Gonna start a seahorse tank! Holy babies everywhere!

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  1. lillys Grandad

    lillys Grandad Horrid Stonefish

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    yeee haww !! got'chew some horses...gee'dee'up !!
     
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  3. Eclipse

    Eclipse Astrea Snail

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    All seahorses doing well and healthy?
     
  4. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    I lost the one, I think, but all the rest seem to be doing great! They're moving around and eating! So far so good!
     
  5. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    HMM, I have the new ecopico coming this weekend, plus plenty of sand, rock, and fake plants for another seahorse tank to put next to this one, wouldn't really cost me much to start other than about $20 for some new leds and timers for the sunset and sunrise effect.

    hmmm, or maybe a ______________tank???
     
  6. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Keep the tanks smaller, that way the herd can find their food.
     
  7. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    this one is a 5G too, I plan on having enough in there that I can load the food in. I really wish there was an invert I could put in there to help, thinking a micro hermit may be ok. I have 4 snails so far.
     
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  9. elwolfe

    elwolfe Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Not sure if 5 gallons big enough though....
     
  10. rayjay

    rayjay Gigas Clam

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    Two comments.
    First, NO hermits of any kind with dwarfs.
    Second, 5g is plenty big enough until you get up to around 50 and then you can set up another tank or sell off to bring the numbers down again.
    Just noticed the comment was made with a Mantis in mind so you can disregard the tank size comment.
     
  11. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    Ok, thanks rayjay, thought I read somewhere some dwarf white leg or something was safeish. HMM, mantis tank may be fun. or maybe just use 1 for a pod farm.
     
  12. cosmo

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    Dumb question I'm sure, but never ordered brine shrimp, thinking of hatching more for my other tanks. How much is 1 pound of brine shrimp( Alex and Chris feel free let me have it on this lol) but is it a years worth, 6 months etc after I decapsulate it, for a dwarf seahorse tank and just to spot feed my other tank here and there?