29 w/ Horses&Ponies w/ live food

[rykna]

Rykna the "Seahorse Mythbuster" is at it again...as usual. Over the holidays I have been doing more research. There have been several things regarding the information of caring for Seahorses that do not make sense to me. I received several books for Christmas that had information that proves my doubt regarding popular captive seahorse care.
1.) Seahorses need low flow in their tank
2.) CB Seahorses' nutritional needs are met in captivity when feed enriched frozen mysis and the DT has a mature colony of pods
3.) CB Seahorses should QT for at least 3 weeks before introducing to the DT
4.) Treat seahorses after you discover they are ill
I'm sure I will think of more ideas that are contrary to one another as I continue. I will be posting pictures of my new 29 gallon and discussing my findings.

 

[m0nk]

Just out of curiosity, what type of seahorses do you have in a 29? Are there fish in there too? I'm still thinking about adding some to my "collection" but decided to do the big SPS tank first.

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by m0nk
Just out of curiosity, what type of seahorses do you have in a 29? Are there fish in there too? I'm still thinking about adding some to my "collection" but decided to do the big SPS tank first.
Currently the 29 has:
1 (supposedly) Kelloggi Female
10-15 Dwarf Seahorses
3-4 Narsisus Snails

 

[m0nk]

Originally Posted by Rykna
Currently the 29 has:
1 (supposedly) Kelloggi Female
10-15 Dwarf Seahorse
3-4 Narsisus Snails
Cool, thanks. Can't wait to see some pics!

 

[nybutterfly03]

WE WANT PICS!!!!!!!

 

[bjoe23]

PICS!

 

[monalisa]

Originally Posted by Rykna
Rykna the "Seahorse Mythbuster" is at it again...as usual. Over the holidays I have been doing more research. There have been several things regarding the information of caring for Seahorses that do not make sense to me. I received several books for Christmas that had information that proves my doubt regarding popular captive seahorse care.
1.) Seahorses need low flow in their tank
2.) CB Seahorses' nutritional needs are met in captivity when feed enriched frozen mysis and the DT has a mature colony of pods
3.) CB Seahorses should QT for at least 3 weeks before introducing to the DT
4.) Treat seahorses after you discover they are ill
I'm sure I will think of more ideas that are contrary to one another as I continue. I will be posting pictures of my new 29 gallon and discussing my findings.

Rykna,
What exactly are you trying to state here?
Lisa

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by MonaLisa
Rykna,
What exactly are you trying to state here?
Lisa
Sorry, I haven't had time to fill in all the details. Over the holiday season I received many new books regarding care, housing, and breeding seahorses. These books held key information that I have been searching for.
Much of the information available for caring and keeping seahorses, IMHO, does not make sense.
Here is one example: Seahorse tanks need low flow
my vote: FALSE
Seahorses are opportunistic hunters by nature. You can take the seahorse out of the wild, but you can't take the hunter out of the seahorse. In nature they live in coastal waters, from 5 to 30(sometimes found even deeper), which have the highest flow rates of the entire ocean. That is why they love seaweed. Hitching posts are the secret to their survival in the wild. With ample posts available, all a seahorse needs to do for dinner is order room service..."What ever swims by is fine Alfred."
And this is what lead me to my conclusion that horses should not be housed in low flow.
First of all most pictures of wild Seahorses show them hitched to some type of Sea Fan, Marine Plants, Tree Sponges, or Gorgonian. All these corals need extremely high flow because they are filter feeders, hence why they live in the nutrient saturated waters of reefs, in which the high flow brings in the greatest amount of nutrients... so what eats the phytoplankton and zooplankton that the filter feeders eat? Amphiopods, copepods, rotifers and various tiny shrimp such as Mysis Shrimp. These tiny critters make up the main diet of wild seahorses. Hence why seahorses live in the coastal regions. Therefore seahorses habitats would and should have high flow.
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