Marine

[loohong]

wats the diff betw. LR n Coral??

I intending to rear seahorses so i will use a 3ft tank, put in a skimmer, sand, LR, canister filter. Whats the process to do a marine tank?

Izzit put in skimmer, sand, marine salt, filter. wait for 10 days then put in LR.... wait for 10 days then the fish?

[jovian]

pls make the effort to read up then ask?
i dont think anyone will ans u all this quest.

*kelstorm where are u ... long time no @@

[Sky Devil]

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On 3/30/2003 8:44:34 PM

wats the diff betw. LR n Coral??

I intending to rear seahorses so i will use a 3ft tank, put in a skimmer, sand, LR, canister filter. Whats the process to do a marine tank?

Izzit put in skimmer, sand, marine salt, filter. wait for 10 days then put in LR.... wait for 10 days then the fish?
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I think lar, LR is rocks with micro organisms on it while coral is just a Big spongy thing on the rock!??!?!!?!

FOr second question, i know how to answer.
Fix all equipment and put salt water lar. Then can put LR already. Dun need wait. But after putting LR, you can only put fish 28 days later but i got the (Up-to-500million-bacteria-per-dose) liquid

[kelstorm]

Loohong,

wats the diff betw. LR n Coral??
LR is basically a rock that has living organism residing in them and unlike corals that will grow bigger, LR basically remains much the same shape unless calcarous algae grow and reshape it slightly..

I intending to rear seahorses so i will use a 3ft tank, put in a skimmer, sand, LR, canister filter. Whats the process to do a marine tank?
also.. do read up on seahorse habits.. and their habitat.. they live in lagoons not reefs.. and their feeding habits.. they usually feed on live food.. me also having a 2ft seahorse tank in my room.. only 1 out of 3 eats frozen food.. and i got them in january.. still trying to convert them to feeding frozen food.

Izzit put in skimmer, sand, marine salt, filter. wait for 10 days then put in LR.... wait for 10 days then the fish?
u do not put in a skimmer till your tank is matured.. if not, it will slow down the maturing process... u can get the tank up, with sand and filter.. dump in a sotong or prawns into the tank to start off the cycle.. let it run up to 4 weeks.. (mine was abt 6 weeks) before i start putting in my first LR.. 10 days is not enuff.. u will experience what they called, system crash. and u have to restart all over again.. not worth the effort.[] trust me.. i experience it b4...u might want to test out the water periodically (after abt 3 weeks)to check for NH3, NO2 and NO3 levels. only when the NH3 and NO2 is zero, then i recommend u adding in your livestock... and i dun recommend using those bacteria stuff.. i prefer using the natural method.

Jovian,
me busy preparing for exams lah.. furthermore, my PC is down..

[DragonGoby]

Hi,

I've got a tip here for you regarding how to get the best chance of getting seahorses to eat frozen. If possible, ask the LFS owner to feed for you to see. Chances are, that won't happen. =) Discovered that if I buy the horses are "tiao" there for a couple of weeks already without anyone buying, those seahorses tend to have higher survivability and most of mine take frozen mysis. You should supplement the mysis with additives, if possible. I thaw the mysis cubes in some Liquid Gold so that at least some of that stuff gets onto the food. There are claims too that adding garlic extract to the frozen mysis stimulates appetite in them .. haven't tried, so can't confirm as yet. You should visit www.seahorse.org to get more info on feeding etc - the discussion board there is excellent and people are very willing to help.

Some other stuff - avoid putting other fish in there cos they compete for food, and provide loads of hitching areas. For them to colour up properly the hitching posts should be colourful as well, though eventual colouration still depends on the species. So far I've been able to obtain 3 species locally, H.kuda (black), H.barbouri and the tiger tail (H.comes). Barbouri is slightly more difficult to get used to frozen food but when it finally settles in they become some of the nicest ones in the tank cos they colour up very well (some can turn bright yellow with pink tips on the "spines&quot and become rather affectionate after some time. Heard that there are local breeders (?) or farms selling the emperor seahorse and pot-bellieds, but unless you've got a chiller, these guys aren't really suitable for our climate.

Good luck!

Hong Yee

[kelstorm]

thanks for the website and tips hong yee