Theoretical way to keep dwarf seahorses!

Betta132 · 02/12/2014, 03:51 PM

Okay, I have an idea. Dwarf seahorses need a lot of tiny things to eat, right? And that's hard to provide, right? Well, I think I came up with something.
You set up a little 5g-ish tank with a few different little corals or such for them, and you hook it to a BIG 'fuge, maybe 50g at least. You half-fill the fuge with pods and macros, and there you go! That should feed them.
And, to keep the 'fuge from getting boring, you put a frogfish in it! Frogfish are big enough to not be interested in pods at all. Just make sure your seahorsies won't get sucked into the 'fuge.
Ooh, you could put the seahorsies in an 8g biocube, since it'd have places for the tubing in the filtration system and it's a good size for tiny things to have room.

2_zoa · 02/12/2014, 08:52 PM

I like the fact that your thinking. I like the large fuge idea and while the pods will help supplement the feeding of artemia. IMO, Your still gonna have to hatch and feed. Enriched artemia is best. Sorry, no free rides when it comes to dwarfs.

rcmike · 02/12/2014, 09:16 PM

I cultured copepods in a 10 gal. tank and fed exclusively from it for quite a while. I started out with around 12 dwarfs and ended up with 40 something before a heater malfunction killed them while I was on vacation. I had much better luck than I did with artemia.

02/12/2014, 03:51 PM	#1
Betta132 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,239	Theoretical way to keep dwarf seahorses! Okay, I have an idea. Dwarf seahorses need a lot of tiny things to eat, right? And that's hard to provide, right? Well, I think I came up with something. You set up a little 5g-ish tank with a few different little corals or such for them, and you hook it to a BIG 'fuge, maybe 50g at least. You half-fill the fuge with pods and macros, and there you go! That should feed them. And, to keep the 'fuge from getting boring, you put a frogfish in it! Frogfish are big enough to not be interested in pods at all. Just make sure your seahorsies won't get sucked into the 'fuge. Ooh, you could put the seahorsies in an 8g biocube, since it'd have places for the tubing in the filtration system and it's a good size for tiny things to have room.

02/12/2014, 09:16 PM	#3
rcmike Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dickson, TN Posts: 3,369	I cultured copepods in a 10 gal. tank and fed exclusively from it for quite a while. I started out with around 12 dwarfs and ended up with 40 something before a heater malfunction killed them while I was on vacation. I had much better luck than I did with artemia. __________________ Michael Current Tank Info: 110 oceanic, 2 Radion Pros, 2 MP40s, Apex controller

02/12/2014, 08:52 PM	#2
2_zoa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,840	I like the fact that your thinking. I like the large fuge idea and while the pods will help supplement the feeding of artemia. IMO, Your still gonna have to hatch and feed. Enriched artemia is best. Sorry, no free rides when it comes to dwarfs.