I've been reefing for about 15 years and always have 2 or 3 (OK, sometimes 5) tanks running at once. I had a tragic loss when I traveled a few weeks ago and have lost my motivation to keep the current tanks running, especially since I'll never know what went wrong while I was away. The only thing that makes me want to get excited and back into the hobby is the thought of having seahorses again, and as fate would have it, my LFS texted me to tell me he just got 3 seahorses in and did I want them. A sign from the Universe?
Anyway, I hesitate to put them in any of my existing tanks since I need to figure out what went wrong in them so I want to throw together a quick tank to go get the seahorses. I have a shed full of tanks and equipment, but I don't have the patience (I know, that's a key ingredient in this hobby but I've never had any/never will). How can I set up one of my empty tanks to be safe for a seahorse in 2-3 days? I'm thinking I would go barebottom (for now) but I have plenty of stuff I could put in there that has biological filtration on it. (Only one of my tanks had a major death toll while I was away, the other one is OK but full of predatory fish so can't put ponies in there).
Would live rock and daily water changes work? I'm thinking of setting up my empty 34 gallon AIO.
I know, bad idea to throw together a tank quickly but I can't stop myself!
Sue
Anyway, I hesitate to put them in any of my existing tanks since I need to figure out what went wrong in them so I want to throw together a quick tank to go get the seahorses. I have a shed full of tanks and equipment, but I don't have the patience (I know, that's a key ingredient in this hobby but I've never had any/never will). How can I set up one of my empty tanks to be safe for a seahorse in 2-3 days? I'm thinking I would go barebottom (for now) but I have plenty of stuff I could put in there that has biological filtration on it. (Only one of my tanks had a major death toll while I was away, the other one is OK but full of predatory fish so can't put ponies in there).
Would live rock and daily water changes work? I'm thinking of setting up my empty 34 gallon AIO.
I know, bad idea to throw together a tank quickly but I can't stop myself!
Sue