Hope you understand.
Lisa
i have no idea about this but it seems like it would be ok just a little bit on each end dont u think????
 
rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by MonaLisa
Am I the only one to see a big red flag with the tank hanging over the stand on both sides? Isn't that a recipe for disaster? Just asking...
Sorry Zeke, I don't mean to flame, and I'm not...believe me. I posted this strictly out of concern...I've not heard anything good happening with setting a tank up on a stand that doesn't fit properly. Hope you understand.
Lisa
Sorry Zeke, Lisa's right.
Each gallon of water weighs 8 pounds. 55 x 8= 440 lbs
Then add at least 100 lbs for substrate= 540 lbs
So making a guess from your picture, there is at least 45 lbs of unsupported weight on each end. It's only a matter of time until the unsupported part of the tank snaps and...
KUURRRRSSSSPPPPLLLLUUUUUUUUUSSSSHHHHHHH
 
zeke92

zeke92

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AHHHH!!!! we didn't think much of that little area on both sides, we figured since 90% or more is supported it would be fine...i'll talk to my dad about gettin some wood and making some additional support on both sides.
 
zeke92

zeke92

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the polyp is still there i don't know how to get it off guys

when it's out it doesn't seem to hurt the horse and the horse doesn't seem to pick at it or seem like it bothers it wich is good. but i'm sure gettingit off would feel better.
 
rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by zeke92
Want to buy a bottle of cultured patience.



I'd buy a life time supply
Lord knows I could use some!!!
 
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