an ideal seahorse aquarium

[jose gomez]

Hello friends am from Costa Rica and I am with a new project, I built an aquarium only for seahores and I would like to know how you can create this tank an ideal place for them , which are the ideal parameters and decoration can I get to be seguar for them.
thank you!

 

[Tahoe61]

Welcome.

You'll want hitching post, some individual use gorgonians, some plastic plants, others macro algae. Depending on the Sea Horse type you want to keep the water temperature in the cooler range, this is pretty important. Flow should not be the type of excessive flow you find in reef tanks. Starting out I would house only Sea Horses with no other fish types. Next your going to have to consider a feeding strategy.

We have a resident Sea Horse expert. I am sure she see this thread and respond.

 

[booth2010]

@SeahorseKeeper

 

[jose gomez]

Hi I'm going to send some photos

 

[jose gomez]

Here is the aquarium!

 

[vlangel]

Hi Jose and welcome to R2R and the world of seahorses. I agree with Tahoe and booth. Low temperatures is important for all seahorses but each specie have their optimum temperature. Reading seahorse keeper's stickies will give you good solid info on them.

Probably a good beginner seahorse to start with are H erectus. I am not sure about in Costa Rica but in the US they are easily attained as captive bred. Captive bred seahorses have lived and spawned in aquariums multiple generations thus making them more adapted to aquarium life. Also captive bred have been trained to eat frozen mysis which makes feeding your seahorses much easier.

If you have any specific questions I will help if I can. I have been keeping seahorses for about a year and a half now so I am not an expert but my seahorses are doing well.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I kept seahorses for 15 years. The thing that made my life easier is sitting on the floor to the right of the tank in the picture below.... the chiller. I set mine for 75. You don't NEED a chiller to keep seahorses, but it's the best investment I ever made. That summer was disease free for me. Usually you'll see a trend in the summer of horses becoming sick left, right and center.

That's a lovely tank. can you get macroalgae?

My tank.....

 

[vlangel]

Ok, so you already have your aquarium and it looks like you also have 1 seahorse. I am thinking a few more rocks or artificial ornaments might make your seahorse feel at home. They like to have places to be more sheltered and less out in the open some times, especially the males. Females can tend to be more outgoing.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I didn't notice the seahorse. I'm concerned about how he's tilted on the rock and not hitchhiked to anything. That's not a normal posture for a seahorse. Did he happen to do that right before the picture, or has been like that for awhile?

 

[vlangel]

I agree with Lionfish Lair about a chiller. I also have one and that assures me that the temperature never gets higher than 74 degrees. They are not cheap but they offer a lot of peace of mind.

 

[jose gomez]

Here is he in the gorgonias

 

[Lionfish Lair]

We know not everyone can get one, but if you can at all, do it. You're life will be a lot less worrisome..... especially living in Costa Rica.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Here is he in the gorgonias

There may be something wrong with his tail..... something isn't right. More pictures? Have you seen him hitch at all? You don't see a white tip, do you?

 

[jose gomez]

Hi Jose and welcome to R2R and the world of seahorses. I agree with Tahoe and booth. Low temperatures is important for all seahorses but each specie have their optimum temperature. Reading seahorse keeper's stickies will give you good solid info on them.

Probably a good beginner seahorse to start with are H erectus. I am not sure about in Costa Rica but in the US they are easily attained as captive bred. Captive bred seahorses have lived and spawned in aquariums multiple generations thus making them more adapted to aquarium life. Also captive bred have been trained to eat frozen mysis which makes feeding your seahorses much easier.

If you have any specific questions I will help if I can. I have been keeping seahorses for about a year and a half now so I am not an expert but my seahorses are doing well.

thanks friend

 

[jose gomez]

There may be something wrong with his tail..... something isn't right. More pictures? Have you seen him hitch at all? You don't see a white tip, do you?

hi; i dont know what is happening to him he seems very stres

 

[jose gomez]

We know not everyone can get one, but if you can at all, do it. You're life will be a lot less worrisome..... especially living in Costa Rica.

jajajaja
It seems easy but here it's hard to get my take them unode

 

[jose gomez]

I kept seahorses for 15 years. The thing that made my life easier is sitting on the floor to the right of the tank in the picture below.... the chiller. I set mine for 75. You don't NEED a chiller to keep seahorses, but it's the best investment I ever made. That summer was disease free for me. Usually you'll see a trend in the summer of horses becoming sick left, right and center.

That's a lovely tank. can you get macroalgae?

My tank.....

hi friend what tipe of macro algae do you have? i think i can get some, and your tank is soooooo pretty!

 

[geofallas]

pura vida Jose! (ya era hora ver lo por aquí!!!)

on this forum you can get a lot tips and information.

 

[jose gomez]

pura vida Jose! (ya era hora ver lo por aquí!!!)

on this forum you can get a lot tips and information.

Pura vida geo! Me la voy a montar bien chiva pero con tiempo y paciencia jajaja

 

[Lionfish Lair]

hi; i dont know what is happening to him he seems very stres

I hate that I missed this. Is the horse OK? In those pictures, there is something wrong with his tail. Has he hitched at all? If he's hitched, is the tip of his tail also tightly grasp, or is he holding it out like it was tender? Is the tip white or light at all? If there is something you don't understand with my questions, let me know and I'll reword it. I'm VERY concerned about the tail.

EDIT: I keep saying "him", but I believe it's a girl. Can't tell for sure because of the gorg in front. From now on I'll say "she".