Sea Horse in Refugium
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johnnysalt
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Landmeier,
I was thinking about doing the same thing....wait a minute...I'm GOING to do the same thing with my ref. It's small, but I really want TWO seahorses (male/female) so they can do the deed, I'll scoop out the young and feed my tank!
My refugium is more a refuge for the caulerpa than for the pods....so I say go for it! Just MAKE SURE they eat frozen brine at the lfs first!
Hey, I have two 50w plant bulbs over my ref. (my caulerpa is growing like my electric bill!) Will they be ok under that?
I was thinking about doing the same thing....wait a minute...I'm GOING to do the same thing with my ref. It's small, but I really want TWO seahorses (male/female) so they can do the deed, I'll scoop out the young and feed my tank!
My refugium is more a refuge for the caulerpa than for the pods....so I say go for it! Just MAKE SURE they eat frozen brine at the lfs first!
Hey, I have two 50w plant bulbs over my ref. (my caulerpa is growing like my electric bill!) Will they be ok under that?
von_rahvin
Member
post pics if it works!! I am trying to figure out a way to put one into my system. I have to have it under the tank so i am still trying to figure that one out
billyv
Member
Okay, I find this topic interesting. I am planning to upgrade to baiiger tank in the next few months with a refugium, I have always wanted to try sea horses, but not at the expense of my reef and corals. Question? What is Caulerpa? And when your talking about the sea horses eating the little critters, are we talking about the pods? Anyway, good idea.
wally
Member
This opens up a whole new idea, and that would be the idea of using a "Refugium" kinda like a small tank for the same purpose. If you did that you could keep it out in the open and not have to hide it under you tank or anything. You could just sit it right beside your main tank and use a simple siphon and a small pump. A tank like that filled with Macro Algae and Sea Horses or what ever would look very nice.
big dave
Member
This is exactly what I am planning on doin in my refugium. Primarily, mine is going to be a caulerpa and mangrove refugium. I was thinking of what would be cool to put in there because the water is goin to be pumped back into the tank not siphoned so it wouldnt matter if there was pods in there because they would be chopped in the pump. On another site, it said dragon-face pipefish are good as refugium fish. What do these look like? Any info would help.
johnnysalt
Member
@knight,
Are those YOUR seahorses?!
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Big Dave,
I have 10 mangroves in my sump. 4 of them in my refugium....seahorses will like hanging onto those too I bet. What have you read about lighting for mangroves? I would assume 12 hrs of light....no? Is constant light too much? I HAD my sump lit 24/7 until I added the mangroves....now it's reverse daylight from the tank.
Let me know what you think!
Are those YOUR seahorses?!
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Big Dave,
I have 10 mangroves in my sump. 4 of them in my refugium....seahorses will like hanging onto those too I bet. What have you read about lighting for mangroves? I would assume 12 hrs of light....no? Is constant light too much? I HAD my sump lit 24/7 until I added the mangroves....now it's reverse daylight from the tank.
Let me know what you think!
big dave
Member
Johnny, what I planned on doing was putting those 27 watt PCs you can get at Homedepot on the refugium. I planned on putting 2 of them (PCs) over it (30 gal refugium) and keeping an open top and never cut them so they grow like trees not like pods. I think this would be a neat effect because the refugium is going to be next to my tank not under it. This idea was inspired by a picture in "The Concientous Marine Aquarist" of Julian Sprung's refugium which has like 3 foot tall mangroves in it.
-shawn-
Member
Originally posted by Templar:
<STRONG>The only problem I seen with this is that you can't leave the lightning on in the refugium 24/7 with a sea horse in there, which I would think lowers the efficiency of the refugium.</STRONG>
I have heard of people running the lights on their refugium opposite to their tank lights. They say this helps stablize the water conditions in their tank. During the "tank's" day the tank is doing most of the work, and when those lights go off and the "refugium" day starts, then the refugium does most of the work. It also saves on the electric bill. Don't qoute me on this, I have never tried it, but I have heard of success stories with this method.
<STRONG>The only problem I seen with this is that you can't leave the lightning on in the refugium 24/7 with a sea horse in there, which I would think lowers the efficiency of the refugium.</STRONG>
I have heard of people running the lights on their refugium opposite to their tank lights. They say this helps stablize the water conditions in their tank. During the "tank's" day the tank is doing most of the work, and when those lights go off and the "refugium" day starts, then the refugium does most of the work. It also saves on the electric bill. Don't qoute me on this, I have never tried it, but I have heard of success stories with this method.
dburr
Active Member
It's called RDP or something, reverse daylight photo something.
The idea is your main tank ph lowers at night and the refug is on and is keeping the ph up. It because the corels are letting off carbon dioxcide at night and the refug is using it up. Keeping your ph stable.
I am setting up a refug now in the finished basement and I like the idea of mangroves and sea horses. Can sea horses live on pods? do they eat algea?
dburr
The idea is your main tank ph lowers at night and the refug is on and is keeping the ph up. It because the corels are letting off carbon dioxcide at night and the refug is using it up. Keeping your ph stable.
I am setting up a refug now in the finished basement and I like the idea of mangroves and sea horses.
Can sea horses live on pods? do they eat algea?dburr