more pics....

[kanicky]

Originally Posted by ClownFiSH11
http:///forum/post/2495842
im gonna try it how long should i run my tank before i add the dwarf's

Wait, so you're wanting to add the Dwarfs to your current 55G tank? The one we were talking about a few posts up? Or are you getting a new one?

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by NyButterfly03
http:///forum/post/2496138
do u want to put dwarves in the 55g?? U will have a problem with feeding if u do that.....Rykna had hers in a 45g with not so good results.

I have my dwarves in a 10g and my regular size horses are in my bigger tank
Im sorry I think I misunderstood
if u are starting a new tank for the dwarves I would say let it run for at least 4 weeks to be safe
I can have Rykna jump in here if I can find her today

we have struck up quite the friendship but I think her opinion is needed b/c she HAS done it..if u dont mind.
Hi!!!
I'm always around here somewhere....

I would definitely would put a HUGE red flag on Dwarf Seahorses(or ponies) in anything larger than a 15 gallon. I learned this the hard way, fortunately no ponies fatalites occurred during the transfers. Bronco300 gave me his ponies because he could no longer give them the attention they needed. When I saw the ponies for the first time, I thought the adults were the babies!!!!!
I had plans to eventually introduce them to my 90 gallon. But after seeing their size I quickly changed my mine. The most difficult part of caring for ponies, #1 actually finding them in their tank, and #2 making sure they get enough to eat. Live baby brine shrimp would disappear in a 90 gallon in a blink of an eye. You ponies would literally starve to death with in days.
I'd be happy to help you! Ask away

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by ClownFiSH11
http:///forum/post/2495842
im gonna try it how long should i run my tank before i add the dwarf's
From my experience. Ponies do best with EVERYTHING artificial in their tanks. I almost lost my entire herd of ponies to a aiptasia invasion. From that day forth, anything that went into their tank was boiled before placing it into the tank.
I slowly started to introduce tigger pods, amphipods, and rotifers.

 

[clownfish11]

umm so i have a 10gal and acn set it up for it how much wulod it all cost me?

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by NyButterfly03
http:///forum/post/2494782
Sorry all....this is an old thread and I didnt see ur post until today

Anywho, 1st off the fry from these dwarves did not make it

but I do still have the adults and am waiting for some new babies in the future (I hope)
ClownFISH11- I "had" baby B&W clownd in with the dwarves but they were moved to my 75g so there were no mishaps when the fry arrived. Currently I have the dwarves along with 2 pipefish,a few mini brittle stars I caught out of my75g,a few VERY small hermits and a neon goby.
I do however have 3 tiger tail SH's in my 75 with the baby B&W's and 2 baby hippos with NO problems at all. Oh and a target manderin
Suzy- i have tried to raise fry befoer with very little success. I had one that lived to be 3 months old and then the dad SH had another batch of fry but he was sick so that got her sick and it was all downhill from there, it wasd heartbreaking

If my male tiger does produce, i wil def try again!!!
The secret to raising pony(dwarf seahorse) fry is feeding day old enriched baby brine shrimp. Even though this mini fry do have a little reserve from their egg sac, they won't last more than 24 hours without eating. And their little snouts have a tough time snicking 48 hr old bbs. Although that doesn't keep the little buggers from trying! So do not be fooled if you see your pony fry what looks to be "eating" older bbs. What is more likely the case is these little fry have become franticly hungry and will try to eat anything that swims by within reach. I have tried removing the baby ponies into a little nursery tank, but stopped using the nursery when it became apparent that the fry were not eating in the nursery. If you do intend to have a nursery, to avoid stress, I think it's best to put the male into the NT a day or two before he gives birth. But after the one problem of eating, I never used the nursery tank again.
A mature adult male pony can have 12-18 fry. Gestation is usually 14-18 days. As the due date approaches, I double up my hatchery production to make sure there are plenty of newly hatched bbs to feed.

 

[clownfish11]

how do i keep em alive in a bucket?

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by ClownFiSH11
http:///forum/post/2496872
how do i keep em alive in a bucket?
A bucket????
here's a pic of one of my 15 gallons

 

[zeke92]

is that last video titan? very cute! i wanna get more once i get money, i had so much more luck with belle. she was great. too bad there lifespan isn't longer

 

[clownfish11]

the littel shrimp you feed them
where do you keep em so they stay alive

 

[clownfish11]

how much did everything that fills the tank cost like the plants and stuff?

 

[nybutterfly03]

u can get complete set ups for like 100$.....someone had a thread going here about it not too long ago if u go back a page or two
I have my BBS in a 2.5g tank so I have a range of sizes at all times and syphon them out and I also have one of the black box type hatcheries that I have going too

 

[clownfish11]

ya but do you put a filter on those?

 

[nybutterfly03]

on the bbs?? no u use a bubbler & air pump to circulate

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by zeke92
http:///forum/post/2497209
is that last video titan? very cute! i wanna get more once i get money, i had so much more luck with belle. she was great. too bad there lifespan isn't longer

Actually that's one of Titan's sons.

Titan was almost 3 years old when the tank crash happened. If the horrible accident hadn't occured, I'm sure he'd be swimming around trying to pick up some girls!!!

 

[poniegirl]

Originally Posted by zeke92
http:///forum/post/2497209
is that last video titan? very cute! i wanna get more once i get money, i had so much more luck with belle. she was great. too bad there lifespan isn't longer

They should live 3 to 5 years, from what I've read...and my own experience seems to support that.
Suzy said that she is raising third generation right now...Suzy, tell us about the ages of your seahorses? Include species, if you would, I have a feeling that is a difinite factor..

 

[suzy]

Originally Posted by PonieGirl
http:///forum/post/2498911
They should live 3 to 5 years, from what I've read...and my own experience seems to support that.
Suzy said that she is raising third generation right now...Suzy, tell us about the ages of your seahorses? Include species, if you would, I have a feeling that is a difinite factor..
Are you talking about H zosterae or full sized equines?
I had a colony of dwarfs for a few years, but I have learned a lot about raising fry since then so my thoughts on their lifespans have changed. But, I do not have them at the moment so any ideas are just antedotal.
I also had a herd of WC H kuda/reidi for a few years, but was not able to raise the fry back then. I also do not know how old they were when I got them, but I had them for a few years.
My current herd is H erectus. The matriarch of the family is a rescue from a fellow reefer, and she is probably around 3? I really keep telling myself I should keep records, but then I don't! But, I have a few of her children/grandchildren that are eating frozen food that were born on Christmas so I hope I will remember that....
What did your fish give you guys for Christmas?

 

[poniegirl]

Originally Posted by Suzy
http:///forum/post/2498938
Are you talking about H zosterae or full sized equines?
I had a colony of dwarfs for a few years, but I have learned a lot about raising fry since then so my thoughts on their lifespans have changed. But, I do not have them at the moment so any ideas are just antedotal.
I also had a herd of WC H kuda/reidi for a few years, but was not able to raise the fry back then. I also do not know how old they were when I got them, but I had them for a few years.
My current herd is H erectus. The matriarch of the family is a rescue from a fellow reefer, and she is probably around 3? I really keep telling myself I should keep records, but then I don't! But, I have a few of her children/grandchildren that are eating frozen food that were born on Christmas so I hope I will remember that....
What did your fish give you guys for Christmas?

I guess I was assuming (uh-oh) that the "Belle" Zeke was referring to was a H comes, if I remember correctly? Not sure, now.
The Christmas part will be easily remembered...it's the darn year I always have trouble with, speaking for myself only, I'm sure!
Three years seems to be about the max I have heard, and have personally kept, seahorses. Like you, my two most recent girls were fully grown when I purchased them, so it's hard to tell.
I got molly fry this year for Christmas..and again this morning