Sea Horses

Marnie · #1 02-20-2006, 06:26 PM

Fetusinacan- I find your posts quite disturbing. I have been contemplating a seahorse tank for over 6 months, in that time the research I have read disputes all you have advised.

I can't believe you nearly boast of putting your seahorses through not just 1 but 4 ammonia spikes. Looking at the picture of your tank, it certainly doesn't look like a tank conducive for seahorses.

I will continue my research while my tank cycles and don't expect to actually purchase my CB seahorses for many months.

I can only hope 'Stinky' heeds the advise of the experienced posters. I know I will.

Skimmer Juice · #2 02-20-2006, 07:02 PM

No need to worry Im not a rookie.I care for lots of hard to keep fish.So I always read up and ask lots of ? before buying.I hate when things die.Thanks for all your help.I will let you know how the sea horses do when I get some

rickjames · #3 02-20-2006, 07:13 PM

Thank you for posting the picture and more info Fetus. It is interesting to see that they have survived such horrible tank conditions and maybe I will rethink my opinion of them a little bit. I have never had an ammonia spike with a fish in my tank so I am inexperienced when it comes to NH4 tolerance.

I am still interested at what levels of ammonia your seahorses were actually exposed to?

G1GY · #4 02-20-2006, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rickjames

I"M RICK JAMES B!TCH!!

Sorry to go off topic here, but your user name brings me much happiness!

Every time I see your posts I think of this:

http://www.devilducky.com/media/13599/

That is all.

rickjames · #5 02-20-2006, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by G1GY

Sorry to go off topic here, but your user name brings me much happiness!

Every time I see your posts I think of this:

http://www.devilducky.com/media/13599/

That is all.

I know I love that clip, have seen it about 100 times!

The only named animal in my tank is a cleaner shrimp one of friends bought for me and named rick james after that clip....

ermm... ok back to the seahorses....

Flame.Boy · #6 02-21-2006, 12:55 AM

http://www.aquariumillusions.com/seahorses.htm

there

check that out k?

and hmm...if there so dam hard to keep then y havnt we gotten any complaints about peoples seahorses dieing?

i thought they were nearly impossible to keep in captivity, but thats been proven wrong, as long as there captive bred.

and the ammonia spikes were when i knew squat all about saltwater conditions and how easy it is to get an ammonia spike..by say..moving rock and disturbing an ammonia bubble in the sand?

thats how 2 of them happened.. the other 2 were from dead sponges. so maybe you knowitalls should shut up before you know the whole facts.

and wut the heck are you talking about my tank duznt look fit for seahorses (Marnie)

i've got there needs in that tank, branching rock and corals for them to hang on to

G1GY · #7 02-21-2006, 01:14 AM

Nevermind

Beverly · #8 02-21-2006, 01:19 AM

Pics of my H. whitei tank when it was set up two years ago. I no longer keep SHs because of the time and dedication involved....

Close up of a hitching post I made out of drinking straws. They loved that hitching post and often slept hitched to it overnight

...

Seahorses will hitch to rock in a pinch, but in their natural habitat, they would rather hitch to aquatic plants and macroalgae. We did not keep any corals in with our seahorses. Live corals sting them, as they have no scales like other fish to protect their skin.

I hope my post is taken as an educational tool rather than a personal knock on the way your SH tank is set up.

You are right that captive bred/tank raised SHs do far better in captivity than do wild caught.

Cheers

mr_alberta · #9 02-21-2006, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by FetusInaCan

http://www.aquariumillusions.com/seahorses.htm

there

check that out k?

and hmm...if there so dam hard to keep then y havnt we gotten any complaints about peoples seahorses dieing?

i thought they were nearly impossible to keep in captivity, but thats been proven wrong, as long as there captive bred.

and the ammonia spikes were when i knew shit all about saltwater conditions and how easy it is to get an ammonia spike..by say..moving rock and disturbing an ammonia bubble in the sand?

thats how 2 of them happened.. the other 2 were from dead sponges. so maybe you knowitalls should shut up before you know the whole facts.

and wut the shit are you talking about my tank duznt look fit for seahorses (Marnie)

i've got there needs in that tank, branching rock and corals for them to hang on to

OMG!!! FINALLY A REASON TO USE THIS PIC!!!

rickjames · #10 02-21-2006, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by FetusInaCan

so maybe you knowitalls should shut up before you know the whole facts.

Maybe you should take your own advice, after all you are the one who KNOWS everything about seahorses and disagreed with EVERYONE on this board that they are SOOO easy to keep and BULLETPROOF.

To have that opinion you obviously don't know all the facts. And the link you posted, that's great, but if I believed everything I read on the internet I would be a fool. So find a creditable link that says they are easy to keep and I will take it all back.

That's it I'm done arguing. I imagine this will be your last post as you obviously don't have any BB etiquette.