Macro Algea and seahorses
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myakkareef
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Corey what type of macros are you looking for? I have a small supply of I believe it is sargasum. It is a long leaf and grows from a running root. It will grow pretty quick in the right conditions and some people use it in there tanks as a grassy areas. If your interested in trying it let me know. I also have a small amount of chaeto if you need some...
I thknk Larry (coyote7) was able to keep the seahorses we seined alive the longest. And I believe he actually got one to eat frozen brine. He was setting up a new tank for them but not sure how it turned out due to him not posting. Not sure how Laines did up in the school tanks...
I thknk Larry (coyote7) was able to keep the seahorses we seined alive the longest. And I believe he actually got one to eat frozen brine. He was setting up a new tank for them but not sure how it turned out due to him not posting. Not sure how Laines did up in the school tanks...
myakkareef
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coyoteseven
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Thanks Scott.
I was able to keep it alive for approximately 5 months and was lucky enough to get him to eat Hikari frozen mysis... so I know he didn't starve to death.
I really think in retrospect, that I didn't quarantine/acclimate him well enough before placing him in his temporary 10g home. There is also the possibility of him being stung by some of the corals in the nano... still not for sure. He was doing great the day before, then the next morning he was worm/snail food.
I haven't really had time to work on the retro lately, but will keep it updated as I go... could be awhile, but I'm in no hurry. I want to do it right this time. I'm still trying to figure out how to fit a sump and skimmer in the stand, in such a way as to make access to both more convenient... hard to do when you have a door that is only 8" wide.
As far as macros go, I'm hoping to use the actual seagrass from that area. Before I broke down the tank. I had a couple of plants that were doing well and actually putting out runners. If I need more nitrate/phosphate control, I have a modified AC70 fuge that will have chaeto for the macro.
I was able to keep it alive for approximately 5 months and was lucky enough to get him to eat Hikari frozen mysis... so I know he didn't starve to death.
I really think in retrospect, that I didn't quarantine/acclimate him well enough before placing him in his temporary 10g home. There is also the possibility of him being stung by some of the corals in the nano... still not for sure. He was doing great the day before, then the next morning he was worm/snail food.
I haven't really had time to work on the retro lately, but will keep it updated as I go... could be awhile, but I'm in no hurry. I want to do it right this time. I'm still trying to figure out how to fit a sump and skimmer in the stand, in such a way as to make access to both more convenient... hard to do when you have a door that is only 8" wide.
As far as macros go, I'm hoping to use the actual seagrass from that area. Before I broke down the tank. I had a couple of plants that were doing well and actually putting out runners. If I need more nitrate/phosphate control, I have a modified AC70 fuge that will have chaeto for the macro.
I have some macros. I had a huge selection, out in the backyard, and a big branch fell from the Oak tree and broke the tank. I now have Merman's shaving brush, Mermaids fans, Giant feather caulerpa, Gracalira, flat small feather caulerpa, and a few more. I can get the sargassum that grows from rocks out here, and grape caulerpa, blade caulerpa and a few others, but need to go diving to get some. Seahorses need a wider than taller tank, lots of hold ons, such as macros and old gorgonian skeletons. Low flow as they cant swim well. They should be housed with only a pair and have good room. I find just raising your own brine shrimp and feeding is the best. I set up a 5 gallon bucket with about 4 gallons of salt water and inoculate with tetraselmas and nanochlropsis. Hand a 100 watt light over it, drop a couple drops of F2 fertilizer from Florida Aqua Farms or a couple drops of orchid fertilizer a day. When the water gets green, put in 20 or so adult brine shrimp that you buy at the LFS. Dont put in too many. Save the others that you bought to feed for a week until you have millions. They have live birth when fed, so there will be no egg shells. Just get a BBS net and an adult BS net. Take a cup of the water, stack the adult net above the BBS net and pour it through, keeping them seperate. Once they are multipling, you wont need to fertilize, as the millions of shrimp will poop. The water will get very green. I change out-overlap, and never had a problem. Always had millions of shrimp. I used them to feed my neon gobies, banghii carninals and clowns, and all babies. They bred like bunnies! Feed the seahorses often, it wont matter if you feed to much, they will just swim around till they get eaten. The babies might need rotifers to eat, they are raised just like the brine shrimp. After a while they should be able to eat just laid BBS. Hippocampus erectus babies should be able to eat BBS from the start. Remember, the BBS that are 2 days old or less, have more fat than protein, after that mainly protein. Steve.
One teeny weeny one is still alive! Quite honestly, I think the two adults died because it was the beginning of the summer and I wasn't there as much as I should have been...they lasted about 2 months. That will never happen again But my little one eats frozen brine. I mixed it in with live stuff, and he started eating it after about a few weeks. He seems pretty happy -- fingers crossed!
In about 3 weeks we're going to start up a seahorse tank with him and a couple others that were caught wild and are eating frozen that someone I know has. I'll let you know how it goes.
But my little one eats frozen brine. I mixed it in with live stuff, and he started eating it after about a few weeks. He seems pretty happy -- fingers crossed!In about 3 weeks we're going to start up a seahorse tank with him and a couple others that were caught wild and are eating frozen that someone I know has. I'll let you know how it goes.
myakkareef
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Good to hear from you Laine, glad all is well and you are keeping up with your original intentions..
Ah64av8tor
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I have one left. It wont eat anything but live brine.
