advice on a seahorse tank

[bclark7169]

I have a 45 gallon 36"x12"x21" tank up and running and going to put H. Erectus in it. Any advice on this set up would be greatly appreciated.. I have been researching this and reading alot but I thought I would post this and get some people who have had this breed before to give me some good advice on them.. advice like lighting...plants...corals...

 

[tokejr]

Kicking for Brian.

Hopefully, Kurt (ksauerb322) will see this thread and tell you about his lovely seahorse tank.

 

[bclark7169]

I saw pics of Kurts on Bobz thread in the breeders forum and it was a nice set up and thanks to Tokejr for all of your help so far and I hope I am not a bother with all my newbie questions...

 

[ksauerb322]

your tank size will work fine. I'd recommend leather corals, zoas, mushrooms, macro algaes, and gorgonians (for hitching) and would go well with their low light/low demands. They are messy eaters, so watch your water quality. Best of luck on your seahorse journey!

 

[jennm]

Codium is a great macroalgae for hitching. Halimeda too. I've got those and some other Macros that Roxanne traded with me.

I've got no corals in there yet, but I used to keep a few softies and a couple of sponges (last time around with a seahorse tank).

Jenn

 

[tokejr]

ksauerb322;391169 wrote: your tank size will work fine. I'd recommend leather corals, zoas, mushrooms, macro algaes, and gorgonians (for hitching) and would go well with their low light/low demands. They are messy eaters, so watch your water quality. Best of luck on your seahorse journey!

They are messy eaters, but training them to a feeding station is pretty easy. When it comes to food, the seahorses seem to find it no matter how you put it in the tank.

Here's a good article on feeding stations:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_2/cav2i5/seahorse_feeders/seahorse_feeders.htm">http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_2/cav2i5/seahorse_feeders/seahorse_feeders.htm</a>

I think there's also an article on it at seahorse.org but couldn't find it this morning.

I got an over the door acrylic towel hanger and superglued a shell to it. That way I could hang the feeding station in the same place and squirt the mysis into the shell. If you put a hitch near their feeding station, they will sit there waiting for the shell at feeding time.

 

[tokejr]

bclark7169;391157 wrote: I saw pics of Kurts on Bobz thread in the breeders forum and it was a nice set up and thanks to Tokejr for all of your help so far and I hope I am not a bother with all my newbie questions...

Absolutely no bother - keep asking. I'm sure you'll have more when you actually get the seahorses in the tank.

 

[bclark7169]

Thanks for the info and the atricle I have read it and printed it off for future refference

 

[bclark7169]

can anyone advised me if the H. Reidi is aggresive? I was thinking of a pair of H. Erectus and a pair of H. Reidi in this tank is this a bad idea?

 

[jennm]

No seahorse I've ever seen could even be remotely defined as "aggressive".

You can keep different species together - they may hybridize... there are mixed opinions about that, so I won't go there.

I've kept female H. kuda, H. reidi, H. erectus together - no problems.

Jenn

 

[tokejr]

bclark7169;391207 wrote: can anyone advised me if the H. Reidi is aggresive? I was thinking of a pair of H. Erectus and a pair of H. Reidi in this tank is this a bad idea?

Some more reading for you: