Lucie's seahorses

[Lucie]

There are very realistic fake looking sponges
They are soft, can be bend, but not cheap.
Why not gong with real orange sponges?

 

[Devaji]

beautiful! I have been looking at your post on FB
that is a nice fake sponge. where did you get it?
real ones are a bit tricky I have one in my reef ( 9 months now or so ) I hope to add a few to my SH tank.

 

[I'm a natural blue]

I don t have picture taking skills, i have nice subjects!
Just need to have very clean glass, lot of patience and a good lightning.
I use a cheap compact camera!

ha ha ha....yes you do have great subjects! However, I am sticking to my original quote about picture taking skills! Maybe I can get better by seeing through your lens.

 

[vlangel]

There are very realistic fake looking sponges
They are soft, can be bend, but not cheap.
Why not gong with real orange sponges?

I think I may go with some live sponges. I see that gulf coast ecosystems now has them as well as KP Aquatics. KP always seems to be out of them.

 

[Lucie]

I m running away from hurricane Irma on Friday into Georgia.
Let s have a road trip with my twin babies, my dog, my seahorses and my corals (oh and my husband)
I found a foster home for my horses on the way

 

[Annette Garcia]

Good luck Lucie be safe.

 

[I'm a natural blue]

I m running away from hurricane Irma on Friday into Georgia.
Let s have a road trip with my twin babies, my dog, my seahorses and my corals (oh and my husband)
I found a foster home for my horses on the way

Sorry again you have to go but Im so happy you were able to secure a foster! Did Cheryl help you? I wish Dan could too! Be safed, Lucie!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Be safe! Praying for all of you Floridians!

 

[vlangel]

O my, be safe Lucie and everyone else in Florida.

 

[Lucie]

Thank you everybody!
All seahorses did very well. Max temp was 79 from 2pm to 10:20 pm
What I did is put ice packs in the bottom of a bucket and put a bucket with water, macro, seahorses and bubbler (bubbler + sponge filter for dwarfs) on the bucket with ice. Temp stayed stable, i just add to add/change ice.
You just have to put the right amount of ice.
Could be a good tip if you have to travel under hot sun.
So my horses are in a great foster home, at a breeder, near Gainesville. They have hundreds of new seahorses neighbours and I m so happy they are in good hands!
I am so gratefull that Victoria crow took them... she saved them!!!
And as it was a late arrival, she offer us to stay for the night, avoiding us few more hours of driving to reach the hotel!
That s why I love USA... seriously, in France that thing would never ever happen!
Stranger offering you to stay for the night with 2 babies and a dog???
Wow... Victoria is amazing...
I was also impressed by her horses and setup...
But the adventure is not over yet. Still have to go back home and probably restart the tanks... meaning quite a lot of job...

 

[Lucie]

Few pictures I took before breaking the tank (removing all living creatures and macro, and sponges, and tunicates, inverts, fishs...)

 

[I'm a natural blue]

@Lucie yay! I am very relieved for you and the horses. Victoria is what I would call an angel. Wishing you well in the upcoming days and weeks. Stay safe.....

 

[vlangel]

I am very happy to hear that you, your babies and pets, including the ponies are safe and out of Irma's way.

 

[want2bsleepy]

Keep us updated! I hope your home is in great condition when you return!

 

[Lucie]

Everything is back in order in the erectus tank...
Rodi running non stop since I came back.
Got a few death in dwarf tank, mostly fry that were born the day I moved them for the run away.

 

[I'm a natural blue]

I am so happy your back home and safe. Sorry you lost a few ponies! The tank looks great, Lucie!

 

[vlangel]

You did great taking care of your erectus and dwarf tank in a crisis. I have read different folks who have lost all their fish and they did not have as sensitive of animals as your seahorses. I am sorry about the dwarf fry but I am sure as the dwarfs settle back in they will resume breeding.

 

[Lucie]

Some update...
All horses have been in foster care again while i was in vacation in France...
Little Marmite is now a girl
Voodoo and Jetlag changed color
Dwarfs are fine.
All my tanks crashed, AC went off during vacation... I managed to save a few macros but the tank look horrible :'(
I restarted a 55g FOWLR for the erectus. When ready i will add some more females

Marmite now

Marmite before Irma

Voodoo went brownish

Voodoo before Irma

And Jetlag became yellow again

Jetlag before Irma

 

[vlangel]

I am sorry to hear about the tanks crashing but at least your seahorses are safe.

Do you think they will change back to their 'before' Irma coloring now that they are back with you? They are great looking whatever color they are.

 

[Lucie]

We will see... I hope Jetlag will stay like this!
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