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Mike (Canmike):
64 Gallon Hexagonal Seahorse Tank |
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Welcome to my 64-gallon tank. The stars of the show are, of course,
the seahorses. I have four barbouri: two girls (the yellow ones), one
boy, and one I-think-it-is-a-boy. I also have two whitei in the tank. The whitei have been picky eaters, and so I have been more
concerned with their survival rather than their potential for propagation. They
are doing much better now, however, and so perhaps it is time to figure
out their gender. The lone fish is a purple firefish, who hangs out in
the middle of the tank to assure that he can be in all the pictures.
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I have about 60 lbs. of live rock stacked up the back (with a bit of
room left up high for new additions) and around the sides. The rocks
house a small army of bristleworms (if only they knew their own numbers
they would surely take over!), and a handful of low-light corals. Three purple gorgs provide hitches for the seahorses, and red, green,
and blue(ish) mushrooms adorn the flat areas. I have two feather
dusters at the bottom, a couple colonies of star polyps creeping over
the rocks, a coco worm, and a bright yellow sun polyp on the bottom. The sun polyp is beautiful, and, of course, opens fully only at night
to impede my enjoyment of it. The creeping strands of macroalgae
(seemed like a good addition at the time) and the thick and healthy bed
of cyanobacteria seem to be fighting each other to a standstill for
domination of the bottom left corner. It is a valiant stuggle but,
sadly for me, they can't both loose. |
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| The clean up crew consists of two fire shrimp, one red linckia star,
one red-legged hermit crab (who provides much amusement with the fact
that he falls down the cliff face regularly), six or so snails, various
sluggy things that come out at night, and the aforementioned army of
bristleworms who are one charismatic leader away from taking over the
tank, my room, and the better part of the neighbourhood. Until such a
leader is born, the tank is ruled by the barbarian fire shrimp who wait
until feeding time and then descend upon the villages to rape and
pillage. I have to stand by the tank and keep them at bay from the sun
polyp for 30 minutes after feeding, lest they descend upon it and take
all the food out of its internal cavities. |
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In terms of equipment, the tank is a 64-gallon hex tank. It is lit by
three 15-watt tubes, has two powerheads (that may or may not still
work) buried in the rock pile for circulation, and one Prism protein
skimmer which, as far as I can tell, is purely decorative. I dose with
calcium from time to time, and am experimenting with dosing iodine to
see whether or not this helps with any of the corals in the tank.
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