Yellow Seahorse - Hippocampus barbouri

Samw · #1 04-01-2003, 08:31 PM

Purchased on Feb 1. Now trained to eat frozen mysis shrimp. Currently living in my nanoreef (photographed in my main reef tank).

Trevor Robertson · #2 04-01-2003, 09:09 PM

wow great picture! I would love to keep but need 2nd tank and way more knolege before I go to a cool looking fish like that.

Good luck with this one

AJ_77 · #3 04-02-2003, 01:37 AM

That is pretty neat Sam, you are quite the fearless fishkeeper! Will you be able to have more than one in the nano?

We should put a disclaimer similar to reefburnaby's under your pictures/posts: "I am Sam the Bold, and my tactics are far advanced. Not to be tried by any newbie."

Beverly · #4 04-03-2003, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Samw

Currently living in my nanoreef (photographed in my main reef tank).

How big is your nano? How often per day do you feed mysis?

Samw · #5 04-03-2003, 02:32 AM

Beverly, its a 6 gallon Eclipse and the seahorse is fed once a day Monday-Friday. I have a film canister with 2 pinholes with brine shrimp eggs inside floating in the nano on weekends which allows something to eat during weekends also.

Beverly · #6 04-03-2003, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samw

Beverly, its a 6 gallon Eclipse and the seahorse is fed once a day Monday-Friday. I have a film canister with 2 pinholes with brine shrimp eggs inside floating in the nano on weekends which allows something to eat during weekends also.

Thanks for the reply.

For some reason, I thought seahorses ate 2-4 times a day which is one reason why I never really considered keeping them. Goes to show what I know

Biotech · #7 04-03-2003, 04:11 AM

Sam,
Do you mind telling me where you get your seahorse from? I am thinking of converting my 46 gal freshwater tank to a seahorse tank, any suggestion as to how many seahorses I can keep?
Thanks

Samw · #8 04-03-2003, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Biotech

Sam,
Do you mind telling me where you get your seahorse from? I am thinking of converting my 46 gal freshwater tank to a seahorse tank, any suggestion as to how many seahorses I can keep?
Thanks

I used this website as a guide.

http://www.syngnathid.org/articles/stockingLevels.html

Feeding once or twice a day is fine. They only eat about 3-6 shrimps per day.

http://www.marineecosystems.com/Live...rseBasics.html

BCOrchidGuy · #9 04-05-2003, 04:38 PM

Thanks for the links Sam they both have great information.

Thats a great looking yellow, very nice colouring.