Dragon seamoth?

reef_dart21

Member
Originally Posted by Fretfreak13
http:///forum/post/3194236
Woah that's cool. Following this thread for awhile. =O
hopefully you can, i took all the precautions i could to make his arrivle less stressful.
Im having a hard time raising live mysis though, but i do have alot of brine.
its coming after christmas, along with coral and some other things
My reasearch says it likes alot of ground area, not alot of lr and will only eat off the ground no where else and is best housed with peaceful fish such as gobies dragonets seahorses pipefish and other peaceful fish
 

kraylen

Member
Similar to mandarins IME. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a new seahorse exhibit and one of the tank has several of them. I would suggest PE mysis as a goal for feeding... bigger whole shrimp are more appealing to fish... every dragonette I've encountered ended up eating PE so I would try it with your DSM.
 

runn3rb3an

Active Member
I had one. You pretty much have it down though. They really can't turn though be need a lot of room. Set up your tank like it would be for a stingray. What size tank is it going in?
 

reef_dart21

Member
Originally Posted by runn3rb3an
http:///forum/post/3194697
I had one. You pretty much have it down though. They really can't turn though be need a lot of room. Set up your tank like it would be for a stingray. What size tank is it going in?
heh how much room we talking? i though 45 breeder
 

aquaknight

Active Member
Originally Posted by Kraylen
http:///forum/post/3194664
Similar to mandarins IME. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a new seahorse exhibit and one of the tank has several of them. I would suggest PE mysis as a goal for feeding... bigger whole shrimp are more appealing to fish... every dragonette I've encountered ended up eating PE so I would try it with your DSM.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they a cooler water species as well? Like seahorses, preferring tank temps at or below 75°?
Originally Posted by Reef_Dart21

http:///forum/post/3194842
heh how much room we talking? i though 45 breeder
I think runner is talking about a flying gurnard, not a Sea Moth, which is gets larger. A Sea Moth shouldn't get over 3" or so. A 45 breeder is enough size, just concerned about pod sustainability in that size. Do you have a remote refugium on that tank?
 
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saxman

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unfortunately, nobody i know of (including public aquariums) has been able to keep sea moths alive for long no matter WHAT they do, or how they feed them. even very experienced Syngnathid keepers can't keep them alive.
best to leave them in the ocean.
 

reef_dart21

Member
Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/3194910
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they a cooler water species as well? Like seahorses, preferring tank temps at or below 75°?
I think runner is talking about a flying gurnard, not a Sea Moth, which is gets larger. A Sea Moth shouldn't get over 3" or so. A 45 breeder is enough size, just concerned about pod sustainability in that size. Do you have a remote refugium on that tank?
Yes right now it has brine shrimp growing/copepods/calpuera/cheato
it is also gonna get xenia muscles cleaner clams
yes they prefer colder water
 

kraylen

Member
Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/3194910
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they a cooler water species as well? Like seahorses, preferring tank temps at or below 75°?
Correction: Average Temps... 75-80.... They get about 7 inches or bigger to who claimed they stay small.
 

aquaknight

Active Member
Originally Posted by Kraylen
http:///forum/post/3194972
Correction: Average Temps... 75-80.... They get about 7 inches or bigger to who claimed they stay small.
Fishbase has their max size listed @ 10cm (3.9 inches). With the average aquarium fish coming in smaller then that, and aquarium fish rarely if ever reaching their max, I feel comfortable stating the max they're reach is about 3".
The only Pegasidae
that gets larger is the Longtail seamoth, but I'm not sure any have made it into the trade....
 
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saxman

Guest
Originally Posted by Reef_Dart21
http:///forum/post/3194938
its tank bred
if somebody is successfully breeding them, much less keeping them, they're sure being quiet about it, which seems odd, because it's a HUGE deal...
i'd also like to see proof of this, as i've always wanted to keep them.
 

reef_dart21

Member
Originally Posted by saxman
http:///forum/post/3195045
if somebody is successfully breeding them, much less keeping them, they're sure being quiet about it, which seems odd, because it's a HUGE deal...
i'd also like to see proof of this, as i've always wanted to keep them.
To be honest i lied so you would go away
 

reef_dart21

Member
Originally Posted by runn3rb3an
http:///forum/post/3195053
Haha +1
jk
No that's the one I had. It's just pretty active and can barely turn. Mine was always getting stuck on something...
Ya i heard their methodical eaters and can barley turn
i was trying to be mean but i hate when people say that
its not gonna be sent back to the wild by the company.
 

kraylen

Member
Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/3195026
Fishbase has their max size listed @ 10cm (3.9 inches). With the average aquarium fish coming in smaller then that, and aquarium fish rarely if ever reaching their max, I feel comfortable stating the max they're reach is about 3".
The only Pegasidae
that gets larger is the Longtail seamoth, but I'm not sure any have made it into the trade....

Fishbase? Never heard of it... must not be a good source of information since its wrong. Go check out the Monterey Bay Aquarium, they have some well over 3 inches... tell them fishbase said they're wrong.
 
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