convince me to buy sea horses

[plancton]

Hi, I have a new 12g nano cube, and I don't know what to do with it. I don't know if turn it into a reef, or planted tank, a puffer fish tank, a helfrichi firefish tank, or a seahorse tank.

Are seahorses that cool?, I hear they don't do anything, they just hang themselves to macroalgae.

How hard are they to get fed?, I was thinking about brine shrimp and copepods.

 

[scapes]

seahorses? I've had 3 for a month and a half. one is a wild so i've had to specially buy live food for it. PAIN. my male just had babies last nite! they're very cute, but a big investment. i'm sure i know have spent over $1000 on seahorse stuff alone (animals, food, feeding stations, aquarium for babies,macroalgae etc), that's not including the corals I put in there w/ them. IMO, stick to fish only. cheapest route and least time consuming

 

[pledosophy]

A 12 nano would not work for seahorses. Try some gobies

 

[iamwhatiam52]

Agreed.

Too small for horses. Maybe try a bluestripe pipefish.

Get a bunch of Trimma and Eviota gobies. They are teeeeeeeny and do not hide if kept with only small fish.

 

[BruceW]

I've said before and I'll say it again. Just say no to seahorses in a nano tank. Too small and too hot for medium to large horses.

Bruce

 

[bohannbj]

Up until recently I was keeping two 5 inch seahorses in a twleve gallon nano and they have already started breeding. If your going to use that tank just make sure to diffuse the current enough. A tip if you do decide to keep seahorses, just feed them live ghost shrimp. I know it's easier to do the frozen thing but the colors you get from live food is far better.

 

[hydroid]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7867283#post7867283 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bohannbj
A tip if you do decide to keep seahorses, just feed them live ghost shrimp. I know it's easier to do the frozen thing but the colors you get from live food is far better.

The color you will see most is green ... going out of your wallet.

 

[danfrith]

i have a pair of pipefish in my 12 gal., thier not nearly as expensive, but make sure they are eating frozen food

 

[autumnb]

I am so new to the seahorses. I have had the aggresive 110 gal salt for a long time and just wanted something different. So, I have a 30 gal hex. It is deep enough that there is not a lot of water agitation near the bottom. I have a sand bed of live sand and quite a bit of live rock, along with various plants. I have a back pack on it that has the skimmer built into it. It set for about a month with a goby, snails, two small fish that I put in at the first to help get the tank broke in, a featherduster and three pepperment shrimp to eat the bad things coming from the live rock that will sting the seahorses (not good at the scientific names). I put two black seahorses in there last week, they seem to be fine so far. They eat frozen brine and mysis shrimp with a supplement added, that I soak it in. I feed with a tube put down a little closer to them and they eat it up. Is this enough of a variety. I of course listen to what the fish store said and now found this forum. Lots of good information. Does anyone have any suggestions or see anything that I'm doing wrong? They are a lot of work but very interesting to watch.

 

[Krustylove]

I have had my 24 gallon nano set up for 2 weeks now and it does get really hot, all day I switch out frozen water bottles to at least keep the temp at 83-84 which is still to hot and today I just brought home more seahorses that cannot even stay hitched very long from the heavy current in the nano-I know I have a smaller pump around here somewhere...just stick with the cute little gobys-cheaper, better yet a freshwater planted Amazon tank with Rams

 

[autumnb]

My temp is not near that bad. Mine was around 80 all the time. Yesterday I did find a fan that actually mounted to the tank. I am gone all day so this was a way to keep the water a little cooler without the fluctuation in the temp. It kept it around 76 all day yesterday. Hopefully, Dallas won't get any hotter.

 

[Krustylove]

I just went to the electronics store yesterday and brought home a flat plastic DC computer fan to mount into the lid. I just need to dig up a 3" hole bit to finish getting that puppy installed. I never though I would learn electrical when I found myself memorized 9 years ago by my friends reef tank but here I am with my electrical tape and wire nuts

 

[autumnb]

Play with computers all the time apart and together, I never thought of that idea. Koodos!!

 

[Krustylove]

I got the idea from the Nano forum! I love RC!!! A wealth of information at my figertips...
check this out, here is a picture of one installed:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=890450

 

[autumnb]

kewl thank you !!

 

[RichConley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7835593#post7835593 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pledosophy
A 12 nano would not work for seahorses. Try some gobies

Honestly, my Reidis did much better in the 7gallon minibow than theyre doign in the 29 gallon. The minibow was easier to keep clean, and easier to get food to them.


And I think they range a total of abuot 4" during the day, so I dont think they care about the extra space they have now.


Also, FWIW, theyre not nearly as expensive to keep as a reef.