Calling all younger reefers

[gregt]

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[Flipturn88]

You're right--you won't find them grazing on grass all day long. On the contrary, they "snick" up their food, which involves a quick sucking movement of their snout. The remains are expelled through the top of their head. Pretty darn cool to watch.

Speaking of seahorses and their cuteness...(talk about a challenge to photograph!)

Hitching on fishing line




The tank

[Don_Gnomio]

wow thats alot of horses..i may have to take a few off ur hands...lol

how many do you think that there are in total?


-Victor

[Flipturn88]

I'm estimating ~50, give or take 10.

[Kamko]

So what do you feed them?

[Don_Gnomio]

i believe that at this stage its phyto...rite?

[LeftCoast]

More like baby brine shrimp or cyclopeez. Am I correct Kayla?

[Don_Gnomio]

remember, bbs, has barely any nutritonal value, and they were just born....

[LeftCoast]

True, but they're still very easy to eat.

[Flipturn88]

Originally posted by Kamko
So what do you feed them?

Newly hatched BBS ("new" being the key word, as they have lots of nutrition before consuming their yolk sac). The most ideal fry food is largely dependent upon the species, but this is what was reccommended for the H. erectus species.

[Don_Gnomio]

ah... ok....

[Wee Man]

Kayla i am so envious. congratulations once again and the best of luck with rearing.

btw what type of filtration are you using? are you just doing water changes every day?

[FalsePerc]

Originally posted by Don_Gnomio
remember, bbs, has barely any nutritonal value, and they were just born....

Neigh. (nevermind the pun) Baby Brine Shrimp has very much nutritional value from their "yolk." It is the adults that are nutritionally worthless.

[Detritivore]

that is so cool.

[majesticangelfish]

Originally posted by FalsePerc
Neigh. (nevermind the pun) Baby Brine Shrimp has very much nutritional value from their "yolk." It is the adults that are nutritionally worthless.

Your right. Starving BS have NO nutritional value. However, by feeding the BS phyto (eg Nanno., or Tetra.) you can gut load the shrimp and get the goodies out of the phyto (HUFAs etc), using the shrimp as a "bag".

Oh, note that red BS have been fed bacteria, green ones have been fed phyto.

HTH

Well done Kayla

[Flipturn88]

Thanks again everyone. I can't make any promises yet, but each day I am learning more and more. Hopefully some day I will get it right.

Originally posted by Wee Man
btw what type of filtration are you using? are you just doing water changes every day?

I have a small in-tank filter (see top right) that is covered in pantyhose to prevent any of the babies from being sucked into one of the many holes. But yes, lots of water changes will also be needed to keep the params in check, although I'm hoping the filter (with a pre-cycled sponge) will help. As you can probably tell, lot of this tank consists of "experimental" stuff I rigged up due to its ease and the specificity required for such a tank (hence the flower pot and pantyhose, lol).

[ReefNutPA]

Kayla... congrats on the seahorse fry! Good job! Please keep posting updates on how they are doing.

Tom

p.s. sorry for intruding on this thread

[Jordan55]

Wow Kayla! That looks awesome!

The surface looks like it is getting a lot of flow..... is this true?

[majesticangelfish]

sweet

[Kamko]

Soon she'll be getting a 1 million gallon tank and an orca

[majesticangelfish]

Originally posted by Kamko
Soon she'll be getting a 1 million gallon tank and an orca

how did you know?

[Wee Man]

heh good luck

[Detritivore]

are you gettng an IKS?

[Jordan55]

I don't think a one million gallon tank could hold an Orca.

[LeftCoast]

Not with the orca happy at least.