Dawn's 56g memorial seahorse tank!

vlangel · Apr 20, 2018

FredsNJReef said:
Truly spectacular! And you have a ham with the frilly one lol.

Your PC seems to be just as enchanted in them as we are

Thanks! And yes Delilah really did a major photo bomb in that last video. Actually all 3 ponies ham it up at times, but Eve, the big female is the biggest ham of all, (especially when she wants to eat which is pretty much all the time).

The PC are fairly new so I suppose they may be a bit curious about the ponies.

vlangel · Apr 20, 2018

New video!

vlangel · May 4, 2018

FTS May 2018 by Dawn Gilson, on Flickr

vlangel · May 6, 2018

The ladies! by Dawn Gilson, on Flickr

vlangel · May 7, 2018

I saw flirting and romance in the air (I mean 'water') this morning!

vlangel · May 7, 2018

Eve seems off to me. Yesterday I saw her get sucked to the piwerhead and now again today. She was able to get unattached easily enough but she has never had that happen before in the 4 years I have had her. I also saw her hitched with her head down, again not normal for her. Her appetite is excellent however.

vlangel · May 9, 2018

I have moved Eve into a QT/HT. I am only observing her at this time since she only seemed slightly off. Tomorrow I plan to do a freshwater dip on her, since when I added ghost shrimp she went for them right away. That tells me that she is pretty strong. If she thrashes around then I will know she has ich which will be a pain in the butt to deal with but I will tackle that then and if that is the problem.

I remember last week one day my tank temperature zoomed up to 76° F and I realized that my temperature controller did not turn on the fan. She may have eatten some bad mysis and got a bacterial infection so if she seems off at all I am going to treat her with antibiotics.

I am doing extra husbandry on the DT also to insure my other 2 ponies do not get sick.

rayjay · May 10, 2018

More likely gill parasites than ick, if there is a reaction to the dip.

najer · May 12, 2018

Looking great, hope she is ok.

vlangel · May 15, 2018

najer said:
Looking great, hope she is ok.

Thank you, and yes Eve is doing pretty well. She is back in the display with her buddies.

I'm a natural blue · May 21, 2018

rayjay said:
More likely gill parasites than ick, if there is a reaction to the dip.

@vlangel , did Eve have a reaction to the dip? Was it parasites?

vlangel · May 21, 2018

I'm a natural blue said:
@vlangel , did Eve have a reaction to the dip? Was it parasites?

No, Eve did not react to the dip at all. She just calmly remained hitched the 8 minutes I dipped her. I decided since she did not so much as even twitch that she did not have parasites. She is back in the display tank doing well.

I'm a natural blue · May 21, 2018

vlangel said:
No, Eve did not react to the dip at all. She just calmly remained hitched the 8 minutes I dipped her. I decided since she did not so much as even twitch that she did not have parasites. She is back in the display tank doing well.

So glad to hear that!

vlangel · May 27, 2018

New tree sponge by Dawn Gilson, on Flickr
Eve and also a new tree sponge.

Devaji · May 28, 2018

gotta ask how are you liking the sand?

vlangel · May 28, 2018

Devaji said:
gotta ask how are you liking the sand?

I love the looks of it except that it seems to have diatoms on it every day which is a bit detracting. I am hoping when the silica is used up I will quit getting that rust color on top of it. I have reduced the light cycle some too. Its also a lot more work to keep stirred up but I am still glad I added it.

vlangel · Jun 7, 2018

Just a small update to report that the ponies and the tank are doing very well. Eve is totally back to normal and Samson and Delilah flirt and court every morning.

I added a new tree sponge that is a vibrant red-orange. Another aquarist told me that sponges flourish with supplemental silica. I still have some nualgi from a few years back so I am dosing that. Maybe it will help with the diatomous algae too.