JBJ 28 Gallon Nano tank

[raswank1]

Would this be okay for a seahorse/pipefish tank? Was looking at the new ones with the L.E.D. system. I figure 1 bag of live sand, some live rock, with a few branch pieces. What'cha think? I think they have a protein skimmer attachment as well? Or I was thinking of the Red Sea Max 130D.

 

[chiclet]

seahorses need low flow and lighting doesnt matter. why spend more $$ on led's? Unless you like the way it looks of course

 

[drew11588]

they prefer low flow, you could replace the stock pumps with soemthing a little weaker. but the led is a good idea since they produce minimal heat, but in general, all in ones produce trap too much heat without a chiller

 

[rayjay]

Seahorses can handle various flows from low to medium and even high, as long as it's not high enough to just blast them.
You need hitching in the low and medium flows so they can choose the flow they want at various times.
Some of mine will actually swim into the higher flow and ride with it, going back repeatedly for more.
28g is close to the minimum 29 for a pair of seahorses so as long as that volume isn't taken up much with self contained systems then it will probably be OK.
Seahorses don't need anything stronger than ambient lighting so your lighting will be dictated by anything else you might want to keep in the tank.
Just remember, the hotter the lights, the harder to maintain the recommended temperature of 68° to 74°F.

MY THOUGHTS ON SEAHORSE KEEPING

 

[Shotgunlew]

I was thinking about trying a pair of dwarf sea horses in a 12g nano cube dx and advice?

Chris

 

[rayjay]

A pair would not work in a 12 because you would have to have too high a feeding density as they don't normally go hunting down the bbs when you put it in the tank, but rather wait for it to come swimming by.
I would guess you should have 6 to 8 minimum zostera for a 12 g to work efficiently.
Just remember that you Always have to feed live bbs to them which can become a chore in time.

 

[Shotgunlew]

I was told these where being fed liquid food ( the DSH are tank raised )

 

[namxas]

I was told these where being fed liquid food ( the DSH are tank raised )

HUH???!!! liquid WHAT?

i'd be VERY curious to hear what's in the stuff, as zots typically only eat live BBS/copepods...

 

[rayjay]

I'd guess it's bottles of copepods and that would certainly be an expensive way to try to keep them alive as copepods are so small they need great numbers for survival if it can be done.
From time to time you see claims that zostera can be fed something other than a base of live bbs but I've never heard of anyone being able to keep them alive long term without using live bbs.
I'd suggest checking out the dwarf seahorse forum before you get too far into this.

 

[Shotgunlew]

I'd guess it's bottles of copepods and that would certainly be an expensive way to try to keep them alive as copepods are so small they need great numbers for survival if it can be done.
From time to time you see claims that zostera can be fed something other than a base of live bbs but I've never heard of anyone being able to keep them alive long term without using live bbs.
I'd suggest checking out the dwarf seahorse forum before you get too far into this.

Oh I would for sure, Im taking the seahorse thing VERY slow ( Ive never kept a sea horse before )