ReefDreamer's Seahorse, Pipefish & Snipefish

Heinz i am sure i can take some pics of the hair algae in my display tank,as i have plenty of that rubbish ! ? "i am trying to kill it "

Heinz great info and research.

I have HA and Bubble but my photo ability's aren't that great. I will try tomorrow night but no guarantee's.

Waiting for your pics Geeks LoL ...

Ok here are some bad pic's if you wish you may use them.

Sorry to make your beautiful thread look ugly

Today is Wednesday Heinz, gimme till Saturday "my time"

Originally Posted by skinz78

Ok here are some bad pic's if you wish you may use them.

Sorry to make your beautiful thread look ugly

Wow Chris , cool Pics... Thank you very much. And your copyright notice, how should it look like?

@Thinking Reef
No problem Andrew, the article goes online on March 8, one or two days earliere is OK.


You can look at the article, however, already on my website, it is not linked in the side but who knows the address can read it, but remember it's in German.

Heinz just place my name like this:

Chris Baskins "skinz78" www.reef-geeks.com

Originally Posted by skinz78

Heinz just place my name like this:

Chris Baskins "skinz78" www.reef-geeks.com

already done Chris

You have the link, take a look at it.

Oh My Goodness! I just LOVE that last pics with all those baby seahorses!!! it's just amazing to see! and discovering how to increase your survival rate "by accident" is just the best! seems like so many of us discover "the right way" to our reefing challenges by accident! and it's great that we can share this experience with each other! thank you Heinz I will definitely be referring to this thread again when we set up seahorses.......(yes, I decided that I want to do some crazy fun things with our 75g when we restart it! )...

I've been so swamped with a work project (the project from hell) that I haven't been able to take pics of our harmful algae...but we have some and I will have the pics posted here this weekend for ya!

Heinz, what is the direct link to the page? I make it to the website but I can't find the page, I can bump my way around but my German isn't that great.

Originally Posted by skinz78

Heinz, what is the direct link to the page?

here you can see the new article on my webside:

ReefDreams - Algen als Plage im Meerwasser-Aquarium - Ueber Methoden der Kontrolle von Algenwachstum im Meerwasser-Aquarium

it is absolut exactly the same as in the german reefer-magazin.

the link to the article in the magazine I sent you via PM, hope it works, but I'm not sure.

Originally Posted by Barbara

Oh My Goodness! I just LOVE that last pics with all those baby seahorses!!! it's just amazing to see! and discovering how to increase your survival rate "by accident" is just the best! seems like so many of us discover "the right way" to our reefing challenges by accident! and it's great that we can share this experience with each other! thank you Heinz I will definitely be referring to this thread again when we set up seahorses.......(yes, I decided that I want to do some crazy fun things with our 75g when we restart it! )...

I've been so swamped with a work project (the project from hell) that I haven't been able to take pics of our harmful algae...but we have some and I will have the pics posted here this weekend for ya!

Hi Barbara, mostly it is a coincidence that helps a person to resolve a problem! In my case it was just a few times, and since you like the pictures of the many baby seahorses, here are a video.

just click into the pic ....

LOL well as bad as they look my pic's look good on that page Heinz.

I never found them on the Magazine site.


Very cool video, how old are those little guys?

Originally Posted by skinz78

LOL well as bad as they look my pic's look good on that page Heinz.

I never found them on the Magazine site.


Very cool video, how old are those little guys?

I edited the pictures in photoshop ... and btw I send you by PM the Link to the magazinpage BUT unfortunately I had forgotten to say; to read the article you must be a member of korallenriff.de ..... mhhhh thats why you can't find them, sorry.

These are frys of hippocampus barbouri and they are 3 days old.

by the way .... this is the picture which I had use instaed of the current for the photo contest. .... next time

Hippocampus satomiae - made in Indonesia 2008

WOW very nice Heinz, I am guessing that was a night dive?

Originally Posted by skinz78

WOW very nice Heinz, I am guessing that was a night dive?

Early morning (04.30h AM), shortly before sunrise Chris.

I am speechless! (and no comments from the peanut gallery please )......did I just die and go to heaven! that was simply amazing to watch Heinz...and can't believe how well-developed they are at only 3 days old! you sure have worked out a successful breeding system ... I know I ask a lot from you,....but....will you set up a separate thread on your breeding tank set up? why the crate pieces? what material are you using for them to cling to? what was that black piece at the bottom and what's its purpose? and so on.....???? would be REALLY great to know all the details of your breeding set up and tank for those of us who want to set one up

Sensational Heinz , i just dont know how you do it !!

UNREAL !!


Cheers mate,can you keep us updated with their growth ?

Originally Posted by HMA

I wouldn't think so, there are definitely special permits,, NOT in Australia and 100% not in Europe.

Hippocampus bargibanti is listed in CITES Appendix II, it is quite possible that they were imported for breeding purposes with special permission. The USA and Australia have a special agreement as I know, but what exactly are the contents of this agreement, I do not know.

I've seen stuff for sale that shouldn't be, like Komodo dragons, venomous snakes (which are illegal where I live), and endangered Acropora coral. Animal trafficking is alive and well in the states. Unfortunately, I didn't realize many of these animals were illegal at the time, otherwise I would have reported it.

Your aquariums are stunning by the way!!! And those are some incredible photos!