24g ap seahorse upgrade 2-1-09

[anthony27]

as always rick great job

 

[albano]

I wonder if anyone even saw that tiny pipefish in the pics?...luv that guy!



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[NYreefNoob]

ty guys and i doubt ut alfie he is so little

 

[OOtzie]

do you need heavy lighting to make calup. grow? I run leds , would that work? always had been interested in SH's

 

[ryangrieder]

any plant like he has is very easy to grow. most of the time people throw it out from there fuge because it grows so much... any simple yet decent light will help it grow

 

[OOtzie]

any plant like he has is very easy to grow. most of the time people throw it out from there fuge because it grows so much... any simple yet decent light will help it grow

8 out 12 of my LEDs are blue, from what I understand blue lights are preferred by plants but would 8 be too many>?

 

[BrooklynReef]

Great set-up! What kind of SH is the one with the branch type appendages growing out of his/her head?

 

[NYreefNoob]

northern erectus, and she lost them after i had her for 8 months, but funny they are starting to come back again,

ootzie, the stuff i have grows like crazy, but it is a high nutrient tank, i feed pretty heavy and have a decent amount of stock in there, on the nep i am using 3 antic and 3 10k's . i have to trim it back once a month, both of my males are now starting to get prego, one just had a clutch but i didnt get them in time and the other is starting to try to hook up with one of the females

 

[reefs4life]

northern erectus, and she lost them after i had her for 8 months, but funny they are starting to come back again,

Rick are those pertrutions from the head gender specific or do both males and females get them? I have 6 of these guys and I still don't really know what I have, I just hope they're not all one sex but what are the odds of that lol

 

[NYreefNoob]

the belly is the only way to tell sex and once past 3-4 months it is pretty noticable. my male never got them like the female did. and not sure if it is only a sex thing, lol wished the male had them so it could have been his crown. origanally my last 2 i bought i thought i had a m\f only to turn out both were males, i am pretty good at being able to tell but it's hard when they are young, my last 2 were just over 2" when i got them

 

[reefs4life]

oh ok, yeah that would have been cool for the male but you never get what you want with fish lol but yeah mine are pretty big now about 3 3 1/2 inches probably another 1" with the tail fully uncurled. You should come help me sex them lol cuz I'm lost, I'll take another look today see if I can figure it out

 

[NYreefNoob]

if you can send me pic's of all the belliesi can tell you the sex