Timmyrules dwarf seahorse tank!!!!

[timmyrules]

Ok reefers, you may or may not have seen all of my threads about dwarf seahorses….well, here’s what happened, I had a spare 3 gallon tank that was just kind of sitting there. So I cycled it, got a bunch of algae growing so I know it’s ready for dwarf seahorses…I have a heard of 5 ponies coming on Wednesday!!!! :D I’m super excited to get the seahorses! Here’s what the tank looks like…

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Congrats on the new tank. Looking forward to hear about your sea horses coming in.

 

[3rd Coast Reefer]

Excited to see your Dwarf seahorses, following along.

 

[timmyrules]

Ok guys!!!! The seahorses have arrived!!!!!!! :D one of them is yellow!!!…I put them in the tank, and they all grabbed on to a piece of decor immediately!!!! :D

 

[timmyrules]

Here’s the yellow one!!!

 

[timmyrules]

I’m going to give them a few hours to settle in then I’m gonna try feeding them :)

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I am following along! It is always nice to see seahorse tanks!

 

[timmyrules]

Last night one of the seahorses had babies….2 that I can see :D

 

[timmyrules]

Ok, I need someone’s opinion on this…..so I am going out of town in roughly 2 weeks. And I have been thinking of easy inexpensive ways to get freshly hatched brine shrimp into the tank while I’m gone. So, I have a crested gecko, and he has this mister that takes fresh water out of this container and mists it into his tank. I was thinking I could get another one of those misters and put the end that sucks up water in a container of brine shrimp….and it will suck up the brine shrimp and squirt them into the tank a few times a day. At the same time I could time it so the filter turns off for a few minutes when the brine shrimp are squirted in. What do you guys think?

 

[timmyrules]

Here’s some seahorse pictures!!!!

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Here’s some seahorse pictures!!!!

Awesome!

 

[Devaji]

nice! glad they arrived. I have always wanted to do a SH tank. even get up a tank then switched the plan after the tank was cyceld.

for BBB maybe a small doser to drip a few mils in 204X a day? IDK shooting from the hip here.

do keep us posted.

 

[timmyrules]

Ok, I just realized I haven’t updated this thread in a while….ive been sooooo busy. And quite frankly, a little frustrated with this tank. So, here’s what happened, I’ve always let bristle worms run out of control in that tank…never thought it would be a problem. But the bristle worms got so bad, that I was uncomfortable just putting my hands in the tank to move something. And of course, all of you know I just went on vacation…I got the seahorses a month before going on vacation, so I thought I would have enough time to stabilize them so they were all doing good….but there was so many bristle worms that they were EVERYWHERE!!!! And they were stinging the seahorses. So, after about a week, the seahorse numbers started dropping. There wasn’t even any left by the time I went on vacation. I was COMPLETELY devastated…and at that point, I didn’t even know if I wanted a dwarf seahorse tank. But, then I realized, no matter what I put in there, I need to cut that worm population in half!…so I spent about a week getting the worm population down, and I was quite successful!…and I decided that I am going to give the dwarfs another try!!!!! They are arriving later today…I’ll be sure to post pics when they get here!

 

[Flameback Pair]

Subbed.

 

[timmyrules]

The seahorses have arrived, some are acting kinda funny (you guys may have see the other seahorse thread I started)…they aren’t moving, their floating at the top. If anyone know why this is, please chime in. Some look like their doin ok, others, not so much. Here are some pics…

 

[timmyrules]

okkkkkk guys…..I’m soooooooo frustrated with this tank!!!!!!! All the seahorses I got came floating weird, then started to look better, then died. So, I contacted the seller and they are sending some more. They are going to be getting here tomorrow…I’ll let you guys know how they look when they arrive.

 

[timmyrules]

All the seahorses arrived happy and healthy!!! They are all doing great!

There is even this one little seahorse that is BRIGHT GREEN!!!!

 

[JayGhee61]

Nice looking setup and healthy looking horses!

 

[timmyrules]

Nice looking setup and healthy looking horses!

Thank you, but, I’ve been meaning to update this thread….i was just really embarrassed about what happened. The heater malfunctioned and unfortunately none of the seahorses made it. :confounded-face: :disappointed-face: I’m still feeling quite defeated about it tho. But, eventually, when I’m ready, I think I’ll turn it into a pico reef.

 

[timmyrules]

Alright! After some thought….I’ve decided, I want to once again be the owner of a small heard of ponies!!!…I’ve kinda taken the tank apart, but after some re-assembly, it’ll be ready to go!