Dawn's 56g memorial seahorse tank!

[vlangel]

Dawn,

Here it is the red titan! It looks fabulous! I love it!!!

Your tank looks great even without the red titan. It does give a nice splash of color. I am happy you like it.

 

[I'm a natural blue]

Your tank looks great even without the red titan. It does give a nice splash of color. I am happy you like it.

Thank you for the compliment! Very nice splash of color! The horses like it too. They have been hitching on it.

 

[vlangel]

20171117_175534 by Dawn Gilson, on Flickr
Eve among the macros.

 

[vlangel]

20171117_175645 by Dawn Gilson, on Flickr

 

[vlangel]

20171117_175808 by Dawn Gilson, on Flickr

 

[vlangel]

20171117_175914 by Dawn Gilson, on Flickr
And finally...BeetleBomb!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

looking great, Dawn!

 

[vlangel]

looking great, Dawn!

Thank Daniel. Finally the tank is running like I was hoping when I built it.

 

[Dpitts28]

Tank is beautiful, I like the bare bottom.

 

[vlangel]

Tank is beautiful, I like the bare bottom.

Thank you for the kind words. I like the open airy feel to the tank and definitely the ability to keep detritus syphoned. Even though I painted the underside to simulate a sand bottom it's a bit sterile looking. It was a concession I was willing to make to keep healthy seahorses.

 

[vlangel]

The hectic schedule and lack of routine can be hard on sticking with maintenancing our tanks. With seahorses however, this can be deadly so I have definitely kept up with WCs and keeping detritus from building up. What I let go was cleaning the glass and scraping and scrubbing the bb. All the seahorses, coral and macros looked great but the tank itself looked awful, at least to me.

Finally this morning I tackled the glass, which required a bit of elbow grease for the floor. Actually it wasn't really as bad as it looked. A mag cleaner did most of the glass except the corners. The floor did need a metal edged scraper but it always does. In 40 minutes the tank looked like new.

 

[vlangel]

2017-11-29_05-03-52 by Dawn Gilson, on Flickr
Here is the latest look of FTS. I am always changing the scape.

 

[JaimeAdams]

Looks great Dawn. I hope to see you in person soon.

 

[vlangel]

Looks great Dawn. I hope to see you in person soon.

Thanks Jaime. I always want to make the meetings but things keep coming up.

 

[JaimeAdams]

Thanks Jaime. I always want to make the meetings but things keep coming up.

The last two meetings were very well received. You will have to see the pictures from the baby tiger trip. See you this Saturday?

 

[I'm a natural blue]

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The hectic schedule and lack of routine can be hard on sticking with maintenancing our tanks. With seahorses however, this can be deadly so I have definitely kept up with WCs and keeping detritus from building up. What I let go was cleaning the glass and scraping and scrubbing the bb. All the seahorses, coral and macros looked great but the tank itself looked awful, at least to me.

Finally this morning I tackled the glass, which required a bit of elbow grease for the floor. Actually it wasn't really as bad as it looked. A mag cleaner did most of the glass except the corners. The floor did need a metal edged scraper but it always does. In 40 minutes the tank looked like new.

Ugh! I just did the same thing. The bb floor was in serious need of scaping. All done on Monday! Feels great to see it so sparkly clean again! You tanks always looks great!

 

[vlangel]

The last two meetings were very well received. You will have to see the pictures from the baby tiger trip. See you this Saturday?

I will try. I have some nice macro algae that I could donate for the raffle.

 

[vlangel]

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Ugh! I just did the same thing. The bb floor was in serious need of scaping. All done on Monday! Feels great to see it so sparkly clean again! You tanks always looks great!

I love the fresh clean look when everything including the floor is clean. Scraping the bb floor sure beats vacuming a sandbed regularly and I love knowing that detritus can't hide on the bb floor.

 

[I'm a natural blue]

I love the fresh clean look when everything including the floor is clean. Scraping the bb floor sure beats vacuming a sandbed regularly and I love knowing that detritus can't hide on the bb floor.

Isn't that the truth. I used pegs under my rock. I drilled holes, inserted the pegs as feet and raised all of my rock so nothing can get trapped. I baste it out and vaccumm it up! You can only see the pegs if you bend down and look for them. It's working out great for me!

 

[vlangel]

Isn't that the truth. I used pegs under my rock. I drilled holes, inserted the pegs as feet and raised all of my rock so nothing can get trapped. I baste it out and vaccumm it up! You can only see the pegs if you bend down and look for them. It's working out great for me!

What a great idea using those pegs! Do any young seahorses hitch to the pegs and hide under the rock.