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    seahorses

    As already mentioned, the 20g tanks are TOO SMALL for standard seahorses available to us, and TOO LARGE for dwarf seahorses unless you are going to waste a pile of live enriched baby brine shrimp every day. Also, you would be hard pressed to even SEE the dwarfs in a 20g tank unless you had 50 to...
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    seahorses

    I agree. Your 20g tank is too small for standard sized seahorses and too large for dwarfs. If H. fuscus were still available you could squeeze a pair in a 20g but it still would be more work with houskeeping and water changes than say reidi or erectus in a 30g. For dwarfs, too large a tank means...
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    seahorses

    For true captive bred dwarfs, it cost more but quality is much better. seahorsesource.com and seahorsecorral.com
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    55 with wet dry! next thing to get!

    I wouldn't put that many fish in a 180 let alone a 55. Also, dosing the lugol's solution is a waste, and, if you get too much, it can cost in terms of lost corals. Iodine and it's various forms are not in need of addition beyond what normal water changes can provide, UNLESS you have a very...
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    Switching from fish only to seahorse and sponge

    Keeping seahorses is NOT like keeping regular salt water fish. Seahorses are prone to bacterial problems that can cause death often, so it's best to keep them in cooler water as in 68° to 74°F, and, in tanks that have enough water volume to help with the water quality that populates the nasty...
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    Seahorses

    Actually, if you go to seahorse.org and the Propagation and Rearing Forum, you will see few if any use the krieisel style any more. My system of using 4L jars with the rounding of the top creating the circular motion about as close as it gets nowadays. There are a myriad of methods used now...
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    Emergency seahorses

    Please register again as though you never had. Let me know what happens and what the page says when you can't, if you can't get in.
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    Emergency seahorses

    Sorry, but what does that mean?
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    Emergency seahorses

    By handle I mean the name you are registered under at the org. If you use the same name "mercenary-grunt" at the org, that name is not in the registry so try registering again and see what it says. If it is another name, I'll check that out once I know what it is.
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    Emergency seahorses

    Do you have cookies blocked? That will stop it from opening the org. What comes up on the page when you go to log in? What is your handle on the org? Once I know this I'll try to get someone to get you on again. How long did it work for before stopping? Hopefully you didn't post anything that...
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    Emergency seahorses

    Unfortunately one cannot tell you all about it in one post. Also, you never even specified the species of seahorse which again makes a difference. The best source of seahorse information is seahorse.org and for raising seahorse fry, go to the Propagation and Rearing forum. My only experience...
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    Sorry, but I just saw the notification thing and clicked to find this. I usually don't check...

    Sorry, but I just saw the notification thing and clicked to find this. I usually don't check automatically for PM's or visitor messages as I prefer e-mails for contact. However, I don't know the answer to that but all I can suggest is to keep trying or if you can find an e-mail to one of the...
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    Seahorses

    seahorse.org is the way to go!!
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    Seahorses

    Even better than "tank raised" is true captive bred seahorses. Tank raised became the terminology for seahorses bred in large round cement tanks, but still use the ocean water but not properly filtered and treated for pathogens. Like net pen raised, they are going to carry a lot of pathogens...
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    Seahorses

    I'm definitely not lee, but from one Ray to another, the H. reidi, H. erectus, H. kuda are all about the same degree of difficulty in terms of keeping seahorses. If you want to raise the fry however, H. erectus, producing benthic fry are easier. Reidi and kuda produce pelagic fry that don't...
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    DBTC

    Well, for those that consider it a PERK I guess. I don't bother to participate in anything that expects me to automatically carry on a chain of any kind.
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    Obama care

    Ours is called OHIP and I can't imagine life without it. It has recently paid for 4 years of cancer treatment prolonging my wife's life as well as my spine operation and will cover my upcoming operations as well. Our system is far from perfect but I don't want to be without it. I like it a lot...
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    Food For Baby Brine Shrimp

    Make sure you put the rice flower or whatever powder you are going to use, in the blender with some water and blend it for two minutes minimum. This micronizes particle size so it can be uptaken. The rice bran flower and many other powders are basically very heavy and even after blending...
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    Food For Baby Brine Shrimp

    First off, they are filter feeders but NOT like you imagine. They don't take water through their body and remove the food in the process like a clam would do. Instead, the capture the food with their appendages and pass the food to their mouth for digestion. When they first hatch out, they...
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    growing mysis or brine shrimp

    It's OK to have mysid shrimp in your system. In fact, most salt water tanks have them already as they can come in with live rock and corals. If you have a lot of rubble in the sump it will help to protect the newborn from the adults as mysids are carnivorous and eat ones that are smaller than...
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