Breeding Journal, Species: Hippocampus Erectus

Username: Rook
Species: Hippocampus Erectus
Social Structure:  One male one female to start
Size of Individual:  2.5 / 3 inch
Age of Individuals: Unknown: still procurring
Date added to Tank: QT on 12/28/10 

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 35 gallon Hex 
Substrate Details: 4" fine sand
Filtration Details: Marineland BioWheel 280   
Water Changes: 5 gallons per week
Water Temperature: 72-74 f.
Lighting: Normal Output Fl. lighting 
Lighting Cycle: 14 hours lights, 10 hours dark
Other Tank Inhabitants: None currently, planning on Black foot trochus / nassarius snails / peppermint shrimp

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: Frozen Hykari mysis, live enriched brine shrimp.
Feeding Schedule: 2 times a day

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn: TBD
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: TBD

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Additional Information

Broodstock is coming from Seahorsesource.com.   Trying to keep it as simple as possible to start with.
This is my first breeding attempt and thus I tried for something interesting but relatively easy.
Updates to follow as time progresses.  Feel free to provide some advice

Rook

Finally (only over a year later) I'm back at.  I have a seahorse tank set and Santa got me a pair of Erectus for Christmas, though he is having FedEx deliver them on Tuesday  

 

Here are a few pictures of the setup.  a 35 gallon hex tank, 4" of sand, a few pounds of liverock from my reef tank, a hang-on bio-wheel filter.  You can see that I'm trying out the idea of a heater inside of a pvc pipe with a air hose bubbling up through the middle.  I'm not sure its creating much current, but if noting else it should keep the horses away from the heater and it should circulate some of the water in the bottom of the tank to the top and help keep the oxygen levels consistent throughout the tank.

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Rook

I'm going to QT the ponies for at least a week to help acclimate them, make sure they are eating, and to get used to how much they eat and how they behave.  Here is the QT tank setup; very simple with sponge filter and not much else.  I have a plastic plant and some air to provide hitches.  In the second picture you can see my attempt at a feeding station.

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Rook

I started a new thread with the new format, this thread can be deleted!

Rook