Seahorse Tank

[tarashane]

Okay, so i hear from a lot of people that seahorses are not easy to keep. Does anyone know anything about keeping them? I'm thinking about starting up a 6 Gal tank with seahorses only. (Not right away, but in the near future. I'd like to learn a lot more first.) If anyone has ANY suggestions, that would be VERY helpful, considering I don't know much about seahorses. Thanks for the help! Tara

 

[escape2thewater]

i'm new here too, but IMO a 6gal tank will ensure thier early demise. I do know they require a very stable, well established system to survive at all. HTH
Kyle

 

[killafins]

In a six gallon aquarium you will need to get dwarf seahorses... however, to establish ur aquarium healthily for u and the seahorses, u will need to get... 6-7 seahorses.. which isnt' going to be cheap. My recommendation is to either get a 2 gallon dwarf seahorse tank where u can keep 4-5 or get a 20-30 gallon aquarium and keep 2 bigger seahorses like h. fuscus or a mustange or anything alone those lines.
There is an article in fish discussion about seahorses that i would recommend you to read. You can even do a search on seahorses... read the posts and scroll down to :FOTW SEAHORSES!!!
What I would recommend is for you to spill all your questions this way it would be easier for people to answer more directly.

 

[tarashane]

Killafins - Thank you so much for telling me to read that. It was very informing and i loved it! You did a really good job and you know so much! Anyway, thanks again

 

[killafins]

do u have any more questions?

 

[tarashane]

Are you kidding me? I have millions! I don't even know where to begin. What is the best (and easiest) seahorse to keep? How small are the dwarf seahorses? Should I feed just frozen, or live? In Las Vegas, it's not easy to get live brine shrimp, and if you can get it, it's not cheap. Could i just get an eclipse tank with the filter and lights already in it, or do i need to upgrade a lot? How many lbs. of LR would i need in a 3 Gal tank? LS or is regular sand okay? They sound so awesome! (Sorry so many ???)
Do you know anything about cowfish? I like them a lot too. Any other insite you have would be great. Thanks a lot. Tara

 

[killafins]

Cowfish release toxins when they are threatened and die... there dumb and fun to watch swim. Mine got trapped in the castle tower, sadly... and didn't find it until weeks after it was missing.
Yes, u can... for a 3 gallon get five pounds of live rock... but just go through the live rock VERY carefully... You don't need really special anything except hitching posts. With almost all seahorses, unless captive bred, u will probably be feeding live. However please don't buy wild caught... get captive bred.
!) Eat frozen Usually
@) Arn't offecting the population in the ocean ( seahorses are comming close to being endangered)
#) Won't have such a great chance as carrying diseases and that kinds of stuff....
For such a small aquarium, buy a small bag of live sand... it will only help u know... just make sure u don't skimp out on things... e-mail me if u wish...

 

[jake22]

If you are getting dwarf seehorses you have to becareful with the live rock and sand since there will be things on the rock and in the sand that could sting them.
You can train seehorses you buy to eat frozen. there are many ways to do it.If you decide to go with a mustang then you should feed it ghost shrimp instead of brine. Brine does not have enough nutrition for seehorses so if you want to feed it to them you have to enrich first.

 

[tony detroit]

Is there a book you can buy on seahorses or a book with a good section on seahorses?

 

[killafins]

for the size of tank... ur only option will be dwarf or pixy seahorses are seahorses of that type. I recommend dwarf. FOr dwarves u will be most likely stuck with feeding them live brine in which u will have to hatch and feed the brine as they are babies. The reality in training seahorses who weren't fed frozen since they were babies is likely not to happen. You can try but make sure that is not ur only food source.

 

[dreeves]

http://www.breeders-registry.gen.ca....wntr/horse.htm
http://www.breeders-registry.gen.ca..../shorse_n1.htm
http://ww2.mcgill.ca/biology/faculty/vincent/
The first and foremost thing you should consider doing before even considering seahorse's is read read and then read somemore...
Seahorses are demanding creatures...but well worth the effort.

 

[cb]

I too am thinking about a seahorse tank in the near future and someone referred me to this site seahorses.org it is very informative.

 

[tony detroit]

Thanks for the links guys
tony

 

[saltwaterdave]

www.seahorse.org
Check it out.