Recent content by hartsafire

Thats the problem ... how do newbys sort out right from wrong info...When looking at online vendors of seahorses, some of the vendors state for beginners, intermediate, or advanced.. I have never seen seahorses labeled for beginners....One can find concrete information and yes this forum is a...

I notice a lot on forums that people dont take the time to research things out. Nor do they take the advice given by others, and the ones who suffer are the poor livestock. Before I got into seahorses I had to learn saltwater tanks and what it takes to keep one. Look we are not 100% successful...

most of what I have read is dont use live rock with dwarf seahorses, contains undesirable hitchikers you dont want in with dwarves. Hydroids are a big problem. It takes researching things out and using the advice of ones who have been keeping dwarf seahorses. Even the shrimp eggs can contain...

ok thanks for the help.

Dwarf seahorses are great IMO, Its strongly recommended to have a QT set up. Live rock is not recommended unless you panacur the tank. Hydroids can wipe out a heard of even adult dsh`s. I am going to try live commercial sand and dry rock. I know it will take a while for the rock to become live...

thats good to know thominil, I really loved my mandarin. I will have another one when I set up another tank. So they both have to be the same size? How do you tell the males from females?

I wrote had a mandarin, I sold all my livestock before I moved to florida. I now live by the sea. and its great :) I am in the process of setting up a DSH tank. I found a 10 gal half moon glass tank and going to use a reg 10 gal sump with fuge. I will be using live sand and dry rock.. tank is...

I had a mandarin in with my erectus seahorses and he learned to eat frozen mysis along with the sh`s. An employee at the LFS told me if you put 2 in the same tank they will fight whether they are same sex or opposite.. Not sure how true that is though, I never tried it.

I am drilling a 3 gal acrylic tank for dwarf seahorses, using a 1/2 " bulkhead , one for outflow and the other a return with 10 gal sump below obviously for greater water volume. I read sicklids idea of a spraybarand I may use that if what I have doesn`t work well. I am using a 1/2 " strainer...