I have worms and lice!!!

MarkS · 11-23-2001, 11:38 PM

COOL!!!

OK, not personally. I hope.

Anyway, I made a 5 gallon all-in-one nano to house dwarf seahorses. It has a 2" DSB with live rock and macroalgea. I bought several worm cultures from my LFS about 3 weeks ago for $3.00 per pound(worms and gravel/water). Well anyway, I have noticed bristle worms measuring from 1/8" to 2 1/2" and spaghetti worms. Not only that, but I just noticed a little baby bristle worm swimming about. And better yet, I just today started seeing pods. Lots of pods. Everywhere. Dwarf food!

Well anyway, I am just happy! I spent all of $12 and got all that I would have bought from IPSF for $99!

This tank has a built in sump/refugium so I expect these critters to breed like rabbits.

Mark

cod · 11-24-2001, 08:33 AM

Hey MarkS!
I hope the worms and bugs are confined to your tank!

I am loosely considering a seahorse tank for my daughter. Do all seahorses eat pods, or just the dwarfs?

MarkS · 11-24-2001, 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by cod
I am loosely considering a seahorse tank for my daughter. Do all seahorses eat pods, or just the dwarfs?

All seahorses will eat pods to some extent, but unless you are prepared to breed pods in sufficient numbers(a very hard thing to do), you are better off raising brine shrimp or grass shrimp. They REQUIRE live food.

I recommend that you check out www.seahorse.org. You can find all of the info you will need there.

Mark

cod · 11-24-2001, 03:09 PM

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Lots of pods. Everywhere. Dwarf food!

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This tank has a built in sump/refugium so I expect these critters to breed like rabbits

Will you supplement the sea horse diet with brine shrimp? Or will your sex crazed pods breed enough to keep them fed?

MarkS · 11-24-2001, 06:15 PM

I will have to suppliment with baby brine. The tank is far too small to expect a constant and huge growth of pods.

Mark

cod · 11-24-2001, 06:38 PM

O.K., I was just curious. If I decide to do a sea horse tank(May~June 02) I'll probably breed brine shrimp. I'm already growing phyto and rotifers, I doubt B. shrimp would be too much more bother. I might even look into doing some pods between now and then, who knows

Thanks for the link to seahorse.org

Where are you in Tx? My wife and I spent some time in Dallas, Lubbok, and Tulia, and we lived in Austin for 2 years. Austin was great, I wish I were still there! Dallas was at least a big city. Lubbok and Tulia are pretty clost to the depths of hell. Too isolated for an east coaster.

Lifesabeach · 01-14-2006, 09:58 AM

I am setting up a tank for some dwarf seahorses. I am cycling it now and bought some live rock from a LFS. It was cured. When I put it in my tank, I noticed one piece had bristleworms creeping out . I read that they arent good, so took out that piece and have left it out for a day and only 2 of the worms I saw came out. Are you saying they are good for a seahorse tank?
I am new to this. I am getting a 24 gallon nanocube and am researching and reading everything I can.

romunov · 01-15-2006, 05:35 AM

Those are probably hair worms, not spaghetti.

They will require food, though.

Spaghetti and Hair Worms… What’s in a Name?

11-23-2001, 11:38 PM	#1
MarkS Governor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 1,799	I have worms and lice!!! COOL!!! OK, not personally. I hope. Anyway, I made a 5 gallon all-in-one nano to house dwarf seahorses. It has a 2" DSB with live rock and macroalgea. I bought several worm cultures from my LFS about 3 weeks ago for $3.00 per pound(worms and gravel/water). Well anyway, I have noticed bristle worms measuring from 1/8" to 2 1/2" and spaghetti worms. Not only that, but I just noticed a little baby bristle worm swimming about. And better yet, I just today started seeing pods. Lots of pods. Everywhere. Dwarf food! Well anyway, I am just happy! I spent all of $12 and got all that I would have bought from IPSF for $99! This tank has a built in sump/refugium so I expect these critters to breed like rabbits. Mark __________________ 2 + 2 != 4 Two is only loosely associated with two by a plus sign and therefore doesn't enter the equation at all since it is only there by mere complicity. We shouldn't count it and leave well enough alone.

11-24-2001, 08:33 AM	#2
cod Tenant Join Date: May 2001 Location: china grove,n.c. usa Posts: 75	Hey MarkS! I hope the worms and bugs are confined to your tank! I am loosely considering a seahorse tank for my daughter. Do all seahorses eat pods, or just the dwarfs? __________________ It's more a science project than a fish tank

11-24-2001, 06:15 PM	#5
MarkS Governor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 1,799	I will have to suppliment with baby brine. The tank is far too small to expect a constant and huge growth of pods. Mark __________________ 2 + 2 != 4 Two is only loosely associated with two by a plus sign and therefore doesn't enter the equation at all since it is only there by mere complicity. We shouldn't count it and leave well enough alone.

11-24-2001, 06:38 PM	#6
cod Tenant Join Date: May 2001 Location: china grove,n.c. usa Posts: 75	O.K., I was just curious. If I decide to do a sea horse tank(May~June 02) I'll probably breed brine shrimp. I'm already growing phyto and rotifers, I doubt B. shrimp would be too much more bother. I might even look into doing some pods between now and then, who knows Thanks for the link to seahorse.org Where are you in Tx? My wife and I spent some time in Dallas, Lubbok, and Tulia, and we lived in Austin for 2 years. Austin was great, I wish I were still there! Dallas was at least a big city. Lubbok and Tulia are pretty clost to the depths of hell. Too isolated for an east coaster. __________________ It's more a science project than a fish tank Last edited by cod; 11-24-2001 at 06:47 PM.

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01-14-2006, 09:58 AM	#7
Lifesabeach New in Town Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Long Island Posts: 1	I am setting up a tank for some dwarf seahorses. I am cycling it now and bought some live rock from a LFS. It was cured. When I put it in my tank, I noticed one piece had bristleworms creeping out . I read that they arent good, so took out that piece and have left it out for a day and only 2 of the worms I saw came out. Are you saying they are good for a seahorse tank? I am new to this. I am getting a 24 gallon nanocube and am researching and reading everything I can.

01-15-2006, 05:35 AM	#8
romunov Citizen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Slovenia Posts: 111	Those are probably hair worms, not spaghetti. They will require food, though. Spaghetti and Hair Worms… What’s in a Name?

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