a thought about attached SH tank to main DT
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Devaji108
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my system is a 75 Dt with a 40BR that is going to be a display refugium with mangroves, LR and lots of MARCOs...
the only issue I see is the temp. I'll have no problem keeping it below 78. lighting will be LED skimmer pump, return pump and PH's from DT should not put out to much heat.
is there a happy balance of temp were the corals and DT fish will be happy as well as the SH & macros? like 72-75?
anyone out there done/doing this would love feedback.
the only issue I see is the temp. I'll have no problem keeping it below 78. lighting will be LED skimmer pump, return pump and PH's from DT should not put out to much heat.
is there a happy balance of temp were the corals and DT fish will be happy as well as the SH & macros? like 72-75?
anyone out there done/doing this would love feedback.
74 to 75° for the seahorse tank wouldn't be a problem but the exposure to pathogens from the other fish MIGHT be but not definitely.
When the seahorses are raised in ocean water without proper filtering and treatment like tank raised and pen raised, the pathogens they are exposed to are just those that are local to the where the water is drawn from.
Different source can have different pathogens so again, the seahorses from one would be possibly threatened by the pathogens of the other.
That is why the recommendation for best chances of success is to only keep seahorses from the same breeding source in a tank.
That doesn't mean it won't work, only that the odds of success are not near as good and you stand a better chance of loosing the seahorses.
When the seahorses are raised in ocean water without proper filtering and treatment like tank raised and pen raised, the pathogens they are exposed to are just those that are local to the where the water is drawn from.
Different source can have different pathogens so again, the seahorses from one would be possibly threatened by the pathogens of the other.
That is why the recommendation for best chances of success is to only keep seahorses from the same breeding source in a tank.
That doesn't mean it won't work, only that the odds of success are not near as good and you stand a better chance of loosing the seahorses.
namxas
Things With Stings R Us!
I've never worried too much about SH contracting pathogens from established non-Syngnathids. However, besides the temp. issue, if you like the water in your "main" DT pristine, you'll be fighting that battle once the SH setup is added. SH must eat daily, and produce a lot of waste both when eating as well as defecating, so your NO3 level will be higher unless you step up the maintenance accordingly.
BTW, SH do wonderfully in macro setups...that's about as good as it gets for them.
BTW, SH do wonderfully in macro setups...that's about as good as it gets for them.
Devaji108
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Yeah greg that what I was thinking too, however with all the macro's in the 40Br display fefuge was thinking that it would help keep to NO3 in check. + i'lll have a insump refuge as well with LR and cheto.
do you thnk 2 pairs would be ok on a 40br?
not sure yet what I want to keep in the display refuge but I know it gonna be mangroves with lots of green & red macros.
do you thnk 2 pairs would be ok on a 40br?
not sure yet what I want to keep in the display refuge but I know it gonna be mangroves with lots of green & red macros.
TamiW
Seahorse Wrangler
A 40 breeder is probably going to be too shallow.
To grow macros thick enough to have the impact you want on NO3, you'll need it denser than your seahorses would be able to move through. Mangroves look nice but don't do that much for removing nitrates and phosphates. That's one of those fancy reefer legends that gets a lot of mangrove pods sold but does little else. Unless you like the look, in which case I say go for it.
I feel that hooking a seahorse tank up to a display tank is generally a bad idea that doesn't work well in the long term. I wrote something about sumps and seahorses but it really applies to any dt+st setup: http://www.fusedjaw.com/aquariumcar...orse-refugiums-are-not-a-happy-seahorse-home/
To grow macros thick enough to have the impact you want on NO3, you'll need it denser than your seahorses would be able to move through. Mangroves look nice but don't do that much for removing nitrates and phosphates. That's one of those fancy reefer legends that gets a lot of mangrove pods sold but does little else. Unless you like the look, in which case I say go for it.
I feel that hooking a seahorse tank up to a display tank is generally a bad idea that doesn't work well in the long term. I wrote something about sumps and seahorses but it really applies to any dt+st setup: http://www.fusedjaw.com/aquariumcar...orse-refugiums-are-not-a-happy-seahorse-home/
