My seahorse tank

[ezman]

New "family member"...... ^________^

bro, you just got this?? what is the damage like?? very beautiful!!!

[allantang]

bro, you just got this?? what is the damage like?? very beautiful!!!

Yap, I got it < a month ago. guess is not the amount that really matters, rather is how much I would care for them.

In return, i get to understand some facts of life and lessons that I can draw from them.

indeed, a beautiful creature to watch..

[Terryz_]

SeaHorses matures between 8 - 10 months. after which, it will find its own partner. most of the time, they will stay together throughout their lifetime..

below is a link that may be of interest to u..

http://www.tfhmagazine.com/details/articles/breeding-seahorses.htm

Naturally is like that but in the breeding industry, it is possible to pair one female with "multiple" males as in bringing out the male when they female have transferred the eggs over to the male... and place a 'empty' male in with the female..

[allantang]

Ooo... Like that also can ar.. XD..

[ezman]

Yap, I got it < a month ago. guess is not the amount that really matters, rather is how much I would care for them.

In return, i get to understand some facts of life and lessons that I can draw from them.

indeed, a beautiful creature to watch..

So this is the pce saw when i last visited you ;p

[Terryz_]

Ooo... Like that also can ar.. XD..

Like having multiple husband, actually depend on the horse also... if they like it they will pair up if not they will just remain as it is..

[darrentyl]

Interested to have SH in my tank too but seems like quite hard to maintain it with fishes.

[Terryz_]

Interested to have SH in my tank too but seems like quite hard to maintain it with fishes.

It is impossible to keep it with fishes...

[darrentyl]

Oh okay... Will stay simple for now to gain more knowledge on fishes first..

If given the chance to start another marine tank, will explore the option of having SH..

It is impossible to keep it with fishes...

[kenny1111]

Can someone teach me how to train to feed mysis? iced one. been trying for 1 week but they just look at it.......

Or someone can tell me where i can get cheaper kuda or tiger that is train to eat iced mysis

[darrentyl]

Was at am yesterday and ah heng did prove to me that his sh was fed with mysis. However i don't know what sh are they.

Can someone teach me how to train to feed mysis? iced one. been trying for 1 week but they just look at it.......

Or someone can tell me where i can get cheaper kuda or tiger that is train to eat iced mysis

[Terryz_]

Was at am yesterday and ah heng did prove to me that his sh was fed with mysis. However i don't know what sh are they.

Those at AM, are most likely Tigertail... One of the more picky eater but still possible with ample training to get them to eat...

[allantang]

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So this is the pce saw when i last visited you ;p

^_______^

[allantang]

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Interested to have SH in my tank too but seems like quite hard to maintain it with fishes.

It will depend on what type of fishes. Here is a link that shares this knowledge.

http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/tankmates/tankmates.shtml

So far, I hv pipe fish, mandarin. Both doing well so far. U can hv a 6line wrasse. It will help clean up floating around mysis if u target feed SH.

[allantang]

Extract --

So you think your Seahorse won't eat frozen shrimp?

Try this!

1) Make your feeding time the SAME TIME each day.

2) Buy a bottle of "Garlic Extreme" (liquid garlic capsules or a garlic powder supplement from a health food store works, but they do cloud the tank a bit, the Extreme is cleaner and comes with a dropper).

3) Each time you feed, introduce your live food in the tank in a net. Use the same net each time. I use a small 3 inch green net. Let the horses see that the food is coming from the net. Get them WELL used to that net! They should be meeting the net when you put it into the tank at feeding time. With each feeding, rub a drop of Garlic Extreme on the net before it goes into the tank with the food in it. Or if you are gut loading your live food, treat the gut loading food with a drop of garlic. I ' ve even soaked my live shrimp in shallow water and a bit of garlic, but keep it short, the shrimp don ' t like it. {Woody's note: Brine shrimp have lived several days in a refrigerator with only a tablespoon of water while soaking in 5 drops of Extreme} After a while they will associate the smell of the garlic with feeding time. Garlic is used both to boost the immune system, help clear out internal parasites, and as a trigger to train your horses to accept frozen foods. The idea is to retrain them, not to allow them their " preferences " .

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4) After a week or two, once it seems they are well trained to their "feeding hour" combine a bit of thawed (make sure its tank temperature WARM) frozen food (mysis or artemia, depending on your horse size) with your live food. DON ' T FORGET THAT GARLIC! Once you begin introducing frozen food, the garlic can be put ON the frozen food Allow it to soak into food during thaw stage. Place the net in tank with both types of food - just a small amount of frozen to start. Make sure that the frozen food in the net is either in a soft current or gently jiggle it so it has the appearance of being alive. Hopefully you will have a horse brave enough to "snick " at it. Once they get a taste, they seem to keep at it.

5) As they are getting interest in the frozen food, reduce the amount of live food in the net until they are eating frozen only! After they are well "taught" to eat what has the garlic smell, they should eat both live and frozen without problems changing back and forth. Remember, the smell of garlic is their trigger! Once they are happily munching on their frozen food, you can begin slowly introducing small amounts of vitamins to the frozen food along with the garlic ON the food. Remember vitamins change the flavor, so start with VERY small amounts to graduate them up to the dose you desire. Personally I like Selcon, though the powdered vitamin from Ocean Rider changes the color of the shrimp, seeming to make it more attractive to the horses. Don ' t give up if this seems like a slow process. Even if you prefer to feed live, they should be trained and fed SOME frozen in case of emergencies (i.e. your ghost shrimp tank crashes or your order gets lost). {Woody's note: We carry both live mysis and live brine when available} Some horses will accept frozen right away once they associate the " trigger " . Others may take quite a while to get used to it. I had one take almost 8 months! If you have several horses in a tank and one of them is eating frozen regularly, ALWAYS offer frozen first! They learn from watching each other! Slowly cut back on the number of times you offer live foods as new horses are accepting frozen. If a stubborn horse is healthy, it won ' t hurt it to not eat for a day, and the hunger will encourage it to go after the frozen!

Once they are all happily munching frozen, as long as you continue with the " trigger " there should be no problem switching back and forth.

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As soon as you have a horse accepting frozen, if you want to use a feeding station, you can begin training them to it by using " their " net to put the frozen food inside the station. If you keep the feeding time consistent, they will begin beating you to the station at feeding time. Give it a try, let me know how it works. I ' ll be trying this theory on my zosterae when I get them. =)

[darrentyl]

Very interesting site. Will read it out later when I'm freez

Thanks for the information.

It will depend on what type of fishes. Here is a link that shares this knowledge.

http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/tankmates/tankmates.shtml

So far, I hv pipe fish, mandarin. Both doing well so far. U can hv a 6line wrasse. It will help clean up floating around mysis if u target feed SH.

[Terryz_]

Extract --

So you think your Seahorse won't eat frozen shrimp?

Try this!

1) Make your feeding time the SAME TIME each day.

2) Buy a bottle of "Garlic Extreme" (liquid garlic capsules or a garlic powder supplement from a health food store works, but they do cloud the tank a bit, the Extreme is cleaner and comes with a dropper).

3) Each time you feed, introduce your live food in the tank in a net. Use the same net each time. I use a small 3 inch green net. Let the horses see that the food is coming from the net. Get them WELL used to that net! They should be meeting the net when you put it into the tank at feeding time. With each feeding, rub a drop of Garlic Extreme on the net before it goes into the tank with the food in it. Or if you are gut loading your live food, treat the gut loading food with a drop of garlic. I ' ve even soaked my live shrimp in shallow water and a bit of garlic, but keep it short, the shrimp don ' t like it. {Woody's note: Brine shrimp have lived several days in a refrigerator with only a tablespoon of water while soaking in 5 drops of Extreme} After a while they will associate the smell of the garlic with feeding time. Garlic is used both to boost the immune system, help clear out internal parasites, and as a trigger to train your horses to accept frozen foods. The idea is to retrain them, not to allow them their " preferences " .

.

4) After a week or two, once it seems they are well trained to their "feeding hour" combine a bit of thawed (make sure its tank temperature WARM) frozen food (mysis or artemia, depending on your horse size) with your live food. DON ' T FORGET THAT GARLIC! Once you begin introducing frozen food, the garlic can be put ON the frozen food Allow it to soak into food during thaw stage. Place the net in tank with both types of food - just a small amount of frozen to start. Make sure that the frozen food in the net is either in a soft current or gently jiggle it so it has the appearance of being alive. Hopefully you will have a horse brave enough to "snick " at it. Once they get a taste, they seem to keep at it.

5) As they are getting interest in the frozen food, reduce the amount of live food in the net until they are eating frozen only! After they are well "taught" to eat what has the garlic smell, they should eat both live and frozen without problems changing back and forth. Remember, the smell of garlic is their trigger! Once they are happily munching on their frozen food, you can begin slowly introducing small amounts of vitamins to the frozen food along with the garlic ON the food. Remember vitamins change the flavor, so start with VERY small amounts to graduate them up to the dose you desire. Personally I like Selcon, though the powdered vitamin from Ocean Rider changes the color of the shrimp, seeming to make it more attractive to the horses. Don ' t give up if this seems like a slow process. Even if you prefer to feed live, they should be trained and fed SOME frozen in case of emergencies (i.e. your ghost shrimp tank crashes or your order gets lost). {Woody's note: We carry both live mysis and live brine when available} Some horses will accept frozen right away once they associate the " trigger " . Others may take quite a while to get used to it. I had one take almost 8 months! If you have several horses in a tank and one of them is eating frozen regularly, ALWAYS offer frozen first! They learn from watching each other! Slowly cut back on the number of times you offer live foods as new horses are accepting frozen. If a stubborn horse is healthy, it won ' t hurt it to not eat for a day, and the hunger will encourage it to go after the frozen!

Once they are all happily munching frozen, as long as you continue with the " trigger " there should be no problem switching back and forth.

.

As soon as you have a horse accepting frozen, if you want to use a feeding station, you can begin training them to it by using " their " net to put the frozen food inside the station. If you keep the feeding time consistent, they will begin beating you to the station at feeding time. Give it a try, let me know how it works. I ' ll be trying this theory on my zosterae when I get them. =)

Normally this is the way, they will recognise the smell as food... Worke for me when I kept them previously and also works for my fren... Having a feeding dish will help them to know where to find food... LOL...

[kenny1111]

thanks thanks thanks, will give it a try. hope they can make it.

[Lim999]

It will depend on what type of fishes. Here is a link that shares this knowledge.

http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/tankmates/tankmates.shtml

So far, I hv pipe fish, mandarin. Both doing well so far. U can hv a 6line wrasse. It will help clean up floating around mysis if u target feed SH.

Nice detailed site. Thank for sharing.

[allantang]

Nice detailed site. Thank for sharing.

^^ welcome..

[allantang]

one more new member... >.<

[jonathan543]

awesome tank & ponies allentang! i had setup a new 2x1.5x1.5ft tank since early november and after some serious bouts of algae outbreak, it started to die down le... other than h.comes(tigertails) & farmed raised h.kudas(spotted seahorses, which did not retain their colours for long), i cant seemed to locate any other sources to buy h.barbouris which happens to be my favourite sh of all time due to their striped snort & pink tipped body spikes! can someone advice where can i locate barbs in lfs... thanks!

[allantang]

thanks.. hope u have enjoyed the photo and expression of SH.

as far as i understand. SH is controlled both export n import. hence the difficulties in getting unique ones. alternatively, u can try to import but need licence from AVA?

also, heard that CF is bringing in potbelly SH in their next shipment. u may like to consider it.

[dkk08]

thanks.. hope u have enjoyed the photo and expression of SH.

as far as i understand. SH is controlled both export n import. hence the difficulties in getting unique ones. alternatively, u can try to import but need licence from AVA?

also, heard that CF is bringing in potbelly SH in their next shipment. u may like to consider it.

Potbelly SH needs cool water so do consider and think twice before diving into it...

[FuEl]

awesome tank & ponies allentang! i had setup a new 2x1.5x1.5ft tank since early november and after some serious bouts of algae outbreak, it started to die down le... other than h.comes(tigertails) & farmed raised h.kudas(spotted seahorses, which did not retain their colours for long), i cant seemed to locate any other sources to buy h.barbouris which happens to be my favourite sh of all time due to their striped snort & pink tipped body spikes! can someone advice where can i locate barbs in lfs... thanks!

I have a few at 2.5 months. Brooding male was from Terryz. Eating Hikari mysis & Reef Nutrition Arctipods already. But not of size yet, unless buyer is willing to risk. Now only 1 inch long (including tail length). These are true captive bred, tank raised & fed 6 times a day, no exposure to unwanted pathogens.

An interesting article that distinguishes tank bred seahorses from pen raised seahorses (very common import from Vietnam).

http://www.fusedjaw.com/aquariumcare/net-pen-raised-seahorses/