Seahorse Keepers - Please Check in Here

bang guy

Moderator
Please post your:
Screen name
Years experience keeping Seahorses
Species kept
Self proclaimed experience level (low, moderate, high)
Anything else you wish to share as related to Seahorse expertise
Please, no discussions, just check in.
 

teresaq

Active Member
Screen name TeresaQ
Years experience keeping Seahorses--1 yr research--1 month keeping.
Species kept -- h erectis
Self proclaimed experience level (low, moderate, high) --- low
Anything else you wish to share as related to Seahorse expertise
I know the basics-tank size, tank mates, temps to keep them in, what to look for in a sick horse, but very basic.
 

rykna

Active Member
Screen name: Rykna
Years experience keeping Seahorses:4 mths research, 4 days keeping.
Species kept:h kuda
Self proclaimed experience level (low, moderate, high): Low
Anything else you wish to share as related to Seahorse expertise:
~basic care, tank mates, temps to keep them in, most of the basics.
I would like to know more about meds and illnesses
 

bronco300

Active Member
Screen name: Bronco300
Years experience keeping Seahorses: 1(ONE) month-yea, thats right! Around 1year research
Species kept--Dwarf Seahorses
Self proclaimed experience level (low, moderate, high)---Low in expereince, medium in knowledge
Anything else you wish to share as related to Seahorse expertise
--Know the basics plus some as well for this specific species(setups, hatching bbs daily, meds, enrichments, tank mates, babies, etc)
 

alyssia

Active Member
Screen name: Alyssia
experience: 1 year keeping, 3 months research prior to keeping
Species kept: kudas
self proclaimed experience level: moderate
I know about tankmates, sick horses and treatments, tank size requirements, and how to pick healthy seahorses
 

rubberduck

Active Member
screen name: Rubberduck
experience: many years of helping local fishstore and much information
Species helped keep: many different but mostly minature
Self said experience: moderate
 

monalisa

Active Member
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
Please post your:
Screen name
Years experience keeping Seahorses
Species kept
Self proclaimed experience level (low, moderate, high)
Anything else you wish to share as related to Seahorse expertise
Please, no discussions, just check in.
MonaLisa
None - just studying but planning a 37 tall
None - still studying the best for my set up
low to none
Just in the planning stage of seahorse keeping. Want to be sure to do it right.
 

woolfe

Member
Screen name - Woolfe
Years experience keeping Seahorses - 6 months research, only a couple of weeks owning them
Species kept - Erectus
Self proclaimed experience level (low, moderate, high) - Low
Anything else you wish to share as related to Seahorse expertise
 

ophiura

Active Member
Ophiura
Roughly 1 year
Hippocampus abdominalis - Potbelly Seahorse
Low
I assisted in keeping them as an aquarist at a public aquarium (also to a lesser extent what was likely H. erectus. Also some with H. kuda (LFS)
 

reefreak29

Active Member
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
Please post your:
Screen name
Years experience keeping Seahorses
Species kept
Self proclaimed experience level (low, moderate, high)
Anything else you wish to share as related to Seahorse expertise
Please, no discussions, just check in.
reefreak 29
on and off for 15 years
h.abdominalis-h.erectus-dwarf-h.riedi
moderate
good at disease and treatment and care
 

fender

Active Member
I don't currently have any but am considering setting up a tank in the next 3 months or so. I am moving and will have a basement... which means more tanks.... :cheer:
 

poniegirl

Active Member
Screen name:
PonieGirl
Years experience keeping Seahorses:
8 years actual keeping in my systems
Species kept:
h. Erectus, h. Riedi
Self proclaimed experience level (low, moderate, high):
Moderate
Anything else you wish to share as related to Seahorse expertise:
Still learning after 15 years of exposure and experience!
 
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judib

Guest
screen name is judib
years exp w/seahorses 6
experience level is high
species kept: reidi,erectus, whitei, zosterae, ingens, kelloggi
I've been working with seahorses for the last 6 years, I breed reidi and erectus and zosterae and ingens although working mostly with reidi right now. I am a mod on a seahorse site where I help people with tank setup, husbandry, propagation and rearing, disease and treatment and foods and nutrition.
 

viper_930

Active Member
Screen name: ViPeR_930
Years experience keeping Seahorses: 2 years off and on
Species kept: H erectus, H. kellogi, and H. reidi
Self proclaimed experience level (low, moderate, high): low
My only experience with them was through working at the LFS.
 
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