smallreef October 4, 2012 Share October 4, 2012 Just trying to gauge who is keeping them and how? I have seen many kept in mixed reefs and wondering if the temps are kept at the lower range or??? and if you keep a seahorse only tanks what kind of horses and what temps do you run those at??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris October 4, 2012 Share October 4, 2012 Hi, I have hippocampus erectus and I try to keep the tank at about 74to 76 degrees. I have a mated pair of dragonettes in the tank as well. I only have artificial corals because I am trying to keep their colors bright. Cris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan October 4, 2012 Share October 4, 2012 I've kept seahorses. Temp should be kept below 76 to avoid vibrio. I've kepte them in a mixed reef with gorgonias, ricordea and softies in a low flow hex. The best place for information on keeping seahorses is www.seahorse.org Here you will find everything on diseases, compatability, nutrition, etc.. Chad has kept seahorses for years. So has Matt Lebrone. Cris is keeping them and breeding them with great success. Good luck! Just trying to gauge who is keeping them and how? I have seen many kept in mixed reefs and wondering if the temps are kept at the lower range or??? and if you keep a seahorse only tanks what kind of horses and what temps do you run those at??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad October 4, 2012 Share October 4, 2012 I don't currently have any seahorses, but I have ~10 years of experience keeping various types. Actually I kept them in my current tank, with >95% of my current corals (pictures in my TOTM writeup this month <- shameless plug ). The only changes I have made to the system since I had the seahorse was to rase temperature from 70-72 (in my opinion, the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT husbandry factor you can provide) and turn my upstream refugium (I had two, now I have one) into a frag tank. Think of keeping seahorses as "pathogen management." Minimize the speed which bad bugs grow and the introduction of different pathogen types and you will be OK. If you have never kept seahorses before, I would strongly recommend a species only tank without corals, larger than 30 gallons, and ~72F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad October 4, 2012 Share October 4, 2012 A while back, I detailed my thoughts on seahorse specific setups here. Maybe it'll bore you, but perhaps it won't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris October 4, 2012 Share October 4, 2012 I thought your info. was good Chad. I read it awhile ago. It was helpful. Cris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt LeBaron October 4, 2012 Share October 4, 2012 I have three seahorses right now and I keep my tank at 75 degrees with corals of all types that are doing great. I've got a birdsnest and Acropora that are doing wonderful along with Acans, mushrooms, assorted softies that are all doing well if not as well as my birdsnest and Acropora are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunWyrm October 4, 2012 Share October 4, 2012 Matt, what kind of seahorse is on your avatar? Is it one of yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt LeBaron October 5, 2012 Share October 5, 2012 Yeah that was Lyr when she was little. Unfortunately she passed away about 3 months ago now but that is the favorite picture my wife and I managed to get of her and I still have one of her sons to remember her by. (He's not as pretty though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightline October 5, 2012 Share October 5, 2012 hear is a pic of a bby i got at 1 day old from fellow member it is now almost 2 months been working on a 40 breeder for it im hoping to have it in a mixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt LeBaron October 8, 2012 Share October 8, 2012 What are you feeding it right now Tightline? Still live food or have you begun to try and get it to eat frozen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightline October 9, 2012 Share October 9, 2012 still live brine fresh hatch and some older that have been in green water live tigger pods about 5 to 8 a day not sure it big enough for mysid yet but will be trying soon question is the lower salt leval better for them years ago i had them in .021 022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan October 9, 2012 Share October 9, 2012 That heater can be a real hazard for seahorses. There are digital heaters available that have covers on them so if they wrap around them they wont get burned. hear is a pic of a bby i got at 1 day old from fellow member it is now almost 2 months been working on a 40 breeder for it im hoping to have it in a mixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightline October 9, 2012 Share October 9, 2012 That heater can be a real hazard for seahorses. There are digital heaters available that have covers on them so if they wrap around them they wont get burned. yep i had about 45 50 to strat with was going good tell heater went i THINK when it went it spiked super hot then quit all togeather lost all but the lil gal in this pick.... going to try froz mysid today and c how that goes and just picked up more lil ones fingers crossed more form this new batch make it so this one has some company soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt LeBaron October 9, 2012 Share October 9, 2012 What I did in my baby seahorse setup was get one of those screen tank dividers and section off a small part of the tank with one. I kept a HOB filter and the heater in that section, which provided some water flow without having to deal with a sponge to prevent seahorses from being sucked up and kept them away from the heater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan October 9, 2012 Share October 9, 2012 That's a fabulous idea, Matt. What I did in my baby seahorse setup was get one of those screen tank dividers and section off a small part of the tank with one. I kept a HOB filter and the heater in that section, which provided some water flow without having to deal with a sponge to prevent seahorses from being sucked up and kept them away from the heater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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