New project: Seagrass/Seahorse tank

Thanks, folks. I am indeed very excited. It has also worked to get my wife to keep her promise to herself to do more yoga in that basement room :D

I am trying to get them back on frozen mysis, which is what they grew up on. They like the amphipods in the tank a lot better. We'll see what they do when the pods population gets cleaned out.

These guys aren't playing a lot. When I was at Draco, Jorge warned me that erectus tend to sit still a lot more than reidi. One could really see it in the tanks; the reidi were cruising all over their tanks, while the erectus just hung out in their hitches and watched the world go by. When the frozen mysis goes in, they will move pretty quickly to catch it as it swishes by. Most of the time, my two sit at their favorite spots and wait for pods to scuttle by. Maybe we'll see a little courtship when they get settled in.
 
They're doing great, thanks for asking! I added another batch of turtle grass and some shaving brush this week to fill out the decor, and now it's time to sit and enjoy.

Spike, the female, has staked out the big gorgonian and is happily snicking amphipods and frozen mysis. Mr Spike (need a better name) hangs out on the fuge powerhead and eats pods as they go by.

It's hard having a job, when it keeps me from watching them during the day.

I should get my butt off this chair and go watch them for a while.

More photos soon.
 
the horses look great!
(I've been lurking)

Any updates?
 
Big breakthrough last night. I have been getting tired of turning down the current and trying to drop frozen mysis near the horses, so I put a "feeding station" (i.e., a squamosa shell) near their favorite gorgonian a few days ago. To get the food to the shell, I just used a long piece of 1" clear tubing, and let it drop. The female immediately saw something cool was going on, and watched the shrimp travel down the tube. Last night, they were both hitched to the gorgonian, and snicked away happily in the little pile of mysis in the shell.

No more wasted shrimp, no more unplugging powerheads, and the bristleworms and diatoms will go a little hungrier.

Photos soon, I promise. I have only been home lately when the 11 watt dawn/dusk light is on, so taking pictures has been difficult.
 
That's a great feeding solution for a variety of fish--we used something similar to feed our angler, though he picked the spot, and woudl show up there whenever he was hungry, or if we were working on the tank. I was always amazed at how smart this made the fish look--and how eaily trained we were. :)
 
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