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Angler or Sea Horse or Octopus?
- Thread starter Arsalan
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OP
OP
i had a couple seahorses that didn’t make it through a long trip sadly, and i agree they’re awesome. i’ve also had an angler and he was super cool too, this is a really tough choice haha
That’s the other I’d like to try at some point too honestly definitely a tough choice! Either way a win!
Elchapin07
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How’s the care for them & flow for the tank ?
nano10to40b
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Any would be great, and I would definitely watch to see updates on any of these choices. You should start a tank for each lol
My seahorse tank is a mixed reef as well so there is flow but a lot more gentle it’s the perfect place for a mushroom collection(thanks @ChrisPchef for the idea). I feed them frozen mysis twice a day tank gets dirtier than others but not terrible I do my best to keep up with weekly water changes as I do with all my tanks. I think they are a lot easier than read about online but you do need to keep in mind a few different aspects before taking the leap. They need twice a day feedings, they like cooler tank temps so you’ll most likely have to keep your house cool otherwise you might have to look into a chiller, what happens if/when you go on vacation do you have someone to come feed them twice a day, you can’t keep too fast of moving fish in the tank that will outcompete them for food, there are a lot of corals that are seahorse safe at least for the bigger errectus types but still do your research to make sure it’s safe for them. Not trying to scare anyone off just things to think of as you can’t just set up a hang on tank auto feeder(there are people that make their own refrigerated food feeders that once the food finishes pumping into the tank the line gets cleaned out with water so you don’t end up with stale food next feeding…maybe one day). Hope that helps and I didn’t ramble on too much or scare anyone off of seahorse ownership they are truly amazing!!!
ChrisPchef
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Since getting into the hobby years ago I’ve always wanted an angler. I loved innapropraitereefers videos of his dwarf angler way back when.
Aside from having a species specific tank the one thing keeping me from getting one is the price of live food. I’ve heard and talked with reefers who were able to convert them over to frozen but it’s hit or miss. I’ve been thinking more and more about keeping a breeding population of salt water mollies to feed but I’m unsure if that would be possible.
What are you feeding them?
Elchapin07
Non-member
Do you have any pictures or videos ? I’m curious about it . I have a mix reef as well
OP
OP
I give them several live ghost shrimp per week. They’re def not cheap at like $0.70 each from the pet shop but I’ve also been thinking of breeding them. Many carry eggs.
I’ve tried to train them to eat frozen, the camo one does but the yellow one doesn’t so I just stick with the ghost shrimp.
Also!!
Another update to the tank: the lion fish went missing overnight a couple nights ago with no signs of it to be found. I’m pretty sure the yellow anngler ate it but I have no proof. The camo one is way less assertive with food so I doubt it was him. I’m pretty surprised if it really got eaten cuz 1, it’s a spiky lion fish and 2, it was way bigger than the yellow ones mouth when it fully opens. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised though, I knew it was a risky add.
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