seahorses

[dbc2804]

I took some small leds I had from a cheap tank top and put the on bottom of counter for refugium still need to get light for display tank

[mnemenoi]

From my limited knowledge of salt water and seahorses in general (used to volunteer at the zoo) they can be quite tricky about feeding and generally accept live food with more aggression and zeal. The zoo usually feeds 2-3 times daily, usually live brine shrimp (depending on the species). I have heard of differing aquarists having success with frozen mysis, though I have yet to see any in person that took them. I agree about the bare bottom tank, as it will assist in keeping their water quality up. I imagine any sort of fuge that could help in macroinverts might help in feedings as well. Stock it up with some pods and hope they'll take off. I think they are doable, but require so much daily care that many aquarists shy away from them. I do see them regularly at Houston Aquatics (off Shepard) and the owner keeps them alive and seemingly healthy, though they hatch live brine shrimp daily. I imagine that might be a good place to start and ask many questions about their care and feeding. Good luck and am looking forward to hearing how they do. We have wanted them for quite some time, but just have yet to decide on taking the plunge yet.

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]16571[/ATTACH]back side of diy overflow



[ATTACH=CONFIG]16572[/ATTACH]tank side of diy overflow

I don't know where you got the idea for that overflow but be careful. What happens when you lose siphon?

[dbc2804]

Loose siphon from power outage? It picks right back up as it stays full of water it will never completely drain due to design. I have same setup on other tanks and have for a while with no issues as of yet knock on wood. If you see something i might not have please let me know dont need any disasters.I also set the return level on sump as to where it will not flood the tank as a fail safe. These overflows are super quiet I might ad.

[mistahoo]

I don't know where you got the idea for that overflow but be careful. What happens when you lose siphon?

The idea for that overflow is quite common... Almost every pvc overflow follows that design in some way. There's a bunch of LFS that use the idea as well. It's cheap and it works! They don't lose siphon unless you make the overflow wrong.

[black_knight]

From my limited knowledge of salt water and seahorses in general (used to volunteer at the zoo) they can be quite tricky about feeding and generally accept live food with more aggression and zeal. The zoo usually feeds 2-3 times daily, usually live brine shrimp (depending on the species). I have heard of differing aquarists having success with frozen mysis, though I have yet to see any in person that took them. I agree about the bare bottom tank, as it will assist in keeping their water quality up. I imagine any sort of fuge that could help in macroinverts might help in feedings as well. Stock it up with some pods and hope they'll take off. I think they are doable, but require so much daily care that many aquarists shy away from them. I do see them regularly at Houston Aquatics (off Shepard) and the owner keeps them alive and seemingly healthy, though they hatch live brine shrimp daily. I imagine that might be a good place to start and ask many questions about their care and feeding. Good luck and am looking forward to hearing how they do. We have wanted them for quite some time, but just have yet to decide on taking the plunge yet.

Wild caught seahorses have diffciulty in learning to eat frozen foods, but captive bred ones usually have no issues. PE mysis is a great brand to feed them. With the exception of dwarf seahorses and seahorse fry, brine shrimp is not a good sole diet. In fact adult brine shrimp, unless enriched is a poor diet. Newly hatched baby brine shrimp with yolk is rich in HFAs but tends to be too small to sustain larger adult seahorses. A fuge is a great idea, because it provides an occasional snack the seahorse would get and would vary their diet, but seahorses eat alot and a pair would easily finish off all the pods unless kept in a very large tank full of macro algae.

[dbc2804]

Just picked up our clean up crew and a pair of Brazilian Red Hippocampus kudas

[Lydia]

I just saw this post, sorry I'm kinda late :( I've raised seahorses all my life. Kuda and Reidi are my favorite, then the dwarf Zosterae. I didn't read all the posts you've already received, (am at work) so sorry if I repeat things other folks have said. Just wanted to offer any help I could. (I know pro seahorse breeders that stick with sponge filters!) My suggestions: Stick with small tanks (30g fine) - use in tank filtration like Marineland Duetto, Fluval, etc.even if you have to use a couple. That way you get good filtration, can adjust the water flow, and have to change your filter media regularly and don't get nitrate buildup. No reef or live corals - I use artificial corals with various size "hitching posts" for babies on up. I personally do NOT use live rock - seahorses are too delicate - you don't want to risk introducing parasites and harmful things that may come with the live rock. Do not put any other livestock in with the seahorses - they will get picked on and probably starve to death. They are SLOW moving and you have to be very aware of the feeding/are they eating, etc?? Only exception would be pipefish. Then do not buy wild caught seahorses - largest % will perish trying to adjust them to tank conditions and prepared foods/diet. Buy quality tank raised ponies. I raise them, but don't have any available right now. I suggest buying from these folks: www.seahorsesource.com. Check out their website - they are good folks. Also check out their probiotics - I recommend. IM me and I will tell you who to stay away from as far as ordering online. Good luck!!!

[dbc2804]

pics of seahorse, a conch and our Zoa

[raleigh19]

Add some red fake coral insert to your tank so the seahorse will maintain the red color. Make sure to clean it through before you put it in the tank.

[barberking12]

looking good

[New_Cichlid11]

never been a fan of sea horses but those look good, very unique how they reproduced.

[Darbex]

Looking good. I agree with raleigh.

[Darbex]

Really you should get fake sea weed.

[Lydia]

Very pretty!