my seahorse tank

looks fabulous!! I like the stars as well. Trying my first one actually.

What do you feed the seahorses?

How do you like that tunze skimmer? Would you have purchased a different one?
 
Looks great...any problems with nitrates with the feedings seahorses require...thinking about adding a pair to my jbj 28g HQI but still want to keep some corals...how often do you feed?
 
looks fabulous!! I like the stars as well. Trying my first one actually.
thanks alot

What do you feed the seahorses?

How do you like that tunze skimmer? Would you have purchased a different one?
i feed frozen mysis and the tunze skimmer works great for me

Beautiful specimens. I especially like the blue linka.
thanks

Everything looks great!
thanks

Looks great...any problems with nitrates with the feedings seahorses require...thinking about adding a pair to my jbj 28g HQI but still want to keep some corals...how often do you feed?

thanks nitrates are find no problems do water change every other week and i feed once a day and they are very happy
 
my seahorses got a new tankmate
 

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cool catalina goby!! I have always loved those! I remember the first TFH magazine I bought, I got because it had one of those on the cover!
Just out of curiosity, what temp do you maintain your tank at?
 
some new pics enjoy
 

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i keep my tank at 72 degrees
A catalina goby is a temperate fish, and won't last long at 72 degrees. Unscrupulous or ignorant LFS's tell people they can handle warm water, but they can't. In the wild, the monthly average temperature where they live (southern California) ranges between about 57 (February) and 70 (August) with a few days at or slightly above 72. They can "handle" it in the sense that they won't immediately die, but it really taxes them, and they don't last as long, not to mention that it's not a nice thing to do to a fish.

You could take it back to the fish store, but they'd just sell it to the next guy who doesn't know any better, and maybe his tank will be 80 degrees, so if you can't find anyone with a cold water tank (<= 65 F), you might as well keep it and see how long it lasts.
 
A catalina goby is a temperate fish, and won't last long at 72 degrees. Unscrupulous or ignorant LFS's tell people they can handle warm water, but they can't. In the wild, the monthly average temperature where they live (southern California) ranges between about 57 (February) and 70 (August) with a few days at or slightly above 72. They can "handle" it in the sense that they won't immediately die, but it really taxes them, and they don't last as long, not to mention that it's not a nice thing to do to a fish.

You could take it back to the fish store, but they'd just sell it to the next guy who doesn't know any better, and maybe his tank will be 80 degrees, so if you can't find anyone with a cold water tank (<= 65 F), you might as well keep it and see how long it lasts.

Thanks for your concern but i knew it was a cold water fish when i got him. My buddy has had one in his tank for over two years now at 72 degrees so thats why i got one. I've had him for eight months now and hes doing great.
 
Thanks for your concern but i knew it was a cold water fish when i got him. My buddy has had one in his tank for over two years now at 72 degrees so thats why i got one. I've had him for eight months now and hes doing great.
Thanks for adding your real world experience to the debate about how warm is too warm for Catalina gobys. The reports I based my opinion on were a bit vague about exactly what temps were too warm. They, and/or I, were playing it safe, and it sounds like drawing the line for a constant temp at 65 was overly conservative. It sounds like 72 is fine (But I'm sure that 73 would cause instant death :))
So just to squeeze as much useful data out of you as possible, is your tank really at 72 all the time (plus or minus a degree), or does it vary with the seasons? Do you have a heater to enforce a minimum temp? What temp? Do you have a chiller to enforce a maximum temp? What temp? You've only kept yours for 8 months, so the more conclusive test was your friend's tank. What can you tell us about how his temp was controlled and whether it changed through the year?
 
Thanks for adding your real world experience to the debate about how warm is too warm for Catalina gobys. The reports I based my opinion on were a bit vague about exactly what temps were too warm. They, and/or I, were playing it safe, and it sounds like drawing the line for a constant temp at 65 was overly conservative. It sounds like 72 is fine (But I'm sure that 73 would cause instant death :))
So just to squeeze as much useful data out of you as possible, is your tank really at 72 all the time (plus or minus a degree), or does it vary with the seasons? Do you have a heater to enforce a minimum temp? What temp? Do you have a chiller to enforce a maximum temp? What temp? You've only kept yours for 8 months, so the more conclusive test was your friend's tank. What can you tell us about how his temp was controlled and whether it changed through the year?

it doesnt matter what season it is chiller keeps temp at 72 + or -1 degrees heater is set at 68 but never gets that low my friends is set up the same way. So i guess you cant believe everything you read :thumbsup:
 
thanks, nice tanks, I am looking for seahorse try to get some but I live in North California, could not find any in local stores.
 
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