bought seahorse after an hour laying on bottom
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pledosophy
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Care to define "good parameters"? I might have a different idea then you.
zeke92
Active Member
he said he acclimated it for an hour. i don't think that would be too short to have any problems.
i suggest taking some water to a nice LFS and have them check your salinity and stuff. hydrometers over time can build up crap and get air bubbles if your not careful when you test the water. i forgot exactly what my lfs guy said but thats pretty much what he said i think. anyway it could say 1.025 but it could be 1.030 if your hydrometer is older or if you don't test the water very carefully. thats how i lost a couple of mine.
just a thought
i suggest taking some water to a nice LFS and have them check your salinity and stuff. hydrometers over time can build up crap and get air bubbles if your not careful when you test the water. i forgot exactly what my lfs guy said but thats pretty much what he said i think. anyway it could say 1.025 but it could be 1.030 if your hydrometer is older or if you don't test the water very carefully. thats how i lost a couple of mine.
just a thought
osborne
Member
thanks everyone for post, the horse seem to do good after one night in the tank and now day later I come home and its back on the bottom again. I have 1 tomato clown, sailfin, bicolor angle and couple of scared groomis in the tank. I have a green brain, sabre anemone and maybe 5 frags. I just had some corals to die of because of low salinty, I now have it around 1.024-1.025. Thanks for all help hate to see lil horsey die.
teresaq
Active Member
Right off the bat i can tell you that any thing that stings will kill your horse. Especially an anemone.
Do you have a QT, I would get it out asap. most all the fish you have will stress a horse out. horses need to be in a species only tank. There are few fish that are suitable tank mates.
take a look at this
http://www.seahorse.org/library/arti...ankmates.shtml
Do you have a QT, I would get it out asap. most all the fish you have will stress a horse out. horses need to be in a species only tank. There are few fish that are suitable tank mates.
take a look at this
http://www.seahorse.org/library/arti...ankmates.shtml
osborne
Member
well, im waiting on QT tank to cycle just started it this week. The only other tank i could put it in had a blue damsel that i took out of this tank to put the horse in. It also has 2 clowns, 1 blue tank and couple of other fish. All fish are small though. So I guess I have made a bad choice buying this horse. Guess a lesson learned. This is a tank raise horse, or at least thats what they told us. Thanks for all info.
cleve_seahorse
Member
Perhaps your horse got stung by the anemone thats in your tank.None of the tankmates are seahorse safe.Your horse is probably very stressed.If you have another cycled tank I'd put the horse in there [with seahorse safe tankmates ] .
kanicky
Member
If seahorses are to be kept with fish at all, they need to be kept with docile tankmates, such as (most, not all) gobies and blennies. Even clownfish are iffy, because they can be aggressive when eating, and ANY fish in the tank with a seahorse will compete with it for food.
It's best to keep them in a species-only tank.
Also, as was already mentioned, stinging corals cannot be kept with seahorses. Seahorses hitch on everything and can be badly hurt if they hitch on a stinging coral or anemone.
I hope you are able to move her/him to her/his own tank and if not, I hope you are able to find a good home for her/him.
It's best to keep them in a species-only tank.
Also, as was already mentioned, stinging corals cannot be kept with seahorses. Seahorses hitch on everything and can be badly hurt if they hitch on a stinging coral or anemone.
I hope you are able to move her/him to her/his own tank and if not, I hope you are able to find a good home for her/him.
monalisa
Active Member
Originally Posted by Kanicky
http:///forum/post/2598536
If seahorses are to be kept with fish at all, they need to be kept with docile tankmates, such as (most, not all) gobies and blennies. Even clownfish are iffy, because they can be aggressive when eating, and ANY fish in the tank with a seahorse will compete with it for food.
It's best to keep them in a species-only tank.
Also, as was already mentioned, stinging corals cannot be kept with seahorses. Seahorses hitch on everything and can be badly hurt if they hitch on a stinging coral or anemone.
I hope you are able to move her/him to her/his own tank and if not, I hope you are able to find a good home for her/him.
I'll take him!!
Lisa
http:///forum/post/2598536
If seahorses are to be kept with fish at all, they need to be kept with docile tankmates, such as (most, not all) gobies and blennies. Even clownfish are iffy, because they can be aggressive when eating, and ANY fish in the tank with a seahorse will compete with it for food.
It's best to keep them in a species-only tank.
Also, as was already mentioned, stinging corals cannot be kept with seahorses. Seahorses hitch on everything and can be badly hurt if they hitch on a stinging coral or anemone.
I hope you are able to move her/him to her/his own tank and if not, I hope you are able to find a good home for her/him.
I'll take him!!
Lisa