OceanPup
Community Member
Hello! I’m Francis, and from San Diego
I’m usually known for having a service dog, owning/rehabbing the random unique/exotic/oddball fish, and replicating academic-validated fish treatments in related research within the seahorse hobby In terms of my tanks, I own a 55 Gallon long mixed-reef tank dedicated to the Coral Sea habitat for my initial pair of hippocampus comes, a minimal-bare bottom 40 Gallon acrylic tank with plastic hitches for the pair of histrix (will transform in a couple of months to a more natural set up), and amphipod culturing set ups. Also have a smaragdina copper 20 Gallon long, planted walstad habitat w/ filtration (for flow) living with 9albino topaz guppies, vampire shrimp, and bamboo shrimp
Due to my interests in animal behavior protocols, psychology, and marine biology, the reef + seahorse habitats I have and will create are generally not recommended due to the variety of challenges that can arise; but the mixed reef+seahorse project is an exception to that rule, hence why I joined the forum to learn from other seahorse-reef hobbyists out here on this forum
I hope to learn and to spread knowledge as well, so more than welcome to help attached are photos of my seahorses:
Hippocampus histrix
Hippocampus comes
I’m usually known for having a service dog, owning/rehabbing the random unique/exotic/oddball fish, and replicating academic-validated fish treatments in related research within the seahorse hobby In terms of my tanks, I own a 55 Gallon long mixed-reef tank dedicated to the Coral Sea habitat for my initial pair of hippocampus comes, a minimal-bare bottom 40 Gallon acrylic tank with plastic hitches for the pair of histrix (will transform in a couple of months to a more natural set up), and amphipod culturing set ups. Also have a smaragdina copper 20 Gallon long, planted walstad habitat w/ filtration (for flow) living with 9albino topaz guppies, vampire shrimp, and bamboo shrimp
Due to my interests in animal behavior protocols, psychology, and marine biology, the reef + seahorse habitats I have and will create are generally not recommended due to the variety of challenges that can arise; but the mixed reef+seahorse project is an exception to that rule, hence why I joined the forum to learn from other seahorse-reef hobbyists out here on this forum
I hope to learn and to spread knowledge as well, so more than welcome to help attached are photos of my seahorses:Hippocampus histrix
Hippocampus comes
