seahorse

Hey all, My name is Justin, and I’ve been working with saltwater fish tanks and aquariums for 15+ years. Most of my experience is on setting up fish tanks for private clients (houses, dentists, doctors, etc,) but have worked with a few public aquariums as well. These days, I’m currently...

Barely had these ponies for a month and I am realizing I miss SPS too much. Getting rid of everything in the tank. Having a bit of a GHA issue. I got rid of my turbo snails because I really wanted to keep the blue hypnea algae. I’m pretty flexible with pricing. There are three of the bigger...

In today's Taras Talks we take a deeper dive into seahorses, pipefish, and sea dragons! Taras gives us all the details on the adaptations, diets, and care requirements that make these fish an especially unique addition to the hobby and our oceans! Got a topic you want Taras to talk about next...

Afternoon This is my first time posting so any help would be appreciated. I recently received a seahorse from a family friend that passed away and needed a new home. I have been taking care of saltwater aquariums for over three years now with great success, however the seahorse is the first...

Hello! I’m very new to the saltwater world, but love ocean animals and caring for animals. I’m very attentive and precise, so I think saltwater should go well. I wanted to start with a small aquarium (5-15 gallons) but I wanted to start with a slightly *cooler* animal. I’ve already considered...

Hi all, I just lost one seahorse after 9 months, and it seems the other is now affected by the same sickness (heavy breathing, lethargy, not moving much). It could have been when I introduced a cardinalfish without a QT (I've learned my lesson). After using API General Cure almost 2 days ago...

Hi all, I had a seahorse who just died, and sadly have one left that I really want to save. The one remaining recently stopped eating yesterday, so I am assuming he may have the same illness as the other one was (pattern was first avoiding food, then a day or two later heavier breathing...

Hi everyone, I apologize in advance as I posted in the Seahorse forum earlier today as well, but wanted to just get this visibility in case someone could help lend a hand before my guys die. I have had two seahorses for 9 months, and nothing significant changed that I can recall. Let me post...

Hello, Had two seahorses for about 9 months, and I'm growing concerned about if they're going to survive. Water Parameters: 8.1 ph water temp 72.4 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: ~0.03 1.5 alkalinity ph3 (phosphate): ~0.1 I have a 33 gallon tank, which I change about 5 gallons each week. Diet...

Wanted to know if it would be SAFE to keep rock flower anemones with Sea Horses? I have gorgon’s and pulsing Xenias but wanted to know if it would be safe to keep a rock flower in the mix

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has seen anything like this? It's both eyes, Anything I can do for him, is it to late to do anything? He is still eating by himself.

Sometime last week, one of our 2 seahorses refused to latch and had some fairly poor behaviors where she started refused to eat. The situation reached a peak where we were dipping her in methylene blue for 30-45 minutes at a time with a bubbler + tube feeding him seachem mixed paste from mysis...

So I’ve decided to get out of the seahorse game for a bit. I’ve traded off my prior 4 seahorses, and now am looking to sell of these remaining two at a discounted price to the right person. One of them is a wild caught female erectus that has been dewormed and has been eating frozen food for...

Hi I’m Shannon if you like garden eels and seahorses.. I would like to show you one of my very successful tanks. It’s so fun to feed and watch these guys every day. They’re set up in my daughters room and she just loves to see their little heads pop up and down ☺️

I’m transforming my waterbox cube 20 into a dwarf seahorse tank. I’ve noticed, on professional builds, there’s usually a really nice thing that replaces the return jets for something calm and more natural. Is anyone aware of options for return jets and seahorses? Sites? Links?

Hi all, I have had my sea horses (erectus) for about 7 weeks and so far so good. I wanted to ask for advice and do a “gut check” on my approach to feeding. i have those frozen Mysis cubes, and frozen enriched brine cubes. in my 33 gallon tank I have : 1 lawnmower Blenny (who is kind to my...

Hello! I wanted to get some input on stocking ideas for my 60-gallon reef tank. Right now it's mainly empty (just a clownfish and royal gramma) and a bunch of corals. The tank itself is pretty well-established and I'm considering getting a more 'finicky' fish but can't seem to make up my mind...

Here is my 32 gallon seahorse tank! There are lots of kinds of macroalgaes in it, snails, hermit crabs, 2 lettuce nudibranchs, a blood fire shrimp, and 2 captive bred male seahorses (hippocampus erectus). There are also galaxy pods and live mysis shrimp in there. I add frozen mysis shrimp and...

I live in Italy, where summers are very hot and electricity much more expensive than the US. I'm gonna be keeping either Kuda or Erectus seahorses, so, despite the cost, I'm having to set up a chiller. What's the hottest temperature I can run a seahorse tank without risking infections or...

Hi reef2reef! I am starting a 32 gallon seahorse tank, and I plan on adding macroalgae instead of corals for that lush, planted look. I will be adding a pair of male seahorses (I wouldn't be able to take care of any babies!) My questions are: 1) When should I add the macroalgae? Before or...

Giant Hawkfish 3-4” $100 Passer King Angelfish 5” $120 CB Tigertail seahorses $65 each Located in 90745

Hello. First post in the medical section so please let me know if I’m missing something/did something wrong. On Saturday, my banded pipefish had what I thought looks like a small abrasion behind its vent/dorsal fin. There was a small patch ever so slightly off color (more white/faded) with just...

We have just imported the first batch of captive raised H. Ingens seahorses in a long time! These beautiful seahorses are the largest of the seahorse group and can grow up to 12” tall. We are very excited to make them available to the hobby again. Here’s the direct link via our website...

Good morning reef2reef! Over the weekend my LFS helped me confirm that at least one of my male seahorses is pregnant! I've been trying to find a solid answer on how to successfully raise some seahorses online but haven't had any luck yet . If ANYONE has any experience with this can you please...

Hi guys, I'm a lurker on R2R that decided it was time to start posting about my tanks to gain more insight into this new hobby that my fiancé and I fell in love with. I apologize in advance for the long read. We started this adventure at the end of December last year after Christmas. Kind of...