Planning Seahorse tank

[Indymann99]

So I am pretty excited!

My wife wants a seahorse tank in her home office.

I have run SW tanks for years my current FOWLR is this
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn10/Indymann99/Basement52009.jpg

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn10/Indymann99/QTinMixRm.jpg

I have been reading up on seahorse tanks and seems like cooler temps ( <74deg ) is one of the main concerns.

My idea is as follows:

Seahorse tank will be a 45g ish Octogon/Pentagon / corner design in the home office on the main floor of the house. I have direct access down through the floor to the unfinished mechanical room in the basement (see mix tank pic above). The floor of the basement is a constant 62 deg. My plan is to have a 55g ish sump sitting directly on the floor to cool the tank.

I would prob run an external return pump to keep any heat OUT of the water.

Thoughts?

I typically read up and design for about 6mo so not going to jump into this next week.

Thanks for any input

 

[Mo2]

I think if you get captive bred seahorses your setup would work well. Having a UV sterilizer may not be a bad idea either. . .

How many are you planning on keeping in that tank? A ton of juvies would work for a while until they get big- so keep that in mind. And then their is the daily feeding. Make sure there is some u know that will be available to feed your horses for you if you were ever to take a vacation. They can go about two days before things go down hill.