Sea Horses

[bae1994]

so i have a 13 gal nano with skimmer uv everything and it has lr and red algea but it has a manderin goby in very mature all water stats fine is there any seahoreses that can be kept in 13gal that feed on brine shrimp and are interesting and dont get to big and are under 50 pounds

 

[bae1994]

frozen brine shrimp bye the way

 

[Colin_T]

captive bred Pygmy Seahorses will live in that tank. They will eat frozen foods if captive bred, which they hould be due to a CITES ban a few years ago.
Your mandarin fish should get other food besides brineshrimp to help prevent nutritional deficiencies.

 

[bae1994]

what like

 

[Colin_T]

mysis shrimp, daphnia (frozen not live unless you watch and scoop out any that die), mozzie larvae, prawn/ shrimp, fish. Try it on all sorts of small bits of food and see if you can get it to eat anything else. The more variety, the better

 

[bae1994]

ill do that thanks

 

[bae1994]

bump

 

[shibby]

why you bumping?

 

[bae1994]

its been a day so i was putting it so people could see it and maybe give mor opinions

 

[kj23502]

Awesome read. What to look for when buying and keeping seahorses.

http/www.seahorse.org/library/articles/S...tsAndInfo.shtml

 

[bae1994]

Awesome read. What to look for when buying and keeping seahorses.

[URL="http/www.seahorse.org/library/articles/S...tsAndInfo.shtml"]http/www.seahorse.org/library/articles/S...tsAndInfo.shtml[/URL]

thank you very much think ill ask my lfs to order some in

 

[pleder]

Pygmy is not a species of seahorses. In truth I do not know what that is.

There is also nothing from Cities making it illegal to import WC seahorses.

Fuscus might be an option depending on the tank dimensions, and providing you could switch the food away from brine and to mysis shrimp. 13g is a bit small, but it could be doable for a pair IMHO.

A mandarin fish in a tank that size is not long for the world.