Does my Seahorse look happy and healthy?
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commodore99
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It is a black kuda by the way. It is on its own would it be better off with a companion?
From the picture you posted it looks good. When you look at it from the back or front do his sides look concave at all? If they do then you need to fatten it up, if not then it's fine. Seahorses are social creatures and prefer to have someone to hang with but he will also do fine on his own......
commodore99
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Thanks for your reply.
He does look a little on the skinny side. I am feeding him mysis shrimp twice daily at the moment.
I also have some red corallimorphs growing of my LR and am thinking about introducing some more soon, would they pose any threat to him??
He does look a little on the skinny side. I am feeding him mysis shrimp twice daily at the moment.
I also have some red corallimorphs growing of my LR and am thinking about introducing some more soon, would they pose any threat to him??
Actually, the most important thing to consider when adding tank mates is to add seahorses from the same breeding source as the one you already have came from.
Often seahorses die after being exposed to pathogens they haven't grown up with but are introduced to them by newly added seahorses or other fish from another source.
Often seahorses die after being exposed to pathogens they haven't grown up with but are introduced to them by newly added seahorses or other fish from another source.
commodore99
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I have also recently spotted a small what i think is a ball anemone after doing some research. Could any one else confirm this? and could it harm my seahorse?
I can't tell from the picture but I do find "strawberry anemones" in my tanks.
They have translucent tips but the main body and tentacle portions are a reddish colour.
I have never had dense colonies of them like many pictures show, but they are evident scattered around the rock in some of my tanks.
http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?sp=corynactis_californica
They have translucent tips but the main body and tentacle portions are a reddish colour.
I have never had dense colonies of them like many pictures show, but they are evident scattered around the rock in some of my tanks.
http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?sp=corynactis_californica
commodore99
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I actually have a black kuda and he generally only changes colour in his chest area in which can go to a grey/white color but never actually changes color just his shade.
commodore99
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It does look like a strawberry anemone but arent they a temperate species?
Below is another picture. It is hard to photograph when on most angles its tenticles are completly transparent.
Below is another picture. It is hard to photograph when on most angles its tenticles are completly transparent.
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pledosophy
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Ray are you sure they are Strawberry's? Anyone else I would instantly call BS on but, I would double check. if they are strawberry's send me some 
, those things are dammed expensive around here.
Comodore, i would get some Joe's Juice, turn off all of the flow in the tank and cover that thing with the Joe's. I don't think it is a problem now, but I suspect it will grow and spread over time.
JME
, those things are dammed expensive around here. Comodore, i would get some Joe's Juice, turn off all of the flow in the tank and cover that thing with the Joe's. I don't think it is a problem now, but I suspect it will grow and spread over time.
JME
commodore99
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I have aiptasia X should that work?
I have no way to know absolutely that they are strawberry anemones, only did the research many years ago when I first got online.
The SA classification was just what fit the description best.
I'm unaware that they are even sold as they can't be removed from the rocks and they never grow large. The largest I've seen would only be about the diameter of a quarter.
Mine never get to dense colonies with only one or two in most spots, but they are fairly strongly coloured so they are noticeable when they show up.
I don't know if they move around or what because I go a year or so with quite a few and then another year or so I don't see any, or at least very few, but they come back again. They seem to prefer the lower light areas of the tanks they are in.
After I moved the live rock from the seahorse tanks and placed it in the sumps, the anemones are no longer seen in those tanks at least, so they don't like no light at all.
The SA classification was just what fit the description best.
I'm unaware that they are even sold as they can't be removed from the rocks and they never grow large. The largest I've seen would only be about the diameter of a quarter.
Mine never get to dense colonies with only one or two in most spots, but they are fairly strongly coloured so they are noticeable when they show up.
I don't know if they move around or what because I go a year or so with quite a few and then another year or so I don't see any, or at least very few, but they come back again. They seem to prefer the lower light areas of the tanks they are in.
After I moved the live rock from the seahorse tanks and placed it in the sumps, the anemones are no longer seen in those tanks at least, so they don't like no light at all.
pledosophy
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Comodore, Aiptasia X will work just fine.
Ray, there are several people in my area that do temperate tanks and keep the SA's. They will grow into a colony under the right conditions, and are quite stunning as they mature. They really do not need light at all if I understand correctly, but they require a large amount of food to be present at all times.
HTH
Ray, there are several people in my area that do temperate tanks and keep the SA's. They will grow into a colony under the right conditions, and are quite stunning as they mature. They really do not need light at all if I understand correctly, but they require a large amount of food to be present at all times.
HTH
commodore99
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Thank you every one for your advice. it has been very helpful. Particuarly when i only have one LFS withing 200km of here which sells anything marine.
And they dont really seem to know what they are even selling, they had a reef setup instore which pretty much had all there stock but corallimorphs die within a week and atleast 10 dead fish in there tanks every time i go there
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And they dont really seem to know what they are even selling, they had a reef setup instore which pretty much had all there stock but corallimorphs die within a week and atleast 10 dead fish in there tanks every time i go there
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