sea horse / reef .... sea horse / reef ??????

marie · #1 01-02-2009, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Keri

Plus you have to make sure you don't have anything that will sting or eat the horses... I don't keep them but from what I understand they aren't very "quick" heh

I once read a book that said sea horses live their lives with a "kick me" sign on their backs

Keri · #2 01-02-2009, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by marie

I once read a book that said sea horses live their lives with a "kick me" sign on their backs

Rbacchiega · #3 01-02-2009, 06:08 AM

yeah, my guys aren't the brightest. But I do hand feed them Mysis.

Sam1969 · #4 01-03-2009, 01:13 AM

LOL .... well since you put it that way ... LOL

my wife is out of luck ... sorry hunny , no horses ...

Lydia · #5 01-03-2009, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by marie

I once read a book that said sea horses live their lives with a "kick me" sign on their backs

Ah, is that what the sign says on my seahorses? I couldn't read the fine print

LOL

Yep, they are very slow moving critters. But I wouldn't trade them for a reef

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #6 01-03-2009, 06:25 AM

I keep my seahorses in a dedicated refugium type tank with only a few small fish, like a jawfish, redstripe goby, leopard wrasse, 6 line wrasse & yellow canary wrasse. They have slow flow, lots of prolifera macroalgae & other algae for swimming through & hanging on to. They also get target fed with mysis & plankton several times a day (I work at home).

For people unable to give them something similar (in terms of passive tank mates, macroalgae forests & slow flow), then keeping seahorses are probably not ideal for their tanks. Remember that with seahorses, overfeeding is almost a given, considering how glacially slow they are at feeding and that will lead to blooms of bristleworms &/or flatworms from the excess food. I have a skimmer rated for 250g on that setup and the macroalgae help suck up a lot of nutrients.

Anthony

sphelps · #7 01-03-2009, 03:41 PM

I keep a seahorse in a reef tank with clams, soft and LPS corals such as acans, favias, plates, candy cane, and cats eye. Definitely a lower flow tank but enough to keep the corals happy and the tank clean.

I also picked out some unusual tank mates that won't out compete the seahorse for food. I only feed my seahorse once a day and the other fish every three days or so.

I've had the seahorse for over 8 months with no problems.

Looks a little different these days but you get the idea.

don.ald · #8 01-03-2009, 10:36 PM

very nice! what size tank is it and what do u use for flow?

sphelps · #9 01-03-2009, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by don.ald

very nice! what size tank is it and what do u use for flow?

It's a 50 gallon (32x24x16) and uses a single 1/2" line for flow which is teed off a Dart return pump. I'm guessing around 400 GPH tops.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #10 01-03-2009, 11:50 PM

Nice tank. So your lion and eel (think I see one) don't eat them?