Seahorse tank, Final Check.

[WerezMiePie]

Tank Specs,
55 gallon
34 pounds of LR
One 400 GPH Powerhead
24 Gallon Sump
Basic 1k Micron felt
Protein skimmer rated 120 gallons
2x 48 Inch Acintic VHO 1 blue 1 white bulbs
Refuguim
Copods & Amphapods culturing tank!
480GPH Blueline 20HD return pump
100 Wat Heater I believe may be wrong only for emergencies

Hitches,
Well established Seaweed
MicroAlgae's
One Purple Bush Gorgonian
Xmas Tree Coral
I will be getting the xmas and gorg tomorrow as well as the algae

Parameters,
Alk. 300
Nitrite 0
Nitrates, 0
Ammonia, 0
SG, 0.025
Temp 76 F

CUC,
Two Pepper
One oversized turbo
One Docile Emerald Crab
5 Astreas
3 Nassarius snails
2 Red Dwarf Hermits
3 Blue Legs Hermits

20 Gallon QT,
HBO Filter
GrowLights

After Picking up corals and algaes I plan on getting the seahorses going for next week!

Wish me luck and any info is helpful, especially on ways to keep calm while acclimating them.

 

[vlangel]

I'd try blowing a fan either on your sump or the top of your tank and see if you can cool it a few more degrees. Every degree over 74 is going to greatly increase your chance of making your seahorses vulnerable to bacterial infections. If it were my tank I'd not have the emerald crab, or any crabs for that matter in with the ponies.

 

[WerezMiePie]

I was weary of the crabs but, I have seen more tanks with crabs and seahorses than tanks without crabs so I am going with popular vote this time.... And I have the heater set on 76 in the sump, the temp stays at 75 in the main tank. Besides that you think they will be setup well in the tank?

 

[RedAnt78]

For a 55 gallon I don't think you have enough CUC. You only have 8 snails, that's not really very many although it may be enough for this month, I would plan on getting more each month as the tank gets more established

 

[WerezMiePie]

I was thinking of a larger CUC until the algae was wiped out over night... I haven't seen any types of algae in the tank beyond coralline... I'm sure once I get a bio load some will show up. So we will see thanks!