Seahorses
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You will need a saltwater fishing license, and I suggest you check out this thread:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1194215
You will need a saltwater fishing license, and I suggest you check out this thread:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1194215
Yeah, we have Hippocampus Zosterae (dwarfs) and Hippocampus Erectus (commonly called Black seahorses) in our waters. Like stated in the other thread all you need is a SW fishing license and a net to catch them with, oh and a mask/snorkel so you can see them. I would be cautious about making an order through ccritters, there have been a lot of problems (DOA's) reported on seahorse.org lately.
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DiverDown80
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Rather than catching your own - which will require live food - deworming - all very expensive - if you're looking for healthy seahorses we have a PBMAS member who has captive bred juveniles for sale that eat frozen mysis - and when you balance the cost of live foods (brine won't get it) they are a bargain!
Here's a link with pictures of the horses for sale:
http://forum.seahorse.org/index.php?showtopic=34685
Here's a link with pictures of the horses for sale:
http://forum.seahorse.org/index.php?showtopic=34685
Lifes A Beach
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Exoctic Aquatic in Oakland Park usually has them in stock or will order them for you. I got mine from Rob there and they were very healthy. That was almost a 1 1/2 years ago and they're still doing great!
Lifes A Beach
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Re: What is the tank setup?
Re: What is the tank setup?
I have them in a 29 gal. under a 18 watt light using a Millenium 3000 filter. I feed them every one or two days with live ghost shrimp. They have been on a regular diet of the live shrimp for a while but they will also eat frozen mysis if I can't get them live shrimp. They also love live brine and it's cool to watch them chase their prey. Since they are so passive especially when eating that I do not have any other fish in the tank with them although I have heard that Cardinals do well with them. Otherwise, they wouldn't get enough to eat and they really do need plenty to eat. I previously had a few small pipe fish in the tank with the seahorses and they were fine.
I have two males now that I've had for 15 months. I previously had (for over a year) a mated pair that would have babies every 2 weeks but I was never able to get a fry to live past 5 weeks. They were a great pair and I even have a video of them doing their mating dance which is quite fascinating.
When you're setting up a tank, be sure to have something that they can latch their tales around. I have some dead corals that I bought at a shell shop in the Keys (they are now seasoned like live rock) which they love.
I'm going to be setting up a new home for them, a 30 gal. high tank with 65 watt power compact. Although mine have done well in a longer tank I think they'll be happier in a high tank so they can move up and down easier. I will also be adding caulerpa and other algae so they will have something more to latch onto.
Hope this helps!
Re: What is the tank setup?
I have them in a 29 gal. under a 18 watt light using a Millenium 3000 filter. I feed them every one or two days with live ghost shrimp. They have been on a regular diet of the live shrimp for a while but they will also eat frozen mysis if I can't get them live shrimp. They also love live brine and it's cool to watch them chase their prey. Since they are so passive especially when eating that I do not have any other fish in the tank with them although I have heard that Cardinals do well with them. Otherwise, they wouldn't get enough to eat and they really do need plenty to eat. I previously had a few small pipe fish in the tank with the seahorses and they were fine.
I have two males now that I've had for 15 months. I previously had (for over a year) a mated pair that would have babies every 2 weeks but I was never able to get a fry to live past 5 weeks. They were a great pair and I even have a video of them doing their mating dance which is quite fascinating.
When you're setting up a tank, be sure to have something that they can latch their tales around. I have some dead corals that I bought at a shell shop in the Keys (they are now seasoned like live rock) which they love.
I'm going to be setting up a new home for them, a 30 gal. high tank with 65 watt power compact. Although mine have done well in a longer tank I think they'll be happier in a high tank so they can move up and down easier. I will also be adding caulerpa and other algae so they will have something more to latch onto.
Hope this helps!
Lifes A Beach
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I get them in my backyard! I'm just off the Intracoastal and the salinity is about .011 - .015 which is brackish. I can put them in the seahorse tank and they'll live a few days if they can find a hiding spot. When I have to buy freshwater ghosts, they will only last a few hours in the seahorse tank because of the salinity (.024) so that's when I'll only put in a few at a time. They'll eat them either way!
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