Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine (FAMA)

by Neil Garrick-Maidment - from the July 2004 issue of Horse Forum I would like to welcome back Neil Garrick-Maidment, the world-renowned seahorse expert from the United Kingdom! Neil has a mixed animal background from Lions Tigers, Elephants, Dolphins, and Wolfs etc...

by Alisa Abbott and Carol Cozzi-Schmarr - from the June 2004 issue of FAMA Dear Alisa, I currently have a 10-gallon nanotank with healthy growing coral. The tank has a plentiful supply of copepods. I have been very interested in seahorses and I know that the tank is...

by Alisa Abbott and Carol Cozzi-Schmarr Dear Alisa, I was wondering if you have ever heard of a seahorse changing colors, or is that common. She used to be jet black, and now she is almost completely an off white with small black spots. I've had her for about 7 months...

by Pete Giwojna and Carol Cozzi-Schmarr - from the October 2003 issue of FAMA Dear Pete: I need some advice. I am concerned about a suspicious spot on the snout of a new Brazilian Seahorse I recently brought home from my LFS. It began as a darkish oval around 2mm near...

by Pete Giwojna and Carol Cozzi-Schmarr from the September 2003 issue of FAMA Hi, Pete! I heard that Hippocampus capensis seahorses are carriers of fish tuberculosis and should never be kept with other seahorses. Is that true? I’m a little worried about this because I...

Dear Alisa, I am planning on setting up a ten-gallon tank for dwarf seahorses and I have heard a lot of different recommendations for substrate. Some people have mentioned that a bare-bottom tank is best, while others recommend crushed coral or sand. Would you give me...

by Neil Garrick-Maidment from the September 2002 issue of Freshwater and Marine Aquarium magazine (FAMA) Hi Neil, At one of the sea life centres a disturbing new fact was laid out with the usual ones about the T.C.M and trinket trade. It stated that for every million...

by Neil Garrick-Maidment from the August 2002 issue of Freshwater and Marine Aquarium magazine (FAMA) Dear Neil, I have been told that seahorses are very hard to find in the wild because they have all been taken for use as medicine. I would like to breed them so that...

by Pete Giwojna and Carol Cozzi-Schmarr from the February 2002 issue of Freshwater and Marine Aquarium magazine (FAMA) Dear Pete, If you have a pregnant male should he be removed from a tank with a bio filter and protein skimmer to prevent babies from being sucked up...

by Pete Giwojna and Carol Cozzi-Schmarr - from the January 2002 issue of Freshwater and Marine Aquarium magazine (FAMA) As promised, my next guest speaker is Pete Giwojna! For those of you who missed the introduction last month, Pete is one of the most respected...