Feeding box for my Hippocampus erectus

Mudbeaver

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When i posted this i was sure i posted in the seahorse forum turns out , posted in the marine plants, makes sense too i suppose lol.




Well i did this getto looking contraption for my seahorses but the problem is that it works too well. I'm not sure what to do exactly about it. The box is closed in , the animal can enter from only one side so the powerhead can be left on and can't blow the mysis away so the horses can feed all day at leasure as they would do in nature. My concern is the amount. Normally i would feed them twice a day and restart the powerhead after 15 min each time. Now they have all day to eat and now i'm up to well 4 cubes a day of mysis. is it too much?? they take about 40 min each to eat i have 2 couples 2 males , 2 females. Actually i should say one couple and the one male and one female not coupled yet; and its shows.....


This is an ordinary plastic box from staples , not very flexible, and when i did the opening it didn't go smoothly it cracked. So one concerns is that the korses might get injured on the edge so i'll get another box and use a hot knife to carve the hole.


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The male Hippocampus erectus, The lined seahorses, lives only 3-4 years bummer!

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The female was the quickest to get in

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Don't worri the hammerhead does it job in the morning so i'm getting my $ 80 worth of work out of this magnet per day lol

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The 75 Gallons starfire display refugium is split in 2. On the right side is the seahorses pen , the left side will be the Angler side. Both in a Macroalgae collection.

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The Angler side

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Most people, as far as I am aware, feed 1 cube of mysis per pair of 'horses per meal. So yes, 4 cubes a day is just fine. Some would even recommend feeding as many as 6 cubes a day! Really, you'd be hard pressed to overfeed seahorses. Lovely tank, by the way!
 
Most people, as far as I am aware, feed 1 cube of mysis per pair of 'horses per meal. So yes, 4 cubes a day is just fine. Some would even recommend feeding as many as 6 cubes a day! Really, you'd be hard pressed to overfeed seahorses. Lovely tank, by the way!

Ok thanks . Yep always liked refugiums, almost more than the DP tank,lol.


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Love the tank, Nice Idea on the box,
What is the ( tube ( green tips ) Looking macro called ? )

Thanks , yes the macro algae is Cymopolia Barbata , almost looks like a tube worm lol .


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