Update on the horse's

[Tucson Reef]

He dumps babies(Hundreds) about every 2 weeks

 

[victornator333]

Sweet!

What's your setup for these guys?

 

[Tucson Reef]

58 gal cube, sump, Ehiem 1250, Tunze skimmer, Artica 1/10 Chiller. They are CB's, real tame, eat anything frozen. Took a few months for the tank to age(About 6 months), now doing great.

 

[victornator333]

How often do u feed them? Do you have a good supply of pods in your tank?

Im thinking about setting one up....

 

[Jmnazari]

WOW!!!! That's pretty dang cool!

 

[Tucson Reef]

You should feed 2-3 times a day starting out, as they are growing. I feed once a day mostly now. They eat frozen Spirilina Brine Shrimp, PE Mysiss, Hikari Mysiss and Mysids, Plankton and Krill. I send off for live Pods and Mysid Shrimp once in a while but its just a treat or for feeding I we'er gone for a few days, they will do just fine on strictly frozen.

You train them to eat out of a dish or shell so there is no waste and you can keep track of how they are eating. Once you get used to it, they are super easy to keep.

 

[savageAJC]

What temp do you keep your tank at?

 

[sillygoose]

Do all the babies just become plankton?

 

[Tucson Reef]

73, useing fan and chiller, chiller kicks in if fan can't do the job, stays between 72-74.5

The baby's just disapear after about 3 days, skimmer gets some, hermits and nassarious get the rest. Adults wont eat them. If anybody want to raise some, read up on how and let me know, I'll get you a few hundred. Its easy to raise them them but a PIA, live baby brine, then loaded baby brine, then rots and pods, then train for frozen.

If there was a market for horses it would be cool, but to raise a few hundred and then slowly sell at a trickel isn't worth the hassel.

 

[fishaholic911]

Nice looking horse's 8>)

 

[Jmnazari]

Are they sea ponys/ dwarf horses? I'd always thought i'd be cool having a Catalina goby and sea pony tank

 

[Tucson Reef]

H.Erectus, 8" when full adult