Juvenile lined seahorse

[haigyfish]

Hey y’all just got a juvenile lined seahorse rbat supposedly eats frozen mysis. I purchased mini mysis frozen and attempted to feed it today however my flow in my tank is very low because I used to have dwarf seahorses. Is there anything I can do to help with the flow or maybe adjust the direction? Any tips for FIRDT day? I’ve kept the light off except just to take this picture .
Temperature Is 77.6 is this too high? I’ve seen 74-75 recommendation

Thank you

 

[haigyfish]

Hey y’all just got a juvenile lined seahorse rbat supposedly eats frozen mysis. I purchased mini mysis frozen and attempted to feed it today however my flow in my tank is very low because I used to have dwarf seahorses. Is there anything I can do to help with the flow or maybe adjust the direction? Any tips for FIRDT day? I’ve kept the light off except just to take this picture .
Temperature Is 77.6 is this too high? I’ve seen 74-75 recommendation

Thank you

@Jay Hemdal @seahorse_reef @vetteguy53081

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Has it eaten yet? Seahorses need to eat frequently, they graze all day.

Seahorses normally eat copepods as their normal diet, have you tried feeding pods? You can buy pods, can also buy things like frozen cyclops, can o cyclops, bottle of artic pods, etc.... Live baby brine shrimp should also work.

Seahorses don't like too much flow, they are not strong swimmers. At the same time, you should try to avoid the water becoming stagnant. There should be some agitation on the water surface at least, to help with gas exchange.

77.6 is higher than I would do it, I would keep it closer to 75

I don't have my seahorses yet, I will build my seahorse tank after Christmas, so I've been researching a lot and my rocks are curing and my mangrove tree growing

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hey y’all just got a juvenile lined seahorse rbat supposedly eats frozen mysis. I purchased mini mysis frozen and attempted to feed it today however my flow in my tank is very low because I used to have dwarf seahorses. Is there anything I can do to help with the flow or maybe adjust the direction? Any tips for FIRDT day? I’ve kept the light off except just to take this picture .
Temperature Is 77.6 is this too high? I’ve seen 74-75 recommendation

Thank you

You've had this for 3 or 4 days now, right?
Can you contact the breeder to compare notes?
Why are the lights off, if it is too dark, it won't feed.
It might be a little warm, but that would make it feed more aggressively.

Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hey y’all just got a juvenile lined seahorse rbat supposedly eats frozen mysis. I purchased mini mysis frozen and attempted to feed it today however my flow in my tank is very low because I used to have dwarf seahorses. Is there anything I can do to help with the flow or maybe adjust the direction? Any tips for FIRDT day? I’ve kept the light off except just to take this picture .
Temperature Is 77.6 is this too high? I’ve seen 74-75 recommendation

Thank you

They dont require much flow as they are slow swimmers and feeders. Frozen mysis in time is accepted but often you want to start with live foods such as brine shrimp, copepods and rotifiers. 76 is a good temp

 

[haigyfish]

They dont require much flow as they are slow swimmers and feeders. Frozen mysis in time is accepted but often you want to start with live foods such as brine shrimp, copepods and rotifiers. 76 is a good temp

Thank you for all the advice does any thing look of in these pictures below?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thank you for all the advice does any thing look of in these pictures below?

I don't see anything off in the pictures - is it breathing fast?

Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thank you for all the advice does any thing look of in these pictures below?

Same here- appears normal
Maintain good water quality

 

[haigyfish]

I don't see anything off in the pictures - is it breathing fast?

Jay

No sir it doesn’t seem to have rapid breathing but I do have live bbs on standby , unfortunately my heater spiked randomly to 79.6 when I was at school for a hour or so before I got home to fix it. Both the mandarin and seahorse were fine

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

No sir it doesn’t seem to have rapid breathing but I do have live bbs on standby , unfortunately my heater spiked randomly to 79.6 when I was at school for a hour or so before I got home to fix it. Both the mandarin and seahorse were fine

That temperature would not be a problem for the short term....

Jay

 

[haigyfish]

That temperature would not be a problem for the short term....

Jay

Was never fully sure if it ate the frozen and before I risked ANYTGING I have given live bbs the last 3 days is there a ways you suggest to hook it on frozen. I have mini mysis although some of the pieces do look normal. Here is the sehaorse pictures below currently posted

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Was never fully sure if it ate the frozen and before I risked ANYTGING I have given live bbs the last 3 days is there a ways you suggest to hook it on frozen. I have mini mysis although some of the pieces do look normal. Here is the sehaorse pictures below currently posted

Is it eating the live BBS?

Jay

 

[haigyfish]

Is it eating the live BBS?

Jay

Yes I have seen it snapping and very interested when I put it in

 

[haigyfish]

Yes I have seen it snapping and very interested when I put it in

After 4 days I already have hydroids appearing in my tank. Do I need to worry with the juvenile sehaorse and mandarin goby? Are there stings fatal?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

After 4 days I already have hydroids appearing in my tank. Do I need to worry with the juvenile sehaorse and mandarin goby? Are there stings fatal?

Yes, baby brine grow those really well, but 4 days is fast for them to show up!

They aren't fatal except for baby fish, but they do irritate larger fish. Scrape and siphon is one technique. Public aquariums control them with chloroquine sometimes.

Jay

 

[haigyfish]

Yes, baby brine grow those really well, but 4 days is fast for them to show up!

They aren't fatal except for baby fish, but they do irritate larger fish. Scrape and siphon is one technique. Public aquariums control them with chloroquine sometimes.

Jay

So a little update seahorse is alive and we’ll always hanging on the filter outflow at top right of tank. However the last day my mandarin goby has been squirming and only on the floor. It looks thin but I’ve been feeding live bbs daily two/three times I add. Nitrate is a little high at .15ppm but I did an immediate change. Seahorse doesn’t seem to have a affection to the water parameters with salinity 1.021 and temp 76.6

 

[haigyfish]

So a little update seahorse is alive and we’ll always hanging on the filter outflow at top right of tank. However the last day my mandarin goby has been squirming and only on the floor. It looks thin but I’ve been feeding live bbs daily two/three times I add. Nitrate is a little high at .15ppm but I did an immediate change. Seahorse doesn’t seem to have a affection to the water parameters with salinity 1.021 and temp 76.6

New update, I went ahead and bought another seahorse this was an adult! I do not have the mandarin in THis tank anymore, just the juvenile and adult seahorse. Plus 3 hermit crabs. When at the LFS I spotted this beautiful seahorse however the tail looked white and I asked the owner he said it looks fine. Upon taking it out in light I couldn’t tell and again I asked does this tail look normal. I have a feeling I should have gone with my gut because when I put him under decent bright lights this is what I got. I am worried about the seahorse I know it can be stressed but is resting in the sand. After it was added the juvenile swam over to the adult and latched onto him for 3 mins before departing .
Thoughts ?

 

[haigyfish]

New update, I went ahead and bought another seahorse this was an adult! I do not have the mandarin in THis tank anymore, just the juvenile and adult seahorse. Plus 3 hermit crabs. When at the LFS I spotted this beautiful seahorse however the tail looked white and I asked the owner he said it looks fine. Upon taking it out in light I couldn’t tell and again I asked does this tail look normal. I have a feeling I should have gone with my gut because when I put him under decent bright lights this is what I got. I am worried about the seahorse I know it can be stressed but is resting in the sand. After it was added the juvenile swam over to the adult and latched onto him for 3 mins before departing .
Thoughts ?

I also added a bubbler to my tank because I have such low flow, I’m not sure if I need to keep this forever.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

New update, I went ahead and bought another seahorse this was an adult! I do not have the mandarin in THis tank anymore, just the juvenile and adult seahorse. Plus 3 hermit crabs. When at the LFS I spotted this beautiful seahorse however the tail looked white and I asked the owner he said it looks fine. Upon taking it out in light I couldn’t tell and again I asked does this tail look normal. I have a feeling I should have gone with my gut because when I put him under decent bright lights this is what I got. I am worried about the seahorse I know it can be stressed but is resting in the sand. After it was added the juvenile swam over to the adult and latched onto him for 3 mins before departing .
Thoughts ?

I can see some paleness near the end of the tail that is not normal, and is a pretty common sign of bacterial or Uronema in seahorses. Hopefully it is just a minor injury/scrape and it will go away.

Is the new horse eating?

Jay

 

[haigyfish]

I can see some paleness near the end of the tail that is not normal, and is a pretty common sign of bacterial or Uronema in seahorses. Hopefully it is just a minor injury/scrape and it will go away.

Is the new horse eating?

Jay

The seahorse was added this afternoon so I have only tried feeding once I will try and again soon and wait for its response! It has been hitched onto a dead coral for the past 2 hours and moved from the resting spot on the sand. I tried mini mysis earlier I will try frozen brine shrimp soon.
Temperature 75.4