2 Free Seahorses

omg, ive been looking to get into dwarfs for a while! but i am in council bluffs! so sad!

 

Do these guys need to be kept separate from lps corals? I know they are a sensitive animal. I didn't know if they were strong enough for them. I had read in a forum that even the toxins from zoas can mess them up. I guess my questions is will they do good with corals?

Trevor

 

I have an empty 12 cube that I was thinking about using for seahorses for my mom. If you don't find a place for them this would be perfect! Please let me know-

Thanks
Tyler

 

These are the little bitty guys that are only about an inch or less right?
No Trevor Seahorses from everything I have read and heard cannot be kept with 99% of corals especially LPS as they eat meat. They need their own separate habitat and require lower temperatures than our normal reef tanks are usually kept. If temps are higher they develop infections as I understand it. I have never kept them but I attended the seminar at MACNA on them and have read quite a bit. Anyone with experience please add or correct me if I am wrong.
I am just setting up a separate tank for Seahorses now so I would definately take them. I was looking for the larger Reidi or Kuda horses but the dwarfs are cool as well. Where are you located though I don't know if we can hook up anytime soon. We are supposed to be passing some clams around the state fairly soon.
I guess I also need to research if Dwarfs can be kept with larger horses. Now that I think about it I don't think they can. If so I think I will pass.
A quick read says H. Zostrae (dwarfs) should only be fed live baby brine or copepods in very small tanks. Are yours eating other things??

 

Will they need to eat the newly hatched brine shrimp always or until the reach a certain size?

 

Dwarf seahorses are awesome. I used to keep two Kuda's until I had to move, so I sold them to a friend who also had seahorses so I wouldn't kill them in the move. They are all very delicate, so care must be given to who ever gets these seahorses. I've got a 4 gallon pico that I was going to setup for dwarfs, but I just don't think I'll have time to drive down to CR this week. If you still have them early next week I'd love to drive down and get them! They must be fed baby brine shrimp EVERY day, at least once. Seahorses have a tiny digestive tract, so what they eat usually is gone within a matter of hours. Ideally they need to be kept at 76-78 degrees. Any higher than 78 and a certain vibrio bacteria that is detrimental to seahorses will flourish and take them out. I have also heard of them being switched over to cyclop-eeze, but they usually revert back to only live foods. I had sponges, kenya trees, ricordeas, and yellow polyps with my larger(5-6") kudas. Peppermint shrimp usually make good company too, since they usually only come out at night to feed, plus they will breed and provide food for the seahorses. They are such slow swimmers that even the Koralia 2 power head I had with them was trouble to avoid. I'd see them stuck up against it here and there. It took them a bit, but they wold always manage to swim away from it.

Jason, do you know if you've got a male/female or what the genders are? They are very easy to tell, one has a brooding pouch, the other doesn't. If you still have them early next week I'll take them! I've done a ton of research on them and have all the equipment to hold them, I just don't have any free time with deer hunting this weekend until Sunday/Monday to drive and get them.

Let me know if someone who can care for them takes them before then! Thanks

-Adam

 

So... can they be kept with ribbon eels? If so, maybe I will revamp my build yet again and omit the corals! LOL

 

BTW where are you located.

 

I will take them if the other person falls through. I have a take already setup!

 

Alright. I;d be interested if I can confirm these guys would be ok with the eels. I don;t expect it would be a problem, but would look into it.

 

If they are still around I could get them Sunday anytime. I have a 12g nano that's been set up for a while with just a couple of green chromis. My gf would love to have them.


Troy