Daniel Fishy
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Very very nice!! Great job! Advanced aquarist has a good read on seahorses if you haven't read it yet. Smart move turning off the bubbles that can harm them.
Seahorses weren't eating and one was hiding for a time and very pale. In a last ditch effort to save them, we followed the instructions that the owner of the company gave and did a 12 minute freshwater dip then put them in a 10 gallon hospital tank. This would eliminate distractions that have been stressing them out. They still wouldn't eat until we turned off the air pump. Now they're finally eating and there's still hope they'll pull through.
Yes they required a lot of attention with live foods daily and little flow. I found it hard to keep up with the cyano because of the lack of flow. But eventually it became part of my routine and they just became beautiful little guys. It's fun to watch them hitch on to there little gracilaria hitches. Finally once everything was under control I had to rehome them.Aw that sucks. Did you think they were hard to keep?
I wish. I'm a freshwater guy. Just can't quite make the jump when there's so many freshwater fish.
Very very nice!! Great job! Advanced aquarist has a good read on seahorses if you haven't read it yet. Smart move turning off the bubbles that can harm them.
Yes they required a lot of attention with live foods daily and little flow. I found it hard to keep up with the cyano because of the lack of flow. But eventually it became part of my routine and they just became beautiful little guys. It's fun to watch them hitch on to there little gracilaria hitches. Finally once everything was under control I had to rehome them.
So how are the little guys doing? Hope they are acclimating well. I've always wanted sea horses and even have a tank sitting empty with them in mind. Your tank looks fantastic and colorful. (I know a guy setting up for seahorses and his is all fake, it looks sad especially in comparison to yours). Hope they get acclimated and can get into their new home healthy and strong.
I have a 90g reef with a 55g sump, I plan to just plumb it off that when the day comes. Other things are higher priority at the moment.
Cool idea or make a large display refugium and put them in there.
That's actually a pretty sweet idea, fancy macros like yours would look pretty nice. On the topic of your last post, wouldn't the mandarin eat all the pods your seahorses will Forage on?
Fo sho, here's an update! Seahorses are eating well, but only when we pit food in their little "troughs" or shells. They'll wait by it when they're hungry..so cute.
The female really blends in well with this leather!
Also it seems that she's the queen and the monti is her throne
Got a few new things and thought I'd make a little update. Seahorses are great, but temp is low at 68 so slowly raising it up.
Thank you trying out a new one (cobalt I think) since the finnex burned. This is actually a good heater for a seahorse tank since it's flat and thin so they cant wrap their tails around it.Your tank and seahorses are beautiful! Hope you get your temp where you need it.