Forum: Reef
02-05-2014, 07:12 PM
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Forum: Reef
02-05-2014, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,796
You have to hydrate the cysts first.
I add the...
You have to hydrate the cysts first.
I add the cysts to a litre of tap water and let sit for 30 minutes. This allows them to soak up enough water to make the next stage go better.
Then I add an...
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Forum: Reef
02-05-2014, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,796
With reef tank flow rates, the brine shrimp...
With reef tank flow rates, the brine shrimp nauplii cannot make their way around the tank and will merely get sucked up by any mechanical filtration so it would be case of feeding some to the tank...
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Forum: Marine Fish
01-20-2014, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,597
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Forum: Product Review and Equipment Forum
12-19-2013, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,238
I have two that I've been using now for 20 yrs...
I have two that I've been using now for 20 yrs but they are Sea Test swing arms, which were the best ones when Randy Holmes Farley did the hydrometer testing.
There are things to do to help ensure...
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Forum: Marine Fish
12-06-2013, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,303
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Forum: Marine Fish
11-25-2013, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,563
All I can say is that I had a yellow tang and a...
All I can say is that I had a yellow tang and a powder brown tang in one of my nineties for two years, only to come home one eavening from work to find the brown dead on the bottom, and the yellow...
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Forum: Reef
11-14-2013, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,635
For me, I rinse to rid the micro particles that...
For me, I rinse to rid the micro particles that otherwise will add to the tank loading and faster deterioration of water quality. Any preservatives that get removed along with that is just icing on...
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only)
10-24-2013, 04:04 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,586
Actually, net pen raised are old hat now. The...
Actually, net pen raised are old hat now. The current seahorses are mostly raised in large round cement vats using ocean water that is NOT sufficiently treated and filtered for pathogens so the only...
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Forum: Marine Fish
10-11-2013, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,394
H. fuscus is not available currently in North...
H. fuscus is not available currently in North America.
A pair of them could be kept in a 20g tank minimum.
Sea Pony is a slang for whatever a person might be talking about at any given time, not a...
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Forum: Marine Fish
10-11-2013, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,372
The ONLY place I know of at this time that is...
The ONLY place I know of at this time that is bringing dwarfs into Canada is at the opposite end of the country to you.
Sea U Marine in Markham Ontario (near Toronto) brings them in with orders of...
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Forum: Lounge
10-01-2013, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,628
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Forum: DIY
09-11-2013, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,002
I use mesh bags from Brine Shrimp Direct. ...
I use mesh bags from Brine Shrimp Direct.
http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/c9/Mesh-Bag-c65.html
They also have:
http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/c9/Sieve-Artemia-Hatching-p181.html
and ...
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Forum: Reef Wonderland
09-02-2013, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,410
Normally I'd say 5 to 8g would be ideal. ...
Normally I'd say 5 to 8g would be ideal.
However, I don't have first hand experience, but have read many times over on seahorse.org, that seagrasses need a mature deep sand bed, with high intensity...
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Forum: Reef Wonderland
09-01-2013, 01:34 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,410
Can't help with the 20 as I've never set up a...
Can't help with the 20 as I've never set up a tank that small other than my smaller dwarf tanks.
Be sure that you check out all the seahorse needs before you get too far in your planning for the...
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Forum: Reef Wonderland
08-29-2013, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,410
Yes, a 20g is too big for any dwarf tank unless...
Yes, a 20g is too big for any dwarf tank unless you are wanting to keep about 100 or more of them, and it's too small to keep any standard sized seahorses that we see here in Canada.
Dwarf seahorses...
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Forum: Reef Wonderland
08-27-2013, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,410
They look to be pretty small to be for sale as...
They look to be pretty small to be for sale as they don't even appear to be sexually mature yet, meaning failure rates will be higher.
Reef-keeper, the minimum recommended tank size for a pair of...
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Forum: Reef
06-28-2013, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,813
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Forum: Marine Fish
05-05-2013, 03:39 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,988
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics hardware related only)
04-27-2013, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,991
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Forum: Seahorse
03-16-2013, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 20,777
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Forum: Seahorse
03-13-2013, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 20,777
If they were ones originating from Aquamarine...
If they were ones originating from Aquamarine International, H. reidi, then at that time the quality was pretty good, but lately the quality has been poor and they have been sold too early to be...
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only)
03-02-2013, 03:00 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,755
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only)
02-28-2013, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,755
Unfortunately, most seahorses sold in North...
Unfortunately, most seahorses sold in North America are "tank raised", but often called captive bred.
They are raised in large cement vats with water piped from the ocean, without proper filtering...
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Forum: Polls
02-23-2013, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 8,863
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