Sea Horses
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Super easy, but a lot of work. You have to feed them 3 times a day, thawed Hikari Mysis. They are also very dirty, so if you want a clean healthy tank, you have to be very diligent on hu husbandry. I have a 60 gallon cube seahorses tank with 5 seahorses and the household love them.
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yveterinarian
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I have a FAQ section in the Library here that may help answer your questions. http://thefragtank.ca/community/threads/frequently-asked-questions-about-seahorse-keeping.8380/
I have been keeping seahorses for over 6 years now and have successfully raised 120. I do not feed them three times a day. They only need two times daily and this is how I have always fed them. I feed Hikari frozen Mysis exclusively. When they were fry I fed day old gutloaded brine shrimp four times daily but was very happy once I weaned them to frozen food and could cut back to twice a day. They need a very strong protein skimmer as the most important piece of equipment. They don't need any special lighting (I have regular household bulbs over my tank) and don't need a heater as they do best at temperatures between 68F and 74F. Any higher and they run the risk of developing infection from bacteria in the tank. You must be very careful when choosing tankmates for them as lots of corals sting them and many fish are not compatible with them as they eat all of the food before the seahorses can get any. I choose to keep mine in a Seahorse only tank. I am no longer breeding but am available to answer any questions you may have. I find them much easier to look after than the reef tank I had as they aren't as susceptible to water conditions being slightly off. The only parameter I am super diligent about is Ammonia. I keep them at 1.022 salinity usually.
Live brine shrimp are NOT nutritious enough for seahorses and must be gutloaded with proper supplements before feeding them to the seahorses.
If you do decide to get some, please try to source them from Seahorse Canada as they are True tank bred and you won't have to worry about worms and parasites that are often found with seahorses from other sources.
I have been keeping seahorses for over 6 years now and have successfully raised 120. I do not feed them three times a day. They only need two times daily and this is how I have always fed them. I feed Hikari frozen Mysis exclusively. When they were fry I fed day old gutloaded brine shrimp four times daily but was very happy once I weaned them to frozen food and could cut back to twice a day. They need a very strong protein skimmer as the most important piece of equipment. They don't need any special lighting (I have regular household bulbs over my tank) and don't need a heater as they do best at temperatures between 68F and 74F. Any higher and they run the risk of developing infection from bacteria in the tank. You must be very careful when choosing tankmates for them as lots of corals sting them and many fish are not compatible with them as they eat all of the food before the seahorses can get any. I choose to keep mine in a Seahorse only tank. I am no longer breeding but am available to answer any questions you may have. I find them much easier to look after than the reef tank I had as they aren't as susceptible to water conditions being slightly off. The only parameter I am super diligent about is Ammonia. I keep them at 1.022 salinity usually.
Live brine shrimp are NOT nutritious enough for seahorses and must be gutloaded with proper supplements before feeding them to the seahorses.
If you do decide to get some, please try to source them from Seahorse Canada as they are True tank bred and you won't have to worry about worms and parasites that are often found with seahorses from other sources.
@TORX and @yveterinarian defiantly your goto peeps here.
If you only listen to 1 piece of advice I would go with the suggestion to seriously consider where you get them from.
If you only listen to 1 piece of advice I would go with the suggestion to seriously consider where you get them from.
Exactly. That is part of the reasons they have such a bad wrap IMHO. People purchase ones that are already sick and do not know it. I find them very easy to care for.
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