question on temperature

[TikiDan]

I am preparing to move my horses from a 34 gallon to a 120 and my temperature sits between 72 to 79 and was wondering if it would be to hot for them.

I have 4 H. reidi and from what I have read on the sites, the temp maxes out at 77 degrees farenheit.

Will I be ok with a tank slightly higher? will 2 degrees matter that much?

 

[Rays]

It has been found that tropic and temperate seahorses are best kept at temps 72-74, and cooler temp species at temps slightly lower. Different bacteria e.g. Vibrio and other nasties which can be lethal to seahorses thrive and multiply in warmer temps.

 

[TikiDan]

with fans blowing on my water, and my lights off, my temp this morning is at 73.3

I will turn my lights on now and see how high it gets throughout the day.

 

[Kanicky]

72* - 79*?

That's a pretty big jump, and one that is unfortunately, way too big for seahorses.

It's best that they're kept, as the poster above me said, between 72* - 74*.

 

[Rays]

Just as an aside to this, back around 2002-2003, I kept several types of seahorses including OR's, over several months I would start losing them, one or two at a time, my temps were a constant 78. I now have over twenty northern erectus that I collected in the wild in Aug/Sep., and a dozen or so southern erectus, some WC, some CB, I haven't lost one. Temps have been kept at 71-73. Think there is a correlation?

 

[TikiDan]

My lights have been on for 2 hours now and the temp is 74.1 degrees so it has gone up 1.2 degrees over 2 hours time.

 

[ReefNutPA]

I agree with the information above. It really is best to keep the temp at 74F max. An occassional spike to 76F once or twice a week for an hour or two shouldn't cause any issues, but long term anything 76F or higher would mostly cause problems.

Tom

 

[TikiDan]

Ok, so it seems that if I keep my MH's on for no more than 5 hours a day, I can keep my temp at 75 degrees. so my next step will be to add a couple of T5's and add a couple of fans built into my canopy.

This should buy me some time until I can afford a chiller.


Thanks everybody.

 

[ConsultantERP]

Halides are a bit of a waste for seahorses, just use the t-5's, and if you still have a heat issure, the fan should work fine, and save you some electric $'s

 

[eisaiasjr]

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If you want to keep your horses alive you must keep them below 74, that is the bottom line... I know this is not what you wanted to hear but anything above 74 degrees starts taxing your seahorses immune system.

Regards,

Estefano

 

[wildernesstank]

you can also just put a fan that clip on

 

[TikiDan]

Alright, I have one fan on my sump, two in the canopy and now my temp is from 69.8 to 72 degrees thanks for all the input and help.