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    Removing phosphate from Nori?

    IMO it's pointless anyway to try to remove phosphates. ALL FOODS we add to our tanks have phosphates in them. You can rinse off the added phosphates that are used sometimes for preserving, but you still have the phosphates that are in the food that will end up in the tank through decay of...
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    refractometer vs hydrometer proven results

    Hey Boomer, I think you've been up too long without sleep. Hygrometer??:biggrin1: As for point one, I posted Randy's link to the refrac. page but I don't think everyone read it thoroughly from the postings that came after. I also mentioned that a decent quality hydrometer would need compensation...
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    refractometer vs hydrometer proven results

    Is this refractometer a salt water version or a seawater version? Did you read the link to Randy's article in post 10 above? If you buy a floating hydrometer, buy a columnar cylinder to put the water in and then put the floating hyrometer in. Don't use it in the tank. Check to see what the...
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    refractometer vs hydrometer proven results

    I forgot to mention, that even doing everything with calibration fluids, you are open to error because the standards also lack credibility somewhat. Randy did testing of many brands of calibration fluids and found variation. Now the amount of variation isn't real critical to us as hobbyists...
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    refractometer vs hydrometer proven results

    Do the instructions also tell you that doing calibration that way, it will only be accurate if you are testing NaCl in water? (unless it specifically states that it is a seawater refractometer but there aren't too many of those in the hands of hobbyists yet) Did you read that article by Randy...
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    refractometer vs hydrometer proven results

    If you have a standard salinity refractometer then calibration with water will give you erroneous readings at normal salinity of reef tanks. Even if you have one of the few sea water refractometers, it's still wise to use calibration fluid instead of water...
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    NEED food for baby dwarf seahorses

    Seahorse food varies with age and somewhat with type. For dwarfs, enriched bbs and copepods do well for both adults and for babies and anything in between. For standard seahorses, the fry may require rotifers before enriched bbs if they produce pelagic fry like reidi and kuda, but most benthic...
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    NEED food for baby dwarf seahorses

    They will eat the same enriched bbs as the adults.
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    Kris' Seahorse Tank

    You would be good for 2 pair of seahorses then.
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    Kris' Seahorse Tank

    Very nice set up that is MUCH nicer looking than any of mine or many others I've seen. I don't know how much total volume you have, but for water quality reasons it is best to have low stocking density in seahorse tanks. Recommended volume for first pair is 29g with an additional 15g for each...
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    Reccommendation for Supplements

    I'm now over 18 years without adding trace elements. At least, adding in the form of store bought items. Trace elements are added every time I feed my tank anything. The food has pretty well anything that gets used up in the trace element category IMO. I do water changes to LOWER the levels of...
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    New Seahorse Tank build

    From the original post it looks like StacyS is a member who bred them herself and sent some to him. That would make them True Captive bred if they were not bred and raised in ocean water not sufficiently treated for pathogens. Tank raised are only a step above wild caught in that they are...
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    New Seahorse Tank build

    Seahorses have special needs and it's best to start off with a species only tank, in spite of what Trent is doing here with pipe fish as well as seahorses. This tank he is using will make it extremely difficult for the seahorses to perform the egg transfers, but sometimes seahorses find a way to...
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    some pics of my dwarf seahorses tanks!

    IMO, mechanical filters are not needed in a dwarf seahorse tank and I have none in my three dwarf tanks myself. (I use live rock for biological filtration only) Because dwarfs only eat live food, primarily enriched (Dan's Feed) baby brine is the most convenient, and the fact most of them don't...
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    some pics of my dwarf seahorses tanks!

    Watch for low pH as the tank that is covered may not get sufficient gas exchange to remove CO2.
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    seahorses & corals

    Not sure where you find this information as mycobacterium is NOT unique to syngnathidae. As far as affecting seahorses, it is occasionally found but not nearly as commonly found as vibriosis is. (see Pathology forum on the "org" by Labdoc)
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    seahorses & corals

    IMO, seahorses can be affected by multiple pathogens, not just one. They can be transferred from ANY other fish not bred and raised in the same facility. Because true captive bred are traditionally not exposed much to other pathogens, and, due to their susceptible problems with pathogens, they...
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    seahorses & corals

    Unfortunately unless you have a captive bred ORA pipefish, you will be most likely dooming your seahorses to a death from pathogens they cannot handle. Check out seahorse.org for the likelihood of success of pipefish with captive bred seahorses.
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    seahorses & corals

    First off the corals mentioned are LPS not sps, and any coral that can sting should not be in a tank with seahorses. Seahorses, DO NOT NEED calm water and in fact you can have areas of low, medium and high flow with hitching in each area so they can choose at any given time where they wish to...
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    Phytoplankton Farm

    Thanks! Told you it was probably an age thing. I guess the pain meds might have added to the problem as well.
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