Seahorses

[rocknurworld2006]

are seahorses as hard to look after as made out to be?

and were can u buy them from online?

what are the easiest ones to look after?

and what size of tnak do they need for a pair?

 

[Eigdoog]

I do not know anything about them but where i live i can buy a proved breeding pair for £120. I dont know is thats cheep

I did get told they are kinda hard and need a big ish on there own (300l), dont take my work for it but im only saying what i know.


Thanks Eigdoog

 

[Anguilla82]

i knew of someone who kept a pair in a 24g nano succesfully.
feeding wise they generally need frozen brine shrimp, so the filtration takes a bit of hammering!
low flows are needed as they are not particularly strong swimmers!

 

[Colin_T]

Seahorses are protected under the CITES act and as such any sold in the shops should be captive bred. Captive bred seahorses are easy to keep because they readily eat frozen foods and don't need live foods. This means you can feed them on frozen brineshrimp, mysis, and other sorts of marine foods. They have a high metabolism and need to be fed several times a day.

A pr will be fine in a 100litre tank that has a reasonable filter. As mentioned by Anguilla they don't tolerate lots of water movement so you need good filtration with low water movement. External canister filters or a trickle filter are the best choices. Internal power filters are generally too powerful.

I wouldn't buy any from an online store and would go to a proper shop to buy them from. When the shop assistant catches them make sure the seahorses are not lifted out of the water. They should be scooped out in a container or simply chased into a plastic fish bag that has water in it.

General tank maintenance is the same for seahorses as it is with other fishes. Regular partial water changes and good filter maintenance. Make sure the tank has an established filter before you get them. Keep the nitrates as low as possible and don’t keep any fast moving fishes in the tank with them. Small gobies and bigger cleaner shrimp can be kept with them.

 

[rocknurworld2006]

Seahorses are protected under the CITES act and as such any sold in the shops should be captive bred. Captive bred seahorses are easy to keep because they readily eat frozen foods and don't need live foods. This means you can feed them on frozen brineshrimp, mysis, and other sorts of marine foods. They have a high metabolism and need to be fed several times a day.

A pr will be fine in a 100litre tank that has a reasonable filter. As mentioned by Anguilla they don't tolerate lots of water movement so you need good filtration with low water movement. External canister filters or a trickle filter are the best choices. Internal power filters are generally too powerful.

I wouldn't buy any from an online store and would go to a proper shop to buy them from. When the shop assistant catches them make sure the seahorses are not lifted out of the water. They should be scooped out in a container or simply chased into a plastic fish bag that has water in it.

General tank maintenance is the same for seahorses as it is with other fishes. Regular partial water changes and good filter maintenance. Make sure the tank has an established filter before you get them. Keep the nitrates as low as possible and don’t keep any fast moving fishes in the tank with them. Small gobies and bigger cleaner shrimp can be kept with them.

thanks colin!

are they easy to breed?

 

[Colin_T]

Once they pair up they breed regularly. It does take a couple of months for them to pair off and then once they do they remain as a pr until one dies. Some species will actually dance to each other in the morning when they first wake up. They swim around showing off and getting all carried away
Once they are a pr then they breed. The females lays her eggs in the males pouch where they get fertilised. The male carries the developing eggs and young around for about a month before giving birth to little baby seahorses. The babies have small mouths and need newly hatched brineshrimp for the first month or so. Some species require rotifers for the first few weeks before going on to newly hatched brineshrimp.