New Sea Horses

[Starchar]

Here are a couple of pictures from our new pair of sea horses in our Biocube 29.

Tank mates:

(1) Sleeper Goby
(1) Lincka Blue Star
(1) Cleaner Shrimp (very friendly)
Various cleanup crew

 

[SP89]

I aint gunna lie, Im very jealous! They are very cool!!!

 

[Starchar]

Here are a couple more photos. Maybe a little less blurry.

 

[atte]

I aint gunna lie, Im very jealous! They are very cool!!!

Couldn't agree more. They look gorgeous

 

[XxVooDooxX]

Ohh man! Awesome!

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[Sergiotorr]

wow! that makes me want to drop freshwater and head straight over to a saltwater setup lol!

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

*flushes fw tank* where are these sea horses and where can i get them lol im in the process of setting up nano reef whats the min for a sea horse?

 

[XxVooDooxX]

I've always seen them in fairly small tanks. 10-25 gallon

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[xxwolfpackof1xx]

when i set up my reef these guys are a must have

 

[needmorecowbell]

They are hard to keep, but i would love to see like a 90 gal tank full of seahorses. It would be expensive and difficult but beautiful IMO

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

why are they hard to keep

 

[needmorecowbell]

They only eat live food generally. Also fragile and need low flow

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

i think my only iissue would be food

 

[needmorecowbell]

Yep that's the main reason though.

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

hmm what do they eat

 

[needmorecowbell]

Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, stars? I think that Is it but I know about mysis being eaten

 

[iDream]

Most of the normal sized seahorses should be in at least a 30G tank, people shove them into small into small tanks because they're not too active.

They eat copepods as well, so training them on to prepared foods is a good idea, most of the difficulty from seahorses is their fragility and tank necessities that people fail to adhere to. Low-flow, somewhat tall tanks, essentially species only since other fish will outcompete for food and stress the horses from swimming around quickly.

 

[needmorecowbell]

I think there are dwarf seahorses too biti dont know much about them

 

[Starchar]

These are H. Kudas and a pair is recommended for 25+ gallon tank. Most others take larger tanks. I am not expert but I have done a ridiculous amount of reading and researching prior to getting them.

These are Captive Bred (not net bred and then moved to a tank) and Tank Raised. They have been eating frozen foods most of their life. Many of the Wild Caught have not and will refuse anything except live food. I can supplement brine and even ghost shrimp based on the size of these two horses. Dwarf Seahorses are difficult to raise because they only eat live baby brine and need to be feed several times a day.

You basically have to have a species specific tank as they are not fast swimmers and have difficulty competing against even passive fish for food.

There is quite a bit of information at Seahorse Organisation. Keeping and Breeding Seahorses in the home aquarium..

 

[Trout11B]

Seahorses are awesome. I hope they work out .