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stefnibabe
08-12-08, 22:49
Hey thought I would start a thread about my seahorse tank. I had my tank at the beginning of August this year. It was brought for me as a present from my boyfriend. He already has a tank in my room and I have wanted seahorses since as long as I can remember.
So I had an Orca450. I had a pair of H.Barbouri seahorses on the 19th Sept from SH.:D They are absolutely stunning creatures and more importantly they are captive bred so I know that my love of seahorses isn't affecting the fact that seahorses are becoming more and more endangered. They also feed on frozen mysis which is a huge plus. These are some of the first photos of them.:wub:
Pegasus my boy

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/DSC_0876-1-1.jpg

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/DSCN3065-1.jpg

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/DSC_0866.jpg

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/DSC_0909.jpg

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/DSC_0870-1.jpg

Phoenix my girly

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/DSCN3052.jpg

Those photos were took the day i had them :)
These photos were took today...
Whole tank shot

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/tank.jpg

The sexy couple

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/horses2.jpg

Phoenix

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/IMG_0065.jpg

My worm :wub:

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/cocoworm.jpg

Peewee my beautiful one-eyed manderin

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/peewee.jpg

My girl again

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/IMG_0059.jpg

Pegasus

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/IMG_0020.jpg

Coral

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/coral.jpg

Phil my new file fish who I had yesterday

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/phil.jpg

My seahorses chilling :p

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/stefnibabe/seahorses/horses.jpg

I want to upgrade my tank some time next year. I love red sea max's so I got to start saving :whistling:
Hope you like anyway. It still needs work but I love it anyways and I can watch it from my bed cuz its right next to it....gives me a reson to stay in bed for longer :laugh:
Thanks for looking :thanks:
ceg56
08-12-08, 23:43
Brilliant photo's and your seahorses are beautiful, no wonder you are so proud of them!!:thumbsup:
stefnibabe
08-12-08, 23:55
:o Thankyou. :D
ceg56
09-12-08, 00:24
Your very welcome:worship:
Siren
09-12-08, 12:00
Hi,they are lovely.
Filefish and Peewee are lovely as well.
I know the RSM is bigger,but the River Reef's are meant to be a really good tank,and they are twice the size of the Orca,and are now cheaper than the Orca's too !
They started off at £139,now i have seen them for £98.
Might be a cheaper upgrade for you ?
Julie.
Peculiar_Clown
09-12-08, 12:10
Nice seahorses, good photos too.
Viv
09-12-08, 14:02
Looks fab!!
Benson112
09-12-08, 14:11
Never raelly been interested in keeping sea horses until reading this! :-) Im no way near stocking my tank yet but when i am ill be needing to research what can and cant go with these amazing little things as i will want some!

And good choice on naming the filefish :-)
Joanna
09-12-08, 19:03
Beautiful Steph. :wub:

Joanna
stefnibabe
10-12-08, 20:24
Thanks for all the lovely comments :D

Never raelly been interested in keeping sea horses until reading this! :-) Im no way near stocking my tank yet but when i am ill be needing to research what can and cant go with these amazing little things as i will want some!

And good choice on naming the filefish :-)

Arrh i'm glad I have inspired someone to own such a beautiful creature. You can have more fish with them than you think. As long as the horses are able to get enough food or you are willing to target feed them. Slow moving fish are the best.

My boyfriend chose his name :laugh:
Sailfin
10-12-08, 23:34
As stated - beautiful seahorses and pics. I'll be interested to hear how you get on with the filefish
Joanna
11-12-08, 21:36
As stated - beautiful seahorses and pics. I'll be interested to hear how you get on with the filefish

I'd be interested in how the filefish gets on too as I wouldn't have considered putting one with seahorses before. It is really gorgeous.

Joanna
stefnibabe
11-12-08, 22:01
He is very placid and slow moving just like the seahorses so he doesn't pose a problem with stressing them out.:)
He is also a slow eater...slower than the seahorses prob because he has such a small mouth.
He is eating frozen mysis so i'm happy with how he is keeping at the mo...just hope the good luck sticks as I know how hard they can be too keep.:(
Joanna
12-12-08, 18:58
Well good luck Steph because he is a beauty. :wub:

Joanna
stefnibabe
12-12-08, 20:43
Thank you joanna :thanks:
Volitans13
22-12-08, 10:54
I must say that is a nice looking tank with some lovely animals!:laugh::wub:
Volitans13
28-12-08, 20:26
Just hit the 100 mark:thumbsup:. Am now a clownfish :banana:
stefnibabe
30-12-08, 22:55
Thanks for that Richard!:peace: x x
Volitans13
30-12-08, 23:05
No problem!:bouncy:
saltyell
30-12-08, 23:25
I love your pics, quality photos you have a knack for photography:D

I have fallen in love with Phil the filefish, so much so that I may, just may consider one. But Ill allow you to be my guinea pig and see how he gets on :D
matt harvey
31-12-08, 00:57
what species is the filefish? how much did he cost if you dont mind my asking, never seen one before hes a stunner
Volitans13
31-12-08, 19:25
what species is the filefish? how much did he cost if you dont mind my asking, never seen one before hes a stunner

He is a longnose filefish, you dont see them very often. I think me and stefni picked him up for about 25 quid, we thought that was real cheap. They are very very difficult to keep tho. They eat acapora and sometimes if your lucky you can get them to neat live brineshrimp.:annoyed:.
Abit of a strange fish really!:laugh:. But he is very very nice:wub:.
lee wild
03-01-09, 00:56
lovely pictures and i now realy want a file fish when i set mine up:)
Jay.B.
07-01-09, 12:41
I recognise those pics and the name... wait a minute... the location as well :)

How are you Stef?
garybooth
07-01-09, 13:06
Lovely tank, the detail of the seahorses in the pics is superb.

That filefish is stunning.

Gary
maverickmal
07-01-09, 13:20
As has been said before simply stunning!!

I'm in the process of setting up a new tank and moving inhabitants of my Orca TL550, once I've done that I'll be rebuilding the Orca into a SH tank (I considered other stocking options but the missus keeps talking about the SH tanks we saw at Xcaret on our honeymoon in Mexico so I'm surprising her as she has no interest in my tanks so far, this may be a spark to ignite a love of Marine life in her)

You have every right to be proud of what you have achieved there and no doubt a good allie when I come to setup mine ;)
mickeyf
07-01-09, 22:03
Gorgeous? what do u feed them on?
Volitans13
18-01-09, 10:07
I recognise those pics and the name... wait a minute... the location as well :)

How are you Stef?

Wow you no stef, what a small world. Lol. How do you no her dude?
mikeunlinda
18-01-09, 17:38
That file fish is STUNNING !!!!!! gonna get myself one of them
stefnibabe
19-01-09, 00:54
Thanks for all the lovely comments.:)

Howdy Jay :D Swam all the way form SS?! I'm good thanks bout you and tish??

Maverickmal you should definitly go ahead with getting a seahorse tank if thats what you like. They are amazing I love them!

Mickeyf they get fed on frozen mysis.

:thanks:again :wave:
xvickyx
29-04-09, 09:22
Awww they are beautiful, and I LOVE the filefish, very cool names aswell :D