lilleahseafreak
New member
i finally have fullfillled my quest in the hobby. I HAVE SEAHORSES!!!
i went to the coral reef shop for the first time ever and i, as i do whenever-whever i see them, i made a beeline for the seahorses. these ones seemed particuallry alert compared to others i have seen and i just find them more appealing than any others i have found. as i always do i looked for the price expecting the usuall high price-the tank said "captive bred seahorses $39"
WHAT!?
so i asked to see them eat as i have heard of cases where wild caught will be sold as "captive", but even then captive ones are usually around $100 if not more, so i thought "these have to be wild ones for this price" but sure enough they ate the frozen food and did so quite greedily.
knowing i had a 12 gallon nano, set up for a year, and its only inhabitant a yellow watchman goby, i took the risk.
i was gonna get just the black one, and i told the girl to get him, but then my sister said how she really liked the tan one w/spots
and at that moment, the 2 hugged!!! they wrapped tails and swam off together. so we got both.
and i am glad i did as they interact ALOT!
i took them home, took some rocks out to give more room, took some leaves off a fake plant to give them a hitching post (put another in the bag for them to hold onto which really helped them)
i have been feeding them 3 times a day (around 9, 1, and 5) w/snacks (crushed a cube of food to give them tidbits when i am in the room watching tv) i am feeding them enriched frozen brine.
i have also seen them both hunting the plentiful pods in the tank.
the temp is at 76 and all the water tests come up fine.
it has 2 hang on back filters and a power head that i turn off at feeding time cause it blows the food too fast.
the heater is in the corner blocked off w/rocks so they will not hitch on it and burn their tails.
is there anything else i should consider?
i also need to know if the 2 should be moved to a bigger tank when they get bigger, they are 3 inches (including uncurled tail)
they are still too youing to tell the gender.
i have to go now or i'd be more through (and use spellcheck)
but i just COULD NOT WAIT to share my joy in having these neat little fish!!!
i went to the coral reef shop for the first time ever and i, as i do whenever-whever i see them, i made a beeline for the seahorses. these ones seemed particuallry alert compared to others i have seen and i just find them more appealing than any others i have found. as i always do i looked for the price expecting the usuall high price-the tank said "captive bred seahorses $39"
WHAT!?
so i asked to see them eat as i have heard of cases where wild caught will be sold as "captive", but even then captive ones are usually around $100 if not more, so i thought "these have to be wild ones for this price" but sure enough they ate the frozen food and did so quite greedily.
knowing i had a 12 gallon nano, set up for a year, and its only inhabitant a yellow watchman goby, i took the risk.
i was gonna get just the black one, and i told the girl to get him, but then my sister said how she really liked the tan one w/spots
and at that moment, the 2 hugged!!! they wrapped tails and swam off together. so we got both.
and i am glad i did as they interact ALOT!
i took them home, took some rocks out to give more room, took some leaves off a fake plant to give them a hitching post (put another in the bag for them to hold onto which really helped them)
i have been feeding them 3 times a day (around 9, 1, and 5) w/snacks (crushed a cube of food to give them tidbits when i am in the room watching tv) i am feeding them enriched frozen brine.
i have also seen them both hunting the plentiful pods in the tank.
the temp is at 76 and all the water tests come up fine.
it has 2 hang on back filters and a power head that i turn off at feeding time cause it blows the food too fast.
the heater is in the corner blocked off w/rocks so they will not hitch on it and burn their tails.
is there anything else i should consider?
i also need to know if the 2 should be moved to a bigger tank when they get bigger, they are 3 inches (including uncurled tail)
they are still too youing to tell the gender.
i have to go now or i'd be more through (and use spellcheck)
but i just COULD NOT WAIT to share my joy in having these neat little fish!!!