Dwarf Seahorses

[Mr Cob]

This is for my Wife so I'll have to make sure she wants to feed them live food every day. I have a hatch kit and it's not too difficult to hatch everyday. Still, I don't want to end up doing all the work!

Awesome....mine was also for my wife!

We also picked up a good read for dwarfs if you want to borrow it. I wasn't too concerned about the everday feeding and I was hopeful of slowly getting them to accept other food other than live food over time. Other have done it. Also, when buying tank raised from the right breeder you may have a better chance.

As I said....feeding live would have been doable because I don't have any serious feeding requests in the 144....so I was up for a little more commitment.

[ramsey]

oh you can sell your half to me then! I love it!
every time I walk by passed my crammed QT tank I think "oh this is so stressful and sad" - and then: "wow but I really like that dragon's breath!" lol

I may do that actually. I'm going to test and see if my tangs would eat it or not. If they don't, it's going into my main display. If they do, it's going into my fuge or will be for sale.

[ramsey]

Awesome....mine was also for my wife!

We also picked up a good read for dwarfs if you want to borrow it. I wasn't too concerned about the everday feeding and I was hopeful of slowly getting them to accept other food other than live food over time. Other have done it. Also, when buying tank raised from the right breeder you may have a better chance.

As I said....feeding live would have been doable because I don't have any serious feeding requests in the 144....so I was up for a little more commitment.

Thanks, I may take you up on that.

[Europhyllia]

Just noticed this while researching clean up crews:
Nudibrach learchis poica Caribbean learchis poica . Feeds on the stinging hydroid pennaria distichia very much helps remove these unwanted tank pest. A nice addon to any clean up crew. They ship very well have had very few loses..

[Mr Cob]

^nice Karin!

[ramsey]

Indeed, that's good to know. I'll research that before I completely tear down my 12g nano and start over. Thanks Karin!

[StevenSeas]

what species of seahorses are you thinking of doing? i know ORA has shipped us some pretty high quality easy eating captive bred seahorses before so there are definitely some out there. One of our customers feeds hers 3 times a day PE mysis for her little bit larger ones and baby mysis for her smaller ones, even though they try to eat the PE mysis first lol. I have also see wild caught eat live ghost shrimp. Talk about unexpected and a nice show LOL

[ramsey]

I'm looking for the tiny dwarf sea horses (Hippocampus zosterae). They're the only sea horses I've found that'll fit in a 12g nano.

[StevenSeas]

this what you looking for ;) its from ORA's site, shows they should have them and ship out once weaned onto frozen foods
Dwarf Seahorse - Hippocampus zosterae

This species is found in tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. As its name implies, this seahorse reaches a maximum size of less than 2 inches.

It is found mostly in seagrass beds. They can range in color from yellow to black.

The Dwarf Seahorse's small size makes it ideal for nano tanks. Groups of 5 or more can be kept in tanks as small as 10 gallons. This seahorse is sold at 1 inch and is weaned onto frozen diets.

[Europhyllia]

this what you looking for ;) its from ORA's site, shows they should have them and ship out once weaned onto frozen foods
Dwarf Seahorse - Hippocampus zosterae

This species is found in tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. As its name implies, this seahorse reaches a maximum size of less than 2 inches.

It is found mostly in seagrass beds. They can range in color from yellow to black.

The Dwarf Seahorse's small size makes it ideal for nano tanks. Groups of 5 or more can be kept in tanks as small as 10 gallons. This seahorse is sold at 1 inch and is weaned onto frozen diets.

if you keep going you'll make me want some too...