iam thinking of plumming a small seahorse tank(24g hoodless nanocube) to my 75g FOWLR, i would put a T in the return line to go to the NC and drill a hole in the back of it so the water gos threw back to the sump so it would all be one big tank and less maintence then two seperate ones, but the SH need 74 and iam not sure if my other fish would be ok at that temp, other fish would be V lion, niger trigger, red coris wrasse and possibely one of the following SF eel, zebra eel, YT, foxface, DF puffer will any of these fish have prblems with lower temp or is there anything iam missing?
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What species of seahorse do you have that requires 74 degrees? For the life of me, I can't think of a species that does other than maybe H. guttulatus or H. hippocampus.
I've kept most of the fish you listed as low as 72 longterm, and many of them are found around Hawaii that tends to be a bit cooler anway. Lionfish are now found living on wrecks around North Carolina, so I know they can handle it (grin). The foxface is an unknown for me, I never kept them other than at normal tropical temperatures, so I don't have a clue as to their lower temp. limit.
Do you think this will save you that much time? Partial water changes may be a bit more complicated, and you'll still need two light systems. Same amount of algae scraping to do(grin). Plus won't you need an extra pump to move the water between the tanks? Finally, you're putting all your eggs in one basket - anything that happens in one of the tanks is going to happen in the other (water problems, disease, etc.)
JHemdal
I've kept most of the fish you listed as low as 72 longterm, and many of them are found around Hawaii that tends to be a bit cooler anway. Lionfish are now found living on wrecks around North Carolina, so I know they can handle it (grin). The foxface is an unknown for me, I never kept them other than at normal tropical temperatures, so I don't have a clue as to their lower temp. limit.
Do you think this will save you that much time? Partial water changes may be a bit more complicated, and you'll still need two light systems. Same amount of algae scraping to do(grin). Plus won't you need an extra pump to move the water between the tanks? Finally, you're putting all your eggs in one basket - anything that happens in one of the tanks is going to happen in the other (water problems, disease, etc.)
JHemdal
Well,
Sorry - I totally missed H. erectus (I quess I was thinking more exotic). They CERTAINLY can handle 74 degrees, and probably would prefer it. However, the source of the fish can be an issue. Some people (including myself) feel that the northern and tropical population s of H. erectus are distinct - possibly even being different species.
H. kuda has a distinctly tropical range so it would be difficult to justify 74 degrees based on natural history information.
For H. kuda - do they HAVE to be kept that low? No - I never have. Do they do BETTER if kept that low? I can't say because I've never pushed the issue with them.....
JHemdal
Sorry - I totally missed H. erectus (I quess I was thinking more exotic). They CERTAINLY can handle 74 degrees, and probably would prefer it. However, the source of the fish can be an issue. Some people (including myself) feel that the northern and tropical population s of H. erectus are distinct - possibly even being different species.
H. kuda has a distinctly tropical range so it would be difficult to justify 74 degrees based on natural history information.
For H. kuda - do they HAVE to be kept that low? No - I never have. Do they do BETTER if kept that low? I can't say because I've never pushed the issue with them.....
JHemdal
I keep H. kuda at 78 to 80 as a matter of course. So, is this idea about keeping horses cooler a means to lower their metabolism and thus reduce their food intake? That was an idea passed around years ago when few, if any seahorses were getting anything but live (=expensive) food. Now days, with TR seahorses eating frozen foods, I just don't see the need to limit their metabolism.
JHemdal
JHemdal
i read it was because there are more bacteria in the water at higher temps so more possibility for disease then at lower temps, iam not haveing mutch luck findeing any real CB horses here i think i might try one the net bred kudas in a QT and see what happens, i did find a place with CB dwarf horses aparentley eating frozen but there not for sale yet and think they only come as some kind of kit(tank, horses ect not quit sure)and i think they are $150 or more for the kit if they are eating frozen is it worth it?