Show off your seahorses and pipefish photos

[kingsord0]

I hope to see some great photos.

[mano]

Here's a few of my erectus...

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[Drstarr]

Very pretty Mano, is she purple?
Here are a few of mine...
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/4018/98152Dot-10-05.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/4018/98152Dot2-10-05.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/4018/98152Rusty-10-05.jpg

[LukFox]

Here's a pic of my dragonfaced pipefish.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/lukfox/IMG_3096_edited.jpg

[waterfaller1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/Picture1964.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/waterfaller1/Picture1943.jpg

:)

[kingsord0]

very nice photos everyone.

[NONNA58]

Kahuna<img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/nonna58/kahuna.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"> <img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/nonna58/leilani.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

[blenny90]

Lukfox -
Where did you get your pipe fish? They are so cool - and we are thinking of getting a pair. What do they eat?

Thanks

[lori7973]

Multi banded pipes

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/lori7973/Nov%205th%20%202005/ponysandfry086.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/lori7973/Nov%205th%20%202005/ponysandfry073.jpg

H. Erectus

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/lori7973/Nov%205th%20%202005/ponysandfry106.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/lori7973/Nov%205th%20%202005/ponysandfry008.jpg

[blenny90]

Lori 7973

Those are so cool. Where did you get them and what do they eat? I've seen them on Live Aquaria.

[LukFox]

Originally posted by blenny90
Lukfox -
Where did you get your pipe fish? They are so cool - and we are thinking of getting a pair. What do they eat?

Thanks

I got my m/f pair from my LFS. Unfortunately the girl died about 8 months ago and I havent got around to buying another female. There's other pipes for sale at my LFS too (along with many more dragonfaced pipes) and some are even carrying eggs :).

He's a very picky eater. I still havent been able to get him onto anything but live baby brine shrimp. I've seen him nip once or twice at cyclop-eeze, but not any more than that. For the most part, he's just living off what's in the tank. Fortunately, I have a 20 gallon refugium that's crawling with pods. I also just tossed 500 (according to the bottle) tigger pods into the fuge last week and I think he'll like those. He's been going strong for 11 months like this.

[lori7973]

I have been very fortunate, they are eating frozen mysis. However, they learned to do this themselves, probably out of hunger and running low on live foods in the tank. My husband bought them thru liveaquaria.com. I really enjoy them, not sure of their sex though, for there is no difference in the two I have and I don't know the difference between male and female.

[mano]

Here's a picture of my pregnant male and a couple of his resulting babies.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/LateralLine/th_pregnantmale.jpg (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/LateralLine/pregnantmale.jpg)
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/LateralLine/th_erectusfry.jpg (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/LateralLine/erectusfry.jpg)
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/LateralLine/th_4dayerectus.jpg (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/LateralLine/4dayerectus.jpg)

[Samala]

Such great pics from everyone! Lori I had no idea those multi-bandeds were SO little! Now I want some.. ;)

>Sarah

[lori7973]

Originally posted by Samala
Such great pics from everyone! Lori I had no idea those multi-bandeds were SO little! Now I want some.. ;)

>Sarah

They are about 5" long and thin.. not cause they are under nurished, just cause I think that is how they are... they eat like horses.. no pun intended :)

[CountersCC]

Great Pics

[CountersCC]

Not as good as others but I love my seahorses

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/98351new22_057-med.jpg

[Seahorsewisprer]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/506/35270closeup.JPG

[greenighs]

http://www.greenighs.com/seahorses/temperate/02_102505.jpg

http://www.greenighs.com/seahorses/temperate/04_102505.jpg
http://www.greenighs.com/seahorses/temperate/03_102505.jpg

Male and female H. abdominalis and female H. breviceps in their temporary home. More info at my website, if anyone is interested.

[Fishfreak218]

whats your website???

[greenighs]

Click on the little red house with the www next to it, up near my name! Can't post the link or else folks think I'm advertising. :)

[Fishfreak218]

ohhhh.....ok....i like your pico their...very cool......i saw it a while back but i didnt know it was yours.....i couldnt go to the main site...just that one page b.c. it was a google search

[phudeb]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/687992PoniesSmall.jpg

[abarnswell]

Originally posted by greenighs
Male and female H. abdominalis and female H. breviceps in their temporary home. More info at my website, if anyone is interested.

Wow, gorgeous! Where did you get the Potbellies and the Brevie?

[masterswimmer]

Does everyone here have their pipefish in species tanks? Or does anyone have theirs in their reef?

I picked up this Jann's Pipefish about two weeks ago. I got him from a dealer in Fl. that had a half dozen or so in his reef tank with MUCH more aggressive feeders, tangs, blennies, anthias, clowns, etc. He said this was the only pipefish he knows of that can survive in a reef tank.

The pic is not nearly as good as the rest of you guys, but you get the idea. And now, introducing Mr. Ticonderoga:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/bronx_bombers/Nov%20%2005%20Fl%20corals/pipefish.jpg

Russ

[abarnswell]

Originally posted by masterswimmer
Does everyone here have their pipefish in species tanks? Or does anyone have theirs in their reef?
Russ

I have a Blue Stripe Pipefish in my Reidi tank. They are super tankmates. Blue stripes are small -- about 2.5 - 3 inches long. They are strong swimmers, but delicate fish. I would never put one in a reef tank that had aggressive fish in it. They're pretty much like seahorses.

My blue stripe eats pods and bbs -- only live food. I wish I could put her in my reef tank, because my reef is teeming with pods. But she's in my SH tank, where she hangs with the horses. She even checks on them regularly to see what they're up to.

[masterswimmer]

April, thank you for your quick reply.

Mine is in my reef and nobody bothers him at all. My most aggressive fish is a Kole Tang, so it's not an aggressive tank, just more aggressive feeders.

The Jann's Pipefish is also a pod eater and I've got a fuge teeming with pods and 130 lbs of LR in the display. So far he seems happy, but two weeks is about two years shy of knowing if it's been a success or not.

Russ

[clippo]

here's my male bluestripe mid-yawn

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/uploads/post-12-1133363734.jpg

[abarnswell]

Originally posted by jclipper
here's my male bluestripe mid-yawn


Oh, he is gorgeous! Can he come over and play with my female Blue Stripe? She's very lonely. (I have an order in for a male Blue Stripe for her.) The male passed away a little while ago and she is very lonely these days. They were like an old married couple, attached at the hips. It broke my heart when he passed away. I actually cried, because I knew it would break the female's heart to lose him.

Don't they have the tiniest mouths you've ever seen? What does yours eat? Mine eats baby brine shrimp and any pods I can find to stick in there with her.

[clippo]

thanks - yeah, he's a bit of a show off too!

I feed them 'marine cuisine' frozen mix - but just the little whole shrimps out of it using a small pipette - just once a day. I've had them for nearly a year now and the male usually has a full pouch (looks a bit empty in the photo) - never seen any babies though.

I'd love to send him over, but Mrs pipefish wouldn't be too happy! - like you say, they really have a strong pair bond it seems.

[fishtail22]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=141959&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

Here is a male H. erectus born here at ATlantis Marine World in 2004.

[abarnswell]

Originally posted by jclipper
I'd love to send him over, but Mrs pipefish wouldn't be too happy! - like you say, they really have a strong pair bond it seems.

Oh yes! They do bond very tightly. My two were never more than an inch apart from each other. And they slept side by side, every night, vertically tucked up under the leaf of a Mermaid's fan plant. Since the male passed away, the female stays pretty much in one place. She doesn't travel around much, other than to go check on the seahorses and see what they're up to.

I have asked my LFS/marine distributor to get me another male for her, and perhaps one or two more females. They do well in groups, I hear, as long as there is only one male. The males will not get along with each other.

[masterswimmer]

How do you determine the sex of the pipefish?

[abarnswell]

Originally posted by masterswimmer
How do you determine the sex of the pipefish?

I can only speak for blue stripe pipefish, because that's what I have. It's really easy to determine sex. Scroll up to jclipper's picture of his male. Do you see those little bumps on his snout? Only males have those bumps. The female's snout is perfectly smooth. Also, a male (blue stripe, anyway) has a concave belly with ridges on each side, while the female's belly is smooth and rounded.

I do not know if these gender clues apply to other species of pipefishes. ??? Does anyone know?

[masterswimmer]

Thanks April. Wow, mine doesn't get into view quite that close lol. I'll have to really examine him/her for that clue. If it doesn't have the bumps, your not sure that it's a female though.

Does anyone else know if sexing all pipefish is the same?

Thanks,
Russ

BTW, this has been my first venture into pipefish. He has been with me now for a little over 2 weeks. During the day he/she stays hidden amongst the rocks. At night it sleeps under an overhang in a cave out in the open. Occasionally I'll see it after daylights go out and actinics come on. Would this be an indication that it's scavenging for food (pods) amongst the LR?

So much to learn!

Thank you,
Russ

[abarnswell]

Originally posted by masterswimmer
Thanks April. Wow, mine doesn't get into view quite that close lol. I'll have to really examine him/her for that clue. If it doesn't have the bumps, your not sure that it's a female though.


Russ, do you have a blue stripe pipefish? If you do, and it does have little tiny bumps on its snout, then it's a male. If the snout is smooth, it's a female.

My blue stripe swims around most of the day, hunting on the glass and rocks for pods. They are constant grazers. I also feed mine live baby brine shrimp (enriched) twice a day, too. I tried frozen Cyclopeeze with her, but she really doesn't like dead food. She's probably wild caught.

Once the lights go out, she goes to sleep underneath the overhang of a fake coral. They aren't nocturnal, at least mine isn't. She goes to bed when the horses go to bed, when the lights go out.

[masterswimmer]

April, mine is a Jann's Pipefish. I posted a pic. It's the last post on page one. I don't want to repost the same pic.

Russ

[abarnswell]

Originally posted by masterswimmer
April, mine is a Jann's Pipefish. I posted a pic. It's the last post on page one. I don't want to repost the same pic.
Russ

Oh, yeah. I went back and looked. How do you like the Janns? They are very handsome fish, and they look rather similar to the Blue Stripes, with their similar coloring.

I wonder if there are many people on this board who have pipefish? I really enjoy mine -- she is so relaxing to watch. She's like a water ballerina, so graceful. I could watch her for hours. I'd love to have a tank full of pipefish.

[masterswimmer]

I'd really like my pipefish more if she'd spend more time out in the open. I never see her until lights out. That's when she retreats to her cave, which happens to be in the front of the tank (fortunately for me, or I wouldn't even know if she were still alive :( ).

She is a beautiful blue, orange and purple though. Great colors. I'm going to look for a mate for her. My fear is that I'll determine the wrong sex and have a war going on here.

Russ

[greenighs]

Same thing with my janns pipes. They'd come out at dawn and dusk and do figure-8s in the water, parallel to the front glass. Sometimes, just to watch them, I'd turn off the MH lights and leave the actinics on in the middle of the day, for a few minutes. So beautiful!



Here's another pic of my wee one:

http://www.greenighs.com/seahorses/temperate/little-miss-thing.jpg

[masterswimmer]

greenighs, great feedback. At least I'm feeling more comfortable knowing mine isn't weirded out or still in shock from being in a full blown reef. Not a species only tank.

Thanks,
Russ

[Paul B]

Here art some Erectus I collected in new York. The female is in the process of transfering the eggs. The right picture is the fry and the bottom picture has nothing to do with seahorses, it is my reef many years ago.
Paul
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/13094ReefPics.jpg

[masterswimmer]

Paul B, great shots. That seahorse 'transfer' shot is super.

Russ

[Paul B]

Russ, thanks, it took a lot of spawnings to get that.
Paul

[LukFox]

Originally posted by masterswimmer
Does everyone here have their pipefish in species tanks? Or does anyone have theirs in their reef?

Russ

I've had my dragonfaced pipefish in my reef for nearly a year now. He's doing well.

[masterswimmer]

LukFox, great to hear. Very encouraging. Thank you. I'm hoping for the same success.

Russ

[abarnswell]

Originally posted by greenighs
Here's another pic of my wee one:

Greenighs, where did you get the Brevie? It's darling!

[fishtail22]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/7153Yerectus.jpg

Let me try this again. A male H. erectus born at Atlantis Marine World.

[fishtail22]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/7153reidisex.jpg

A pair of H. reidi transferring eggs in my broodstock system at Hofstra University

[fishtail22]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/7153Bluespotted_cornetfish.jpg

Okay, so it's not exactly a seahorse or a pipefish, but isn't it close enough? These are some bluespotted cornetfish, Fistularia tabacaria , that I cought a couple of years ago. They are now over 4 feet long.

[abarnswell]

Wow, those are awesome fish! They sure look like pipefish. I'm not familiar with Cornetfish.

Well, they are in the Syngnathiformes (pipefishes and seahorses) order:

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3275

Cool! I didn't know that pipefish had such large cousins. Over four feet long! Good grief, what size tank are they in??

[fishtail22]

Right now they are in a 2000-gallon holding tank, but in the summer we put them in an outdoor 80,000-gallon tank with lots of reef fish, sharks, and stingrays, that people go snorkeling in. The cornetfish are the stars of the tank. I also have some smaller ones in an 800-gallon tank that I caught this past summer. They can get to be 7ft long! If you look closely, the one in the foreground has a sergeant major in his mouth that he just ate.

[abarnswell]

Originally posted by fishtail22
Right now they are in a 2000-gallon holding tank, but in the summer we put them in an outdoor 80,000-gallon tank with lots of reef fish, sharks, and stingrays, that people go snorkeling in.

A 2000-gallon tank? An 80,000 gallon tank? Wow, I can't even imagine how big that is! Is this at a zoo, or an Aquarium? Is this part of your job? How cool is that!

From the pic, it doesn't look like their jaws are fused, as in pipefishs. It looks like they can open up pretty wide. ??

[fishtail22]

April,

Yes, the aquarium is called Atlantis Marine World. It's a really fun place to work. Their jaws are fused but they can expand to a pretty good diameter. I'll try to get a shot of one yawning to give you an idea. It may take a few days.

[abarnswell]

Originally posted by fishtail22
April,

Yes, the aquarium is called Atlantis Marine World. It's a really fun place to work. Their jaws are fused but they can expand to a pretty good diameter. I'll try to get a shot of one yawning to give you an idea. It may take a few days.

Yes, I would say you have an EXTREMELY cool job. Can we switch jobs? :)

[lori7973]

11 day old fry

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/lori7973/Seahorse%20fry/11-23-05/11%20days%2012-4-05/DSCN6127.jpg

[masterswimmer]

Great shot Lori. Good luck with your brood. What kind are they?

Russ

[lori7973]

They are H. Erectus. I took this shot when I had their hitching posts out to clean, so they can all be seen.

[modernsavage]

great pics!!!

[abarnswell]

Wow, Lori! They are awesome!! Maybe I can adopt some when they are old enough to leave home. :) I have Reidi and am getting ready to get dwarves.

[abarnswell]

Lori, what kind of pipefish do you have???? And how many?

[lori7973]

April, I will let you know when the babies are ready for new homes. I have 2 multibanded pipes. Not sure of the sexes, but they do fight on occasion so they may be the same. They are awesome though, and eat frozen mysis to.

[seamonkey2]

here is mine 170ga soon to be 215ga

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingReg.jsp?Uc=14nvwj5s.8rj1t68&Uy=sdz91h&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=168712175983_23600052608

Jose

[Seahorsewisprer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6211950#post6211950 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishtail22
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/7153Yerectus.jpg

Let me try this again. A male H. erectus born at Atlantis Marine World.


What a gorgeous specimen! Is his lineage from WC stock from your ocean?

OR eat you heart out!

Must be that copepod diet?

[blenny90]

Seamonkey2 -

Great pictures - I like the one of the pipe with the seahorse hitched on it. How does the hawk fish do in with the pipes and sh's? I thought they were fairly aggressive.

[seamonkey2]

oopppsss that pic is from the old tank, the bilevel tank is for the SH and pipes only, the big tank 240 is where the hawks resides now, and when they were living togheter, the hawk did not pick on the horses, but bother the pipes, hawks don't like elongated bodies.

yeah my wife did not belive me when I told her, that horses like to ride on the pipes, and when she saw it, she was....very amused

Jose

[Flipturn88]

Some of my babies:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/RRSH_9-12-2005_PS-F.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/RRSH_9-12-2005_4_PS-F.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/RRSH_9-12-2005_2_PS-F.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/TTR_9-8-2005__3_PS-F.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/LSRH_9-8-2005_3_PS-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/LSRH_9-8-2005_5_PS-F.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/RRSH_9-6-2005_PS-F.jpg

[equinecpa]

Kayla;

Those are outstanding photographs. I checked out your profile to see if you are a professional photographer - I see you're a student. I hope you're pursuing a photography career, you have a definite talent there.

What kind of camera do you use?

You're interests are very similar to mine seahorses and my aussies!

Carolyn

[edshern]

Kayla,
I would love to see a picture of your whole tank.
Great pictures.
Ed

[mano]

My latest addition to the erectus tank. He or she just came out of quarantine and is now in the main tank.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/LateralLine/th_118_1865.jpg (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/LateralLine/118_1865.jpg)
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/LateralLine/th_118_1864.jpg (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/LateralLine/118_1864.jpg)

[Flipturn88]

Wow, not sure how I missed these posts! I apologize for such a delayed response, and beautiful pipes, mano.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6309644#post6309644 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by equinecpa
Kayla;

Those are outstanding photographs. I checked out your profile to see if you are a professional photographer - I see you're a student. I hope you're pursuing a photography career, you have a definite talent there.

What kind of camera do you use?

You're interests are very similar to mine seahorses and my aussies!

Carolyn Wow, thanks! Well, as much as I love photography, I plan to pursue my first love as a career: the ocean. However, that doesn't mean I can't keep up photography as a side hobby/job, as the two can certainly relate!

I use a Canon Powershot A95 (just a 5 mp, point-and-shoot digi). It took me awhile to "learn" what features/settings work for each desired effect, but I think I've finally mastered this camera.

And I must agree; you have very nice interests. ;)

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6311301#post6311301 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by edshern
Kayla,
I would love to see a picture of your whole tank.
Great pictures.
Ed No problem, and I'll include some of my new pipes as well:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/FT_12-21-2005_46-2-R.jpg

And some more of the horses:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/HRF_12-21-2005_3-R.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/HC_12-21-2005-R.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/HRM_12-29-2005-R.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/HRM_12-28-2005-R.jpg

And my Alligator Pipes:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/APM_1-2-2006_3-R.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/AP_12-29-2005_3-R.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Flipturn88/APM_1-2-2006_2-R.jpg

[mano]

Nice tank Flipturn88! Your horses look very happy in there! Yes, I agree I think you have mastered your camera. I took care of some alligator pipes for awhile at my work and we ended up with a pair. We tried to raise the babies but they only lasted a couple of months I think it was. Where did you get your gators from?

[mano]

Nevermind Kayla, I see in the other thread where you got them from.

[rayjay]

My male kuda

http://www.angelfire.com/ab/rayjay/Mkuda.jpg

My female kuda

http://www.angelfire.com/ab/rayjay/Fkuda.jpg

Reidi with cirri

http://www.angelfire.com/ab/rayjay/REIDIa.jpg

And, purchased at the same time, my Reidi without cirri

http://www.angelfire.com/ab/rayjay/REIDIb1.jpg

[edshern]

Rayjay, how about a full tank shot.

[rayjay]

TANK PICTURE COMPLETE WITH MUSIC (http://www.angelfire.com/ab/rayjay/Seahorse-Pipefish.html)

[VWD]

<img src=http://www.antiquecompany.com/YO.JPG>

<img src=http://www.antiquecompany.com/YO1.JPG>

[VWD]

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[Lightsluvr]

This is a great thread and needs a second look. Post your latest pics:

Our first SH tank - a 29G Bio-Cube
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/lightsluvr/BioCubeSide1226.jpg

H. Reidi from 2007: (our avatar)
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/lightsluvr/RedidMysis121407.jpg

Another young male - now 2 years old:
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/lightsluvr/Reidi1.jpg

One of our H. Reidi taking on a packet of eggs in his pouch:
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/lightsluvr/MaleEggs03032008PBjpg.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/lightsluvr/MaleEggs103032008PB.jpg

Let's see those seahorse pics!

LL

[reefkeeperlance]

here are the pics of my ponies
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb150/lance_b_2007/DSC_5429.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb150/lance_b_2007/CopyofDSC_5430.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb150/lance_b_2007/CopyofDSC_5426.jpg

[Lightsluvr]

Here are a few new photos taken in my new 120G seahorse reef:

Three of the ladies having a morning visit:
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/lightsluvr/Ladyhorses.jpg


Feeding time, sizing up the mysis shrimp in the feeding station:
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/lightsluvr/Seahorsefeeding.jpg


LL

[kcdan87]

wow those are some great pics!!!

[Paul B]

Here is a blurry blue stripe pipefish with some friends
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh270/urchsearch/Gobieggs019.jpg

[mollymonticello]

How long have you had the bluestripe, Paul?

[Paul B]

About a year. They were a mating pair but I recently lost the male. They have a short lifespan of only a couple of years.

[mollymonticello]

Sorry to hear that, Paul :( I got my bluestripes in July 07, I hope they live a long time. I think it helps I keep the temperature low, between 68 and 72.

My Syngnathid beauties

<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FpWiOJSiT8E/SZ32krGqOzI/AAAAAAAAAEg/OH1M01wElHc/s1600/seahorsejuviecirri.jpg">

<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FpWiOJSiT8E/SZ3uIf5s7LI/AAAAAAAAAEA/q4SLlSwkGZQ/s1600/IMG_3707edit.jpg">

<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FpWiOJSiT8E/SXOVEHxF-8I/AAAAAAAAAB4/4g5v-C-tE8k/s1600/ellisfeedingdish.jpg">

<img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa65/mollymonticello/Mars_by_mollymonticello.jpg?t=1235094628">

[Lightsluvr]

Some really great pics...

Others, please!

LL

[mollymonticello]

I put some more seahorse pictures in this thread here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=14676326#post14676326

Here is a new pipefish picture. This is "Snickers," she's about to snick a piece of mysis in this picture.

<img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa65/mollymonticello/DSC_9018.jpg?t=1237856418">

[t5Nitro]

Just out of curiosity...

By the looks of it more people own seahorses than I had thought.
I posted questions on this forum before to get a few questions answered. Still don't know if I want to jump into it.

If you buy two females will they never get that gas bubble? Really nothing to worry about then? How long on average would erectus live if I put two females in a 24 gallon?

[ladybug5234]

t5Nitro, if you haven't already done so, visit seahorse dot org.

[CeaHorseMaShell]

Here are my H. Reidi
http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv333/CeaHorseMaShell/seahorses007.jpg

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv333/CeaHorseMaShell/seahorses030.jpg

[Cichlid-Dave]

Here is a shot of one of our seahorses

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii428/cichlid-dave/474a9c20.jpg

[mollymonticello]

Excellent shot, Cichlid Dave! What kind of Molly is that?