Plans for My 20 gallon Seahorse/Pipefish Tank [pic intense]

[TippyToeX]

Originally posted by H2OLUVSME
Amy,
which are easy to breed, the nauplii or snickin(?) shrimp?
thanks
landon

They both are! Good news, eh? Somewhat tedious but worth the effort of keeping an supply. If you do not care to keep them reproducing just buy in bulk, use them up and order again.

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

You make it sound so easy Aim!

[H2OLUVSME]

sounds good ill have to do more research on breeding. i want to start some sort of breeding program in the sump of a new 75, im setting up in my office lobby. ive heard of people breeding mysid shrimp and would like to add something live (besides pods) to the tank on a regular basis. ill look into these guys. thanks alot.

landon

[TippyToeX]

Originally posted by AEALOVESHERGIRLS
You make it sound so easy Aim!

Easy when you compare it to keeping delicate creatures like Seahorses. If you are up to care for them, keeping feeder shrimp should be a snap in time.

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

I'm definetly up for the challenge!

[TippyToeX]

Excellent! Take lots of notes. Very helpful for others who are thinking about keeping them.

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

All my notes will be in this thread!

[rjwilson37]

Hey, I just read that Pipefish eat Seahorses.

Not really, I am just kidding.

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

RJ, how many times did you say you were in first grade?

[Flipturn88]

Hahaha!! Most guys never grow up though....

Hey Amy! It's very nice to hear from you again. I will be sure to update you and everyone else on the progress of the tank. Jellyfish are amazing critters, but right now it's all about horses and pipes for me . I'd love to know how everything progresses with your tank.

Thanks also for the link. I will check them out. The horses I will be getting will be CB and already eat frozen foods, but the pipes may need to be weaned from live foods, and this looks like a perfect option.

Thanks again,
Kayla

[Flipturn88]

Originally posted by AEALOVESHERGIRLS
¿Kayla, qué le hace piensa que usted es la reina del idioma? ¡Usted me agrieta arriba! ¿De todos modos, que tal una espiga amarilla para su nano para ayudar con el macro? ¡Apueste a la policÃ*a de espiga querrÃ*a eso!

No creo que soy la reina de este idioma . Y por favor, no use el diccionario de traducción, porque no trabaja muy bien .

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

lol

[Flipturn88]

Did you understand it?

Okay, no more confusing posts...back to the horses.

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

"I do not believe that I am the queen of this language"

"And please, it use not the dictionary of translation, because does not work very well"


Yes Kayla, I hear you!

[Flipturn88]

LOL!

Amanda, where are you planning on ordering/buying your LR?

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

I found a site that sells cured live rock just for nanos!!! It's smaller like softball size pieces. I'm not a very aggressive person so the idea of taking a hammer to a piece of rock to make it fit in a tiny tank doesn't appeal to me

http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merch..._Code=Liverock


Kayla, I can't wait to get started. I just hope I'm able to find one of these tanks. I'm getting worried. Also, being that I have WAY more knowledge now than I did when I set up the 75 gallon, I probably won't have anything in the tank other than rock, pods and macro for 3 months or so. But we'll see how fast the cycle happens and such. I told you I'm seeding the tank like crazy right?

I'm buying the black live sand, then I'm ordering a couple detrivore kits from inland aquatics http://www.inlandaquatics.com/prod/prod_detrit.html

These are the kits I used to seed my 75 for my mandarins. I'm thinking now that I put too many kits in my tank now, because despite the fact I have 2 mandarins, there are so many mysid, amphipods and copepods(as well as about 6 other different creatures that are tiny and running all over my glass that I can't identify) that my mandarins are not even making a dent in the population. In fact, my mandarins should really go on a diet!

Anyway, I will seed my tank fully before any fish, cleanup crew or corals are added. I'm also making sure my CA and all other parameters are in perfect condition for at least a month before adding anything. I got this down now, NO MORE MISTAKES!!!! At least, no big ones

[Flipturn88]

Sounds like a good plan to me!! I hope to get my LR locally so I do not have to cure the tank or worry about aptasia, mantis, etc, but if that does not work out I am going to definatley use Premium Aquatics...I've ordered stuff from them before, and I have no complaints.

You know that seeding the tank would not be necessary for CB horses, but would be a wonderful idea for pipes, since most don't eat frozen to begin with. I think I am going to order a few kits myself.

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

Actually, I haven't actually decided what I'm putting in the tank yet. My main reason for seeding the tank is to make the rock and sand as "live" as possible to make sure the eco-system is balanced and functioning properly, but if I do decide to do pipes, I want to find captive bred if I can.

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

I came accross these great pics, they are of seahorses holding on to pipe fish for a ride. I can't wait!!!!





Actually, this site is great, tells you all about what kinds of stuff to put in the tank and which pipes have to be in pairs and all kinds of info, here...

http://www.seahorses.de/

[majesticangelfish]

Originally posted by Jordan55
German es stupido.

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Amanda, i hope my horses do that too! SO COOL!

[Flipturn88]

I saw that link too...very cool!

Good news...according to a post I made on Seahorse.org, suncorals are 100% safe in a Seahorse tank!! Good news for me--no more pulling the coral out of the tank every three days to feed .

[der_wille_zur_macht]

And the horses will probably not be quick enough to efficiently steal the food from it.

nauplii are definitely easy to hatch and raise, but you have to be careful about nutrition content - if you don't feed them immediately after hatching, they need to be gut loaded with something worthwhile (phyto, etc) otherwise it's like feeding nothing but candy and diet soda to your fish. Check out www.brineshrimpdirect.com for supplies and cysts (eggs).

Or should I say:

Y los caballos probablemente no serán suficiente rápidos robar eficientemente el alimento de lo.

nauplii son definitivamente fácil de salir del huevo y para levantar, pero usted tiene que tener cuidado acerca del contenido de nutrición - si usted no los alimenta inmediatamente después de salir del huevo, ellos necesitan ser intestino cargado con algo que vale la pena (phyto, etc) de otro modo está como alimentar nada más que dulces y sosa de dieta a su pez. : Cheque D fuera www.brineshrimpdirect.com para suministros y quistes (huevos).

Or perhaps:

Und die Pferde werden wahrscheinlich schnell genug wirksam nicht sein, die Speise davon zu stehlen.

nauplii ist bestimmt leicht auszubrüten und zu erheben, aber Sie müssen vorsichtig ungefähr Nahrungsinhalt sein - wenn Sie sie sofort nach Ausbrütung nicht zuführen, sie müssen gefühlsmäßig beladen mit etwas lohnend (phyto, usw) sonst es ist wie Zufuhr nur Süßigkeiten und Diätsoda zu Ihrem Fisch sein. : D Kontrolle aus www.brineshrimpdirect.com für Zubehör und Zysten (Eier).

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

OK, only Eniglish language from now on, I'm sick of using my translater!!!!

[El negrito]

Man you guys, pleas stop using forein languages. Its tough enugh to try and understand english. al thou your spanish is quite as bad as my english anyway. lol

[AEALOVESHERGIRLS]

LOL El Negrito!