Quote Originally Posted by newtosa
Thanks Ray and Janice.

Janice - does this mean you've gotten your tank to the point that all their food is provided by only the pods growing in the tank? Or even mostly by the pods growing in your tank?

I think seahorses are cool, but the main reason I've never bought any is that I can't keep animals that require daily feeding to survive. Not to mention 2x or 3x daily feeding. If it's possible to get enough live food growing and/or keep few enough SH's, this becomes something I might want to do.

Thanks,
Dean
Dean,

LR is considered a very bad move in Dwarf SH tanks but I ended up doing it anyway but I didn't want much of a cycle. I do have a moderate population of hydroids but my horses are adults so I am not terribly worried.

I thought I was prepared for the daily BS hatching but I wasn't. I ended up sometimes missing a day of feeding and noticed no difference or unhealthy traits in my dwarves (i.e. - sunken bellies, listlessness). Then one day I saw my larger female sitting in the LR very still.. wouldn't you know it she was hunting pods! I saw her snick one up right in front of me. They most likely came in with the LR and now I have so many of them I see them running all over my glass and everytime I clean the filter I have dozens of dead ones (from the hot water) fall out.

I do still hatch BS but I don't do it everyday anymore, I hatch 1/4 teaspoon it lasts for 2-3 days then I go 1-2 days between hatches and start again. So I am not down to "just" pods at the moment, but it's much easier than it was before.

Most people who have work, friends, and family (a normal life) _don't_ have time to hatch everyday. It's something you have to find out the hard way most the time. :(