Hippocampus Haven

 

 

Mark Sasaki's 37 Gallon
H. erectus Fry Aquarium
(age 3 months and 4.5 months)

 

Photos and text © Mark Sasaki
 

 

Photo Gallery:

 

     

  

 


 

Main Tank:
Tank: Tank:
  • Coralife 37 Gallon Acrylic.

Cover/Canopy and Stand:

  • Black wood stand, modified Eclipse cover. 

Heating:

  • One Marineland 150 Watt.

Thermometer:

  • One Wal-Mart located in upper left of tank.

Special Features of Main Tank:

  • Standard Eclipse filtration cut out to accommodate a Remora skimmer.
  • Feed tray mounted 1/3 way up the left side of tank.

 

Filtration/
Powerheads/
Skimmer:
Filtration System:
  • Fluval 303 with sponge media and bio media, no carbon and has foam over intake.

Skimmer:

  • AquaC Remora with pre-skimmer box.

Cleaning Regime:

  • 20% water change every 3 weeks.

 

Lighting: Brand and Wattage of Bulbs in What Kind of Fixture:
  • Coralife 10,000K and Actinic.

Daily Photo Period:

  • 14 hours per day.

 

Maintenance: Daily Maintenance:
  • Top off with RO.
  • Remove uneaten food from tray.

Weekly Maintenance:

  • Mean to do 10% WC but never happens, clean rocks with turkey baster.

 

Tank Chemistry: Salinity Range:
  • 1.020-1.022.

pH Range:

  • 8.2-8.3.

Additives and Buffers Used:

  • Kalkwasser and pH buffer

Nitrate Range:

  • Less than 20 ppm.

Water Quality and Chemistry Testing Regime:

  • Monthly testing.

Testing Tools and Test Kits Used:

  • Aquarium Pharmaceuticals test kits.

 

Live Rock/
Substrate:
Live Rock:
  • 30 lbs live rock.

Substrate:

  • 1.5" sandbed.

 

Seahorses: Species and Number of Seahorses Kept:
  • Currently four 3 month old and two 4.5 month old H. erectus.

Length of Time these Seahorses Have Been Kept:

  •   Kept two months in this tank.

Temperature Range for Our Seahorse:

  • 78-79 degrees F.

 

Seahorse Feeding: Types of Food:
  • Live:  George's shrimp.
  • Frozen: Hikari mysis, PE mysis.
  • Dry:  Cyclopeeze.

Nutritional Supplements Used:

  • Selcon.
  • Zoe.

Number of Feedings per Day:

  • Two.

Feeding Station and Feeding Tools:

  • Feeding station.

Feeding Method:

  • Clean out old food, clean tray and feed fresh food.

 

Other Fish: Species and Number of Other Fish Kept:
  • None.

 

Invertebrates: Species and Number of Invertebrates Kept:
  • None.

 

Hitchhikers: Species and Number of Hitchhikers Kept:
  • Bristleworms,
  • Brittle starfish.
  • Copepods.
  • Amphipods.

 

Corals: Species and Number of Corals Kept:
  • Gorgonian.

 

Macroalgae: Species and Number of Macroalgae Kept:
  • Green and purple grape caulerpa.
  • Halimeda.

Dealing with Problem Algae:

  • Clean glass with magnetic cleaner.

 

 

Sump:

 
  • No sump used.

 

 

Refugium:
 
  • No refugium used.

 

 

Hospital Tank:
 
  • No hospital tank used.

 

 

Quarantine Tank:

 
  • No quarantine tank used.

 

 

Making New Saltwater and Water Changes:
 

Type of Water Used:

  • Catalina water bought from lfs.

Equipment Used for Water Changes:

  • Homemade water pumping station with 11 gallon reservoir.

 

 

Additional Comments:
 
  • None at this time.

 

 

 

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