Too Small?

[YoCamron]

Ya, I'm pretty sure we haven't gotten past the live food yet. I've never kept dwarfs, so others who have kept them would better able to answer those questions.

dwarfs are too small to eat frozen. i guess you could try and cut up mysis, but its easier to feed live. I sometimes feed frozen brine, but brine isnt too nutritious so i keep a decent colony of copepods in the tank

 

[YoCamron]

How do you hatch your brine shrimp eggs?
What do you do to feed the dwarves in general?

Thanks

live brine and copepods. i have a "hatchery" which is basically a soda bottle cut in half with an air pump and a light

 

[Lionfish Lair]

They eat BBS only, pretty much. They were trying cyclopeeze and the dwarfs were taking it, but they weren't thriving on it and were dying prematurely.

Hatching BBS I know about. I bred regular seahorses for awhile. I used 2L plastic bottles. I used tap water and regular salt... that's right.... nasty tap water and table salt. Every day I would just hatch more. I had several bottles going at any given time and would grow them out some, as the horses got larger.

 

[Baby Ray]

live brine and copepods. i have a "hatchery" which is basically a soda bottle cut in half with an air pump and a light[/QUOTE

How do you set up the hatchery?
How often do you feed them?
How long can the shrimp live in the bottle?

Sorry for all the questions.... I just really like seahorses and I want to know everything about how to take care of them.

 

[Baby Ray]

That was weird. Somehow my posted got into the reply bubble

 

[YoCamron]

i feed them twice a day, i only feed them medium sized ones. anything over medium is too big. the hatchery is a coke cut in half, with a air pump, and a desk lamp. i buy live brine from where i work

 

[Baby Ray]

i feed them twice a day, i only feed them medium sized ones. anything over medium is too big. the hatchery is a coke cut in half, with a air pump, and a desk lamp. i buy live brine from where i work

That must be nice to be able to buy them at work. My dad actually worked at a saltwater fish store when he was in college but back then they could not keep corals.

How long can the shrimp live in the hatchery?
I saw someone who scooped the brine shrimp eggs out of the hatchery because he said that they were a pollutant. Is that true?

 

[YoCamron]

I work at a supply store (mostly for dogs and cats) we have a ****** freshwater selection, but we can order nice saltwater fish, inverts, and corals. they take 24-48 hours to hatch and i let them grow a day. not sure how long they would last in the bottle

 

[Baby Ray]

I work at a supply store (mostly for dogs and cats) we have a ****** freshwater selection, but we can order nice saltwater fish, inverts, and corals. they take 24-48 hours to hatch and i let them grow a day. not sure how long they would last in the bottle

Cool, thanks for all the help.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

live brine and copepods.

They eat BBS only, pretty much

That sounds like I'm disagreeing with you. I was typing as you were posting. That's a +1. There will be zero copepods in there with them around.

 

[Baby Ray]

Do you know what species they were? Erectus maybe?

I called the fish store and they said that they were Ready Erectus.
Do they need a 30 gallon or can a pair go in something smaller?
I want to keep them in the smallest tank possible without them being cramped. Once I said that is sounded very sick.
You know what I mean

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Ready? I have no idea what they mean by that..... Hmmmmm

Oh! Could it have been Reidi? People say it a bunch of different ways. To say it correctly is "Read eye".

A 28j nano-cube? Still to big? Does anyone know if there has been fuscus around lately? They are a smaller species.

 

[Baby Ray]

Ready? I have no idea what they mean by that..... Hmmmmm

Oh! Could it have been Reidi? People say it a bunch of different ways. To say it correctly is "Read eye".

A 28j nano-cube? Still to big? Does anyone know if there has been fuscus around lately? They are a smaller species.

I spelled it wrong.
They were a little smaller then other seahorses that I have seen.

The problem is that I am only 13 so I am trying to go as small as possible so I can convince my parents. My birthday is coming up in April so I have a good amount of time to think about my choices and convince them.
I would also like to maybe try to keep pipefish so I guess that I would have to have a bigger tank to keep those.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

There are two species represented by the names. One is H. reidi, the other is H. erectus.

Get your parents involved in looking over their care before diving in. Here's a PDF that may start you off. It's a printable booklet, that's why the pages are out of order.

 

[Baby Ray]

I found this one marine depot
What is the difference between intermittent and advanced LED lighting?

 

[Baby Ray]

There are two species represented by the names. One is H. reidi, the other is H. erectus.

Get your parents involved in looking over their care before diving in. Here's a PDF that may start you off. It's a printable booklet, that's why the pages are out of order.

Thanks

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Do you go on family vacations? Do you have someone to look after them, if you do? Seahorses can't go very long without food. They are not like a lot of other fish, in that they do not have a true stomach. Other fish are more forgiving when not being fed.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I found this one marine depot
What is the difference between intermittent and advanced LED lighting?

I think the link is missing.

 

[Baby Ray]

I have a really good friend who wants a fish tank and his parents won't let him get one because they have a beta, Jack Russell, Great Dane, 2cats and a weasel. I think that they might also have a bird or something but they have so many pets I can't keep up with it. He would love to take care of my fish and seashores when I go on vacation for a week or more.
Here is the link:
http://www.marinedepot.com/JBJ_28_G...lons-JBJ_Lighting-JB7137-FIAQNCCKTLTT-vi.html

 

[Baby Ray]

Also, I ready the article and it is great. The one thing that I saw in there is that a tank must be 2 times the hight of the seahorse when it's tail is uncurled and any nano-cube wouldn't be tall enough.
Do you think that I would be better of having a normal tank with a sump?
That is what I have right now and I love my sump. It hides all of my filtration