10g seahorse tank...I'm lost! Need Help pls:)

[timinnl]

So this is my plan:

1. Rinse out tank. Fill it with tap water & wait 24hours to check for leaks.
2. Put in about an inch of dry sand. Rinse the sand to remove the dust.
3. Fill tank with fresh RO water It is better to mix the water & salt in a clean bucket. Then add it to the tank. That was you are sure that the salt dissolved completely
4. Add salt to get 1.020
5. Put in heater and try to regulate to 72 degrees Make sure you have a gaurd on it.
6. Put in fake rocks/coral/plants
7. Seed dry sand with a couple of cupfuls of live sand from my reef tank safer to use a starter culture. Unless you are 100% sure of your live sand.

8. Put on hob filter with filter pad and carbon(Is carbon okay for SH??)
9. Also put a frozen salad shrimp in the tank for 10 minutes to get the ammonia going Better to use the ammonia method.
10. Check for cycling
11. After cycling is done then setup BBS hatchery
12. Feed a couple times with no seahorses to get the hang of feeding. And remove food.
13. Do water change.
14. Get seahorses from recommended source(still unsure where to get them from) www.seahoresource.com
15. Acclimate, feed and enjoy dwarves!

Tim

 

[berger9953]

Tim

Awesome, thank you!!

Have you ever checked out seahorseworld.com?? A bulk buy is half the cost.

 

[timinnl]

Awesome, thank you!!

Have you ever checked out seahorseworld.com?? A bulk buy is half the cost.

Those are wild caught one. The link I gave you are captive bred ones.

Read the link I gave you for the other thread on this site. WC should go through a 9week deworming process.

Tim

 

[berger9953]

Okay, that makes so much more sense! I will definetly buy the CB horses. Will the babies repopulate with eachother? Or will that lead to mutations?

 

[timinnl]

Okay, that makes so much more sense! I will definetly buy the CB horses. Will the babies repopulate with eachother? Or will that lead to mutations?

That is a few generation away. By that time, you might be adding more to the mix.

I started off with around 30? in 09 and now I have 100 plus. I will trade with someone from the Netherlands & Belgium and buy more from Germany & the UK.

I am on my third tank for them now & setting up a fourth one. :lmao:

Tim

 

[berger9953]

Wow!!!! So I only need to buy a couple! And then they'll reproduce quickly huh???

 

[berger9953]

Commonly, how much is it to ship sh overnight from seahorsesourse?

 

[timinnl]

Wow!!!! So I only need to buy a couple! And then they'll reproduce quickly huh???

With the proper care, water changes and feeding, it is possible. The key is not to slack off & keep on top of everything.

The next 2 to 3 months while the tank is cycling will give you time to see if this is something you want to do or not.

School is starting up, homework needs to be done, friday & sat nights out and so on. Use the time to see if you can stick with the schedule. Remember dwarfs first you second.

 

[timinnl]

Commonly, how much is it to ship sh overnight from seahorsesourse?

Email them. They are most helpful.

Also look at www.seahorse.org.

tim

 

[berger9953]

I stay on top of my 20g reef tank. And its become an easy routine. It sounds like the only hard part is the feeding. But that will be good for my reef too, my fish have never tasted live food:sad2:

 

[berger9953]

Email them. They are most helpful.

Also look at www.seahorse.org.

tim

I've actually registered there, and for some reason it won't let me post anywhere and I can't even get into the dwarf forum. Correct me if I'm wrong, I saw your username in the forums, are you connected there at all?

Edit: Nevermind, a administer just fully confirmed my account, now I can see and post. Thanks!

 

[timinnl]

I stay on top of my 20g reef tank. And its become an easy routine. It sounds like the only hard part is the feeding. But that will be good for my reef too, my fish have never tasted live food:sad2:

You will quickly get into the routine of hatching,enriching & feeding. Every now & then you will crash a batch. It happens to all of us. Someone linked you brineshripdirect, I think they have a trouble shooting guide.

tim

 

[berger9953]

Awesome, thank you so much for all of your help!