where is the post???
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m0nk
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Originally Posted by larrynews
wasnt there a post about flow in a horse tank, someone got books for christmas,and was questioning the light flow, that in the wild they are in rough waters, what happened to that i was look to see what everyone thought
I think that was posted by Rykna.
wasnt there a post about flow in a horse tank, someone got books for christmas,and was questioning the light flow, that in the wild they are in rough waters, what happened to that i was look to see what everyone thought
I think that was posted by Rykna.
rays862
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It is fine to have a strong flow in the horse tank as long as there are low flow areas for them to retreat to. My erectus love to grab a hold of their spraybar
and stick their heads in the flow, then they'll let go and swim against the current, but they do have quiet areas to retreat to.
and stick their heads in the flow, then they'll let go and swim against the current, but they do have quiet areas to retreat to.
rykna
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Originally Posted by m0nk
I think that was posted by Rykna.
Guilty!!
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/300053/29-w-horses-ponies-w-live-food
Over the holiday season I received many new books regarding care, housing, and breeding seahorses. These books held key information that I have been searching for.
Much of the information available for caring and keeping seahorses, IMHO, does not make sense.
Here is one example: Seahorse tanks need low flow
my vote: FALSE
Seahorses are opportunistic hunters by nature. You can take the seahorse out of the wild, but you can't take the hunter out of the seahorse. In nature they live in coastal waters, from 5 to 30(sometimes found even deeper), which have the highest flow rates of the entire ocean. That is why they love seaweed. Hitching posts are the secret to their survival in the wild. With ample posts available, all a seahorse needs to do for dinner is order room service..."What ever swims by is fine Alfred."
And this is what lead me to my conclusion that horses should not be housed in low flow.
First of all most pictures of wild Seahorses show them hitched to some type of Sea Fan, Marine Plants, Tree Sponges, or Gorgonian. All these corals need extremely high flow because they are filter feeders, hence why they live in the nutrient saturated waters of reefs, in which the high flow brings in the greatest amount of nutrients... so what eats the phytoplankton and zooplankton that the filter feeders eat? Amphiopods, copepods, rotifers and various tiny shrimp such as Mysis Shrimp. These tiny critters make up the main diet of wild seahorses. Hence why seahorses live in the coastal regions. Therefore seahorses habitats would and should have high flow.
There is much more to share
I think that was posted by Rykna.
Guilty!!
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/300053/29-w-horses-ponies-w-live-food
Over the holiday season I received many new books regarding care, housing, and breeding seahorses. These books held key information that I have been searching for.
Much of the information available for caring and keeping seahorses, IMHO, does not make sense.
Here is one example: Seahorse tanks need low flow
my vote: FALSE
Seahorses are opportunistic hunters by nature. You can take the seahorse out of the wild, but you can't take the hunter out of the seahorse. In nature they live in coastal waters, from 5 to 30(sometimes found even deeper), which have the highest flow rates of the entire ocean. That is why they love seaweed. Hitching posts are the secret to their survival in the wild. With ample posts available, all a seahorse needs to do for dinner is order room service..."What ever swims by is fine Alfred."
And this is what lead me to my conclusion that horses should not be housed in low flow.
First of all most pictures of wild Seahorses show them hitched to some type of Sea Fan, Marine Plants, Tree Sponges, or Gorgonian. All these corals need extremely high flow because they are filter feeders, hence why they live in the nutrient saturated waters of reefs, in which the high flow brings in the greatest amount of nutrients... so what eats the phytoplankton and zooplankton that the filter feeders eat? Amphiopods, copepods, rotifers and various tiny shrimp such as Mysis Shrimp. These tiny critters make up the main diet of wild seahorses. Hence why seahorses live in the coastal regions. Therefore seahorses habitats would and should have high flow.
There is much more to share
