id please horse please

[reef girl]

Just picked up this sea horse not sure what type it is can anyone help me out
:dontknow:

 

[colereef]

Looks like a very nice sea horse. Hope you feed it well.

 

[FOSELONE]

might wanna get them stinging corals out of there...or set him up in another tank

 

[gumbii]

yep... those LPS are totally going to dead him pretty good... you'll notice the poor fish twitching to get the tentacles out of it's flesh... and especially those acans... those are very deadly for the horse...

 

[Drew Shark]

Call Fish Supply I have seen lots of them there. I know the name I just can't remember it.

 

[Drew Shark]

Found it it is a Hippocampus reidi.

 

[reef girl]

thanks alot i looked up that name and yup thats him. But i wasn't aware that m lps was bad from him i might have to give him up

 

[FOSELONE]

sorry but...the sooner the better imo...or maybe you can hook em up a little nano or something

 

[reef girl]

I picked him up for 40 bucks, any takers? Sucks .... I really like this guy. He is really cool and already eats frozen food
XL black seahorse 5-6 inch

 

[gumbii]

it's easier to get rid of the LPS... there are other nice corals that are horse safe... keep the horsey... they're worth housing by themselves...

 

[reef girl]

it's easier to get rid of the LPS... there are other nice corals that are horse safe... keep the horsey... they're worth housing by themselves...

not in my opinion sorry gumbo. but that acan colony alone has 50 heads and retail over 400 bucks i only paid 40 for this guy hope some one takes him don't want him to die that would really suck may bee i will start a f/s thread

 

[reef girl]

After much research and heart wrenching choices I have decided to keep my seahorse

According to this website: http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/tankmates/tankmates.shtml

Seahorse only tanks are not mandatory and with current knowledge growing people are including them in their reef tanks.

Any coral level 2 or under is not considered a dangerous threat. The only nasty corals I had were the hammerheads, frogspawn, and torch corals all level 4. Interestingly enough, Acans were only a level 1 and considered safe...that must be why my seahorse loves hanging out in the rainbow acans Goodbye moving corals

Well I will keep everyone posted on how the horsey is doing. I will miss my 27 head purple tipped frogspawn... ::sniffle::

I will post a pic of Sea Biscuit eating some mysis later

Thanks everyone for the advice and helping save his little life.

 

[gumbii]

i have seen horses get killed by dendro, acan echinata, and some platygyra... on the site the platy is a 1... LOL... those things have like 10" sweepers and are very aggressive... maybe it was just bad luck for the horsey...??? i dunno...


i remember the dendro just grabbed him by the face... it was messed up...

 

[reef girl]

OMG...so Sea Biscuit was hanging out in the Acans again and sure enough they grabbed his lil horsey arse and he had to struggle to pull free. I don't think he will be chillin' in the acans anymore...at least I hope not

Level 1 my butt