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FINALLY found online a blue spotted mutifora linckia starfish to buy.The stars color is more of a turquoise. The starfish was FREE! I just had to pay shipping. I signed up for the websites newsletter and they gave me a $25.00 credit. Sweet! The starfish arrived looking well. It did have a adult...

Hello Everyone! Haven't been on the board in awile.Wow it looks different..lol After 2 years of saltwater experience, I am FINALLY commiting to getting dwarf seahorses. I have talked myself out of getting them for years..lol It's funny after you get some experience hatching live BBS and...

Got some new corals today I also had a question. What can get get to help clean my sand in my 55 gallon? I have about 25 Nassarius snails. The sand still looks kinda dirty. I siphon but debris still build up. Would a cumcumber help? Maybe more flow? Thanks and heres the pics: 4" short ten...

Hey Everyone, My 55 gallon tank has been set up for almost 6 months and I am just finally posting a thread about it..lol For my soft corals tank has Army green,blue ice and Watermellon zoanthids,Rics,Mushrooms,metallic orange mushroom. For fish I have a cherub pygmy angel fish,black & white...

After trying to find a Linckia(with Ophiura's help,Thank you ) that may do well in my 55 gallon tank,finally found an online store that had these in stock.Just receieved my multifora/multiflora linckia a few days ago. About a 3 hour acclimation.I would have gone for 5 hours but my levels were...

Hello all! Well I have missed having a seahorse so much. I can't stand it anymore..haha I have a 20 gallon high tank that I have had running for about 2 years now. I moved fish from this 20 gallon to my 55 gallon. I did a complete renovation on it. Do you think this would be ok for 1 pair of...

Hello all My question is I have a 55 gallon tank that has 4-5" DSB and 65 pounds of LR. It is 4 months old and the Live Rock is from a tank that was 3 years old. I have a sand sifting star I got back in Sept.to help clean the sand bed. He has been doing very well cleaning my sand bed.He has...

I just had an outbreak of ich and a nitrite spike in my 55 gallon tank and lost most of my fish. I wanted to know how long should I wait until putting another fish in the tank? Some people say 4 weeks some say 6. Also I had a question. In my 55 gallon tank I was doing 10% weekly water changes...

I have had my 55 gallon Fo with some inverts up for about 3 months. I have 4" of live sand and artificial live rock with real live rock. The tank was fully cycled so I added my tomato clown that I had in my 20G reef tank for 2 years. Then my talbot damsel and Cherub Pygmy Angelfish the next...

Hello all. I just got my first yellow tang in the mail yesterday.He is about 3.5 inches. I put him in my 10 gallon that is 2 years old(I know I can't stand it either) for the night as my new 90 gallon is not ready for him yet.He IS eating enhanced spirulina and formula 2 flakes. Getting Nori...

I have 3 saltwater tanks that have been running over a year and am combining them to a 55 gallon FO tank. My question is can I put a Bicolor Royal dottyback with a Pygmy cherub angelfish, Tomato clown and Talbot damsel?I have all these fish. I also may get a hawkfish. The Dottyback has been...

I was researching buying horses online. Found a guy on Esebay that is only about 3 hours away. So I bought a black and white clown from him. Everything seemed well. The clown is fine. When I asked questions I sometimes got rude and condesending answers. So I leave good feedback but left a 3 star...

I am itching to get seahorses again.I lost my first horse which was a Kelloggi in October.Only had her for 30 days. I want to really do it right this time.Dedicated horse tank.Larger tank. I am looking into a corner or bow tank that is 35 gallons or larger and Erectus seahorses. I have over...

This is a little off topic as it is not about seahorses but I didn't want to post in the other forums as I have never before. We had a bad snowstorm in Maine and lost power for about 4 hours the other day.Then today it happened again.I have a Generator but ofcourse that quits to...AGH!... All...

Since i just lost my first seahorse I am thinking of ways to get another. I am starting a 3 gallon pico tank and was thinking about H. Fuscus. They get about 3 inches(Uncurled tail length)The 3 gallon tank is 8 1/2 inches high.Think this would work? I deal with nano tanks so I know how to keep...

I was hoping I wouldn't have to write this post so soon. this morning dreading to walk over to the seahorse tank.I build up the courage only to see my baby girl dead next to her favorite hitching spot. I am so sad and feel I did everything for this horse.She was fine 2 days ago.Eating...

My female is acting kinda weird this morning.She is hitched to her spot where she rest at night.She has minimul eye movement. The only thing difference is I changed the light timer to come on at 7:42 instead of 6:42(Since it is getting lighter later outside) Could she just be ajusting to the new...

I just heard that the store where I got my female Kelloggi supplier finally has kelloggis in stock! Ordered one and should have it by next week.I am hoping for another female. I wanted to get a more colorful horse but did not want to mix species. I am excited she will have a 'horsey friend now!

I have been feeding my female Kelloggi Ocean Nutrition freshwater cylcops(freshwater copepods) That is what the store was feeding her and I have been feeding her that for over a month now. I want to try to get her feeding on frozen mysis.Or should I keep her on the cyclops? What brands do you...

My seahorse doesn't seem to want to hitch to plants and rest most of the time. She more so likes to sit on rocks,swim in the open water and hunt for live food on the glass and on the sand/rocks all day.I have heard that seahorses always on the move are stressed. I know this sounds like a newbie...