seahorsemad

I drove mine up from Napier to Auckland a couple of weeks ago without a hitching post and they were fine. The seahorse farm sends them in an overnight courier to Auckland without a hitching post as well. In saying that, when they do get couriered overnight they are exhuasted so i would suggest if you could put a hitching post in a bag they would appreciate it . I would use some marine rope. You can buy it from most marine shops. It will float but it will give them something to hold on to when they get exhuasted and it is soft enough not to puncture a hole in the bags. Alternatively you could use one branch of a plastic plant. I would also put two seahorses to a bag as they can hold onto each other and have a rest occasionally.

i saw one worse in Australia, you know the containers that bio suppliers put there fly lavae in (could not be more than 200ml's). Well i saw a wall full of them each having one betta in it. They had a hole cut out of the lid for breathing and that was about it. They could not move up or down and could not turn. It was one of the saddest things i have seen as a fish keeper.

hi nimbus I would read the book, you dont have to look at the pictures if you dont want to and it is a great book. I go shrimping with big fish nets at the local rockpools, its great fun and keeps kids entertained for hours

all right i shall stop lurking and tell you my bit Name: Alisha Age: late 20's Occupation: Credit Officer Sex: female Book: Cant remember the name of it but is the true story about a guy in the states who was cannoning on his own and managed to get his arm stuck under a falling rock. Very good book but blow to blow pictures should not be looked at if you have a weak stomach Hobbies: Fishing (again not in the tanks) , cross stitch, scrapbooking, reading, shrimping for seahorses, 4WDing (partner is building a lexus powered hilux in the garage, her name is sheila and she is the other woman) Family: yep Other pets: cat called tadea Location: Auckland Car: The big yellow bus, jeep cherokee and half a hilux Favourite food: burger fuel

brought it at hollywoods and it was about normal size for a female. it has been in with another male for the last 4 months with no hassles so cant figure out whats going on

I have a simese fighting fish that was sold to me as a female. She has the horizontal stripes in all the right places, but... her fins appear to have grown longer than the usual length of female fighter fish and after putting her in another tank by herself she has started to build bubble nests. Is this normal for a fighting fish or have i brought a hermafridite?

Hi BG Nice to see you back again, would be great to catch up soon

I have pot belly seahorses and i agree with somethin fishy. The tank needs to be completely cycled before putting the seahorses in. It is mean to put them in a tank after it has only cycled for a couple of days. Well worth the wait for the tank to cycle

My saving grace this year has been a fan running over the aquaclear filter. It has dropped the temp by at least two degrees and made summer a bit more manageable

Hi Guys The seahorses spawn in approx 50cm column of water, i know 30cm is the min, i think the only problem the seahorses have is that they get so caught up in the moment they forget where everything is in the tank and constanlty bump into things. Pegusus i think the reason why i lost so many of the first batch is that i gave them too much water. They are really lazy and will starve themselves before they move around the tank and find BBS it has to be right in front of them. This time i will only give them a small amount of water and the same amount of food. Hopefully i will get a better result

They didnt have a marine tank in the shop last time i was there, but they are more than willing to order anything in for you, and seemed to have a good selection of tropical fish at good prices

hi Catbrat, only managed to keep one but he/she is in the main tank now and hanging out with there dad and finally eating frozen mysis shrimp. Im so excited to get another chance at bringing up some ponies (seahorse term for baby seahorses)

Was watching TV tonight and looked over at the tank to see my fav seahorses breeding (female gave her eggs to the male) YAYYYY just got to wait 28 days to see if it was successful. This time i shall be more prepared for the arrival of three hundred little bundles of joy

Hi Wasp Bio suppliers do a product specifically for this called seamonkey food, i have used it before with some success, the only down side to it is that it really stinks

Hi Chris These guys might be able to help you out with your questions. Had a good read of there website and they look really intresting. Good luck with the new tank Seahorsemad http://www.nzfreshwater.org/

I too am suffering from the heat but my tank needs to be less than 22 degrees so have one fan on perm and help just brought another fan today to cope with feb. I also freeze salt water in ice cubes and ice cream containers and drop them in the tank in the morning and when i come home. Tank has got up to 24 degrees over the last couple of days, but hoping a second fan will do the trick. Cant wait for my electricity bill (not). Hoping it will hold out till bonus time when i can get a chllier

If you need any help just sing out. your more than welcome to run your filter in my tank for a couple of weeks to get your bacteria growing quicker

the link http://www.coralplantations.com/pages/heatissues.htm

Hi Brendon My seahorse tank has alot of rock pool animals in it (hermits, fish, snapper shrimps, glass shrimps, and anenomes) I am not suffering too badly with the heat this summer and have managed to keep the heat under 21 degrees in my tank by running a fan over the surface of my tank full time and if things look like they maybe getting too hot then putting frozen softdrink bottles in the tank as well. In regards to the chiller, one of the guys had a link to a coral shop in the gold coast that gave detailed intructions about chillers and how to make one. Sounded intresting and worth a go. Will find the link for you

Hi Dawn Jamie is a female and she runs a tank maintenance business as well as the shop so may not be there alot. It is the closest shop to me as well and im sure that they would do well if they could have a person in the shop full time. Let me know if you finally track them down. Good luck

Hi Brianemone I am coming down to hamilton on sunday to visit the hamilton zoo. Would be happy to have a few more inhabitants on the way back home if needed. My marine tank is coldwater so may not be able to hold anything when we get back on sunday night, but happy to help out if needed. PM me if needed

A chiller is great if you have the money. i keep my temp down in summer by doing a variety of things such as floating soft drink coke bottles on top of the water with frozen water inside them, Running a fan over the water, from the canister filter i can direct the return pipe through a chilly bin which is occasionally filled with ice (piping coiled to get max effect), freeze artificial salt water and put it directly into the tank. I am getting in contact with a air conditioning engineer for this summer to see if they have a cheap alternatives or cheaper chillers. Will keep you informed. If you are using artificial water it could get really costly changing the water everyday to keep the temp down

Hi Ben Seahorses need lots of places to hide (the more places they have to hide the safer they feel and then you get to see them more), they love live food, but will eat frozen food, they ideally like a tank that is at leat 30cms high(this is to enable them to exchange the eggs when breeding). Generally one pair of seahorse require 50 litres of water. The temp needs to be kepted under 20 degrees I keep my seahorses with a variety of tank mates that i have collected from rockpools (hermit crabs, very small fish, very small anenomies) the rule of thumb is anything that is faster than a seahorse is probibly going to eat all the food first and should not be kept with seahorses. The most important thing you can do is cycle your tank before you put anything in it If you need any other info just call out. PS i have sonme baby seahorses that i dont have room for at the moment and they will need a home in a few months. call out if you want them

Went to the rock pools today to catch shrimps for my seahorses and caught a couple of baby flounder. Just wanting to know if anyone knows what they will eat Cheers

Yeah he did, and almost didnt make it to the other side of the round about .hehehe. I agree with blueram. Are you still keen on discus? if so you might want something with a bit of height in it so they can hide