Keeping Seahorses in Aquaria #1 - Introduction and Setting Up Your Seahorse Tank

vlangel · Apr 20, 2017

gary henkel said:
As someone who has and breeds seahorses, i have to commend you on the quality of this initial article. seahorse setups should indeed be species specific. you covered most of the bases. my only addition on the equipment end would be heavy filtration and an efficient protein skimmer. as you mentioned, seahorses are messy, picky eaters, a lot of stuff hits the bottom uneaten(i maintain a lot of cleanup crew critters also). you may be covering all of that later. i look forward to your f0llowup articles.

Thanks Gary! I appreciate the kind comments. My initial article was quite long which is why it was broke up into a 6 part series. Due to editing I believe those topics will be covered in the upcoming series. I wished I could have picked your brain when I was writing this. I still consider myself a novice.

ReefQueen · Apr 20, 2017

Great write up @vlangel! I can't wait to read the other parts

I have always wanted to do a pony tank, but fear I am just not home enough to properly care for them. I am at work enough though lol, perhaps an office pony tank is in order! I will wait to read the rest of your articles before I make such a big decision

vlangel · Apr 21, 2017

ReefQueen said:
Great write up @vlangel! I can't wait to read the other parts I have always wanted to do a pony tank, but fear I am just not home enough to properly care for them. I am at work enough though lol, perhaps an office pony tank is in order! I will wait to read the rest of your articles before I make such a big decision

Thanks ReefQueen. I think there is more info in the rest of the articles that will be helpful to your decision.

JaimeAdams · Apr 21, 2017

@vlangel I just want to know when you are going to come present all this information to the club at a meeting?

ReefQueen · Apr 21, 2017

JaimeAdams said:
@vlangel I just want to know when you are going to come present all this information to the club at a meeting?

That is a good point lol

GHsaltie · Apr 21, 2017

Nice write-up, as someone who hopes to keep some ponies in the future I really enjoyed reading it. This one's going into the bookmarks.

vlangel · Apr 22, 2017

JaimeAdams said:
@vlangel I just want to know when you are going to come present all this information to the club at a meeting?

I would be glad to present this info at a club meeting. Now that I wrote on it I have it in somewhat of an organized fashion. You and I can discuss it.

vlangel · Apr 22, 2017

GHsaltie said:
Nice write-up, as someone who hopes to keep some ponies in the future I really enjoyed reading it. This one's going into the bookmarks.

Thanks GHsaltie, I am glad to help.

Daniel@R2R · Apr 24, 2017

Hey everyone, Dawn's next article in the series is posted! Definitely check out: Keeping Seahorses in Aquaria #2 - Aquascaping and Providing Excellent Water Quality!

WhoDone IT · Apr 27, 2017

great article!!

vlangel · Apr 27, 2017

WhoDone IT said:
great article!!

Thank you for reading my article!

Seahorsekelly69 · May 8, 2017

vlangel said:
Hi Seahorsekelly, I am sorry to say that I did not address NSW and specie only. Since I am 'relatively speaking' somewhat new to seahorses myself, there are many aspects that I am not aware of. I am just trying to help folks be successful with ponies if they want to keep them.

Well, keep up the good work. These articles are well written, informative and impressive. Great job!