My Seahorse tank pics :)

[Diana]

This is our 46 gallon Bowfront Seahorse tank. It houses a pair of reidis. The arrangement is fairly simple with a few pieces of liverock, two seafans and lot's of different types of macro algae.

Hope you like :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Raf_MM/DSC_0096.jpg

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the female out and about begging for food as usual :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Raf_MM/DSC_0100.jpg

Their feeding station, basically an open clam shell
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Raf_MM/DSC_0115.jpg

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the male hiding out, he is pregnant every few weeks!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Raf_MM/DSC_0105.jpg

female again
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Raf_MM/DSC_0102.jpg


Diana and Raf
:)

[saltwatermaniac]

Nice tank simple yet very pretty!! GOOD JOB:mrgreen:

[Beverly]

Pretty ponies :)

[Delphinus]

Cool!

What do you do for current in there? How much LR? (Is that piece of rock on the right a piece? Did you do anything to "de-bristleworm" any rock that's in there)?

[Jason McK]

Cool

always wanted a Sea horse tank but always been too scared to try

J

[OCDP]

Beautiful tank and sea horses

[Diana]

Thanks guys :) I just reccently moved them over from a 20 gallon tank, so this tank is looking a little "bare" still. I'd like to add maybe a bit more rock and some more macro, like red grape and feather caulerpa. Also I'd eventually like to acquire another species, maybe one who's fry are easier to raise.

Tony,

The filtration on the tank is an Eheim 2213. Its pointed along the top of the tank so the flow along the bottom is adequate but not too strong. I think there's around 7 lbs of rock in there, maybe a little more. And yes, theres a little pile on the right side of the tank too. I found with the 20 gallon that it was so full of stuff that I had trouble seeing my seahorses. I've designed this tank to provide them with lots of hitching posts, but also to be able to see them in the tank.

I did do a freshwater dip on this rock, but I didn't de-bristleworm it. I know there are a few in there, since I find them under the food dish occasionally. Raf and I picked out a huge sucker the other day. But honestly, I don't mind them in there since they take care of any food that escapes the dish and the ponies don't find.

:)
-Diana

[Chaotic Cricket]

Looks awesome, I love seahorses. Now where did I put that extra tank.
Now I need a species tank for a Volitan and a snowflake one for seahorses and one for an octopuss. Oh and a wrasse tank and a...help me! :)

[andestang]

Some nice pics. Looks great. How long have you had them ?

[Diana]

I've had them for a year now. :)

And honest to god, they have had babies every 2 weeks since the day I got them. Quite prolific! We even lowered the temp on the tank to try and get them to stop mating so frequently, but it hasn't seemed to work. ;)


-Diana

[Midknight]

I've had them for a year now. :)

And honest to god, they have had babies every 2 weeks since the day I got them. Quite prolific! We even lowered the temp on the tank to try and get them to stop mating so frequently, but it hasn't seemed to work. ;)


-Diana

Have you been able to raise any so far? Heard that is the big challenge.

[Raf]

The babies are unfortunately very hard to raise. Unlike many other seahorse species, the babies do not latch on to anything when born an drift around the tank, meanwhile snicking air in the process. The challenge comes to find a small enough food to feed them and in the correct quantity without sacrificing water quality. Oh, and if they snick air, they are in big trouble as they cannot feed and usually die in the process.

Here are some pics for those interested. :)


The male the day before giving birth
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/07_05_1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/07_05_2.jpg



What we woke up to in the morning
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/07_05_3.jpg


The fry in thier nursery(goldfish bowl in a 10 gallon tank, half filled with water, an air pump to provide the proper circulation.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/07_05_6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/07_05_7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/07_05_8.jpg


The parents were already courting again as I was scooping out the babies!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/07_05_4.jpg


The proud papa
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/07_05_5.jpg

BTW, this species is VERY hard to raise the fry...we have yet to be succesful.



Raf and Diana

[Mikee]

I love seahorses, I miss the male/female we had for a year..always lots of young really cool to whatch also. Its a big challenge to raise the young only had success with 1-2 babies out of the whole batch. We kept the parents in the tank and divided a small part for the young and parents but feeding was a struggle constantly. We fed brine shrimp for the most part but lots died when switching them over to another food..When i think about it the only thing i can compare seahorses to when breeding and raising young is discus (freshwater). I definitely hope to successfully raise seahorses in the future! You've got some nice seahorses there i wish you the best of luck.