johnmauser Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Hi all. I revamped my office pico while I'm changing offices. It used to have liverock and a few corals but I've changed it into a horse ranch. Caleurpa, a slow air driven filter and horses...that's it. I've got six horses, I'm pretty sure that only one is a male...but he came in the mail pregnant! I'll try to keep this post updated, especially when the male has his babies. Heres a few pics for you. Enjoy, John Link to comment
Jamie Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 So Cute I almost got a few of those but two sw tanks was to much for me to manage. Link to comment
johnmauser Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 So Cute I almost got a few of those but two sw tanks was to much for me to manage. I only have 4 at my house Link to comment
kiltboy1675 Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 If you dont mind me asking; Where did you get your horses from? What do you feed? Whats the matinence schedule? Link to comment
johnmauser Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 If you dont mind me asking; Where did you get your horses from? What do you feed? Whats the matinence schedule? I pm'd you Link to comment
monsterfishkeeper Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 i got the same question as kiltboy1675 Link to comment
althefishguy Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Very Nice what are You feeding ? If You want more pm Me I will be ready to ship around the 15th of june !! Link to comment
pico1 Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Is that the new whisper filter made for raising fry? Very cool tank, but topoffs will be a PITA Link to comment
johnmauser Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 monsterfishkeeper and althefishguy have pm's pico1 it is a whisper filter, not sure if it was made for fish fry or not but I got it for about $10 at petsmart and it seems to do the trick. For topoffs, I just keep a bottle of RO water sitting out to top it off every other day and I do a weekly water change. So far, so good...just waiting for the arrival of the dreaded hydroids. Link to comment
pico1 Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 you should only get hydroids if you have live rock Link to comment
Snoop Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Your wrong pico you can get the from brine shrimp. Link to comment
johnmauser Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 you should only get hydroids if you have live rock I've read this many times also but I know this to be false. I raise jellyfish for a living and get colonies of hydroids in the system all the time. These tanks are bare of anything and the water also passes through a UV Steralizer. The only way that these hydroids can get in there is with the artemia (brine shrimp). By the way, these artemia eggs are high quality and are decapsulated. So unfortunately, I fear it is just a matter of time until they show up in a dwarf seahorse system. Hydroids are nasty and will actually grab hold of the jellies as they float by. John Link to comment
johnmauser Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 then there were 11... I woke up this morning to find extra horses in my tank, and a father horse with an empty belly I'm able to find 5 of them, I think that's all there is but it's hard to tell since they hide so well. They're quite large compared to baby h. erectus I've seen in the past. I fed out bbs this afternoon and the babies were working at them. Here's one not so good shot for size comparison. I'll try to get some better ones. Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 thats GREAT!.. i bet there is more then 5.. with all that macroalge i dont think you'll ever count them all atleast until there a little larger Link to comment
SLOreefer Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 im also interested in the maintanence of these little guys...why dont you just post up on here instead of pm'ing everyone...enlighten us please Link to comment
bigbabich Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 I'll second that..or fourth it. Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 make baby brine shrimp every day.. feed them enriched baby brine shrimp daily.. and um.. lots of waterchanges and some people say not to use Lr with the because of Hydroids Link to comment
johnmauser Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 The reason that I didn't post the seahorse supplier up here is because he's just a diver I know that sells some livestock he catches. He's not a big time seahorse supplier and I really want to keep him to myself. There are plenty of dwarf seahorse suppliers out there, just do a search on yahoo. I'm surprised how many people are interested in these guys. Don't get me wrong, theyre awesome, but if you knew how much work there was involved in raising them, you might change your mind. If I wasn't already raising baby brine shrimp to feed jellyfish, I'd be sick of taking care of these guys by now. I'm hoping to be able to captive breed these guys, I feel bad about taking them out of the wild. John Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 www.seahorsesource.com awesome person.. never heard any complaints.. for those of u who do want Dwarf Seahorses..they are also captive bred.. i'll be picking my Seahorses up from him sometime around july (he's local to me).. Link to comment
SLOreefer Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 im not asking for your supplier...im asking your routine and maintanence...your feeding schedule, equipment youve found neccessary, downfalls with your setup, things like that...i could care less who you get them from. i know they are a ton of maintanence but i want to know how much...ive been reefing for 8 or so years, i understand dedication and routine Link to comment
DementedLullaby Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 seahorse.org has all the care info you will ever need. If you want to keep seahorses and your not a member there then you fail lol! Sign up I want to keep dwarfs someday. My fiancee and I both love seahorses. Maybe next winter right now we're both pretty broke lol! If anyone knows a source in Canada though feel free to PM me ~_^ Link to comment
althefishguy Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 You can cut down Maint. if You keep Sys. like a fuge !!! get some pods or get some good macro out of a fuge should be loaded with creatures !!! That will give them a natural food source cuts down on live brine !!! macro cuts down on junk algae so sys. needs less maint. !!! The easiest way to get them to breed is a temp. drop for 2-3 days !!! Once You get fry start them on phytoplan etc. they will eat processed food as adults that way !!! I will have horses ready to ship in about a week !!!! Link to comment
irishtexan Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Well I am thinking about getting dwarfs and have been researching like crazy. But there is one thing that I do not understand. If you do not use live rock or live sand, how do you cycle the tank? What are your methods, and how long does it take? Thanks! texan Link to comment
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