jacob.morgan78
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Can anyone save me some time and point me in a good direction to figure if it is possible and, if so, how it is suggested to plumb a seahorse tank with an already established reef tank.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Seahorse tank plumbed into reef tank?
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novahobbies
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Not a good idea, I'm afraid. Seahorses need tank temperatures that are usually cooler than reef systems, and the waste products of the horses (little poop factories that they are) would not be beneficial for a full reef. Better option would be to start a self-contained horse system and leave it at that. There are plenty of corals that CAN be kept in the cooler, "dirtier" waters that horse tanks have, but not so many that I would chance keeping the two systems plumbed together.
jacob.morgan78
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thank you.
WallysWorld
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+1 agreed. Seahorse are a huge bio load! I have reefs and Seahorses but they are in separate systems.
Allmost
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it is doable, but not a good Idea.
I had my 200 G sps tank connected to my seahorse tank for a while, recently changed it and moved the seahorses and made that a frag tank due to overgrown SPS colonies I needed to frag ...
seahorses add a huge bioload. which means u will need more filteration.
I had my 200 G sps tank connected to my seahorse tank for a while, recently changed it and moved the seahorses and made that a frag tank due to overgrown SPS colonies I needed to frag ...
seahorses add a huge bioload. which means u will need more filteration.
jacob.morgan78
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Thanks for all the feedback!
So, if in seperate systems, is it possible to keep a seahorse tank without a chiller?
So, if in seperate systems, is it possible to keep a seahorse tank without a chiller?
novahobbies
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That depends on a lot of factors: your lighting, your ambient outside temperature, how cool you keep your house, your return pump, etc. I kept a 37g tank at 73-74 degrees with just an Iceprobe thermoelectric chiller for about a year while I had a PC fixture on the tank. I live in south Florida, and my average house temp is 76. Now I have a 150 w MH light and an enclosed hood to boot, and the only way I can keep my temp down is with a 1/13th HP chiller.
If you live in a cool environment and don't have metal halides, something as simple as a fan blowing across the water surface may be enough to cool your tank temp. The Iceprobe chiller was a good option for me because fans alone didn't cut it in the warm summer months, and it was much more in the budget range than the chiller!
If you live in a cool environment and don't have metal halides, something as simple as a fan blowing across the water surface may be enough to cool your tank temp. The Iceprobe chiller was a good option for me because fans alone didn't cut it in the warm summer months, and it was much more in the budget range than the chiller!
WallysWorld
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I have never used a chiller. Obviously the winter in NY is not an issue. In the summer the room has an A/C unit that keep the room at 70 to 72 deg and with a fan on the tank or sump you can drop a few more degs.
You can also raise the lights in summer unless its a reef tank ;-)
You can also raise the lights in summer unless its a reef tank ;-)
novahobbies
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LOL yes I imagine your problem is the opposite of mine....how to keep the animals from becoming seahorse-sicles in the winter!
c.declivisowner
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Molehs
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Personally I cringe at videos like this. I appreciate the fact he was able to make it work, but how many others would use it as "proof" that it's possible and how many seahorses would die because of it?
mtc1966
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no chiller for me either . summer time room is air conditioned . my problem is winters pellet stove in the room . but i was able to get by with a clip on fan. it did get up a little warmer then i would like to see a few times but then i would turn the fan on and it would be good the next day. you just get a lot of evaporation.
jck16
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The crazy thing is that I need a chiller year round even though I'm up in NYC. My landlord blasts the heat in my apartment during the winter. And summertime with a metal halide....I'm thinking my chiller might be on 24/7 and still not be able to keep the tank at 74 degrees. I'll have to see...
About the link, I really like the design and concept of the tank actually. But I don't like seeing the clownfish in the same tank especially with it being so small. I also wish he wouldn't go about acting like anyone can do it or that it's even recommended to try.
About the link, I really like the design and concept of the tank actually. But I don't like seeing the clownfish in the same tank especially with it being so small. I also wish he wouldn't go about acting like anyone can do it or that it's even recommended to try.
novahobbies
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Yikes. If he can make it work for him, then so be it, but.....
...well, I wouldn't do it!
...well, I wouldn't do it!
c.declivisowner
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i wasnt trying to prove that that was the best way to keep seahorses just simply showing that someone has done it. i dont think its right to keep seahorses at 84 degrees and i would NEVER do that!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry for posting the link i thought i would just show the original poster that someone has done it!
novahobbies
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I think moleh was just making a generalized statement, not implying that you would use it as "evidence." It's just sometimes frustrating to see these things posted as if it was the accepted way to keep these animals.
For example, I knew a guy who kept a net-raised unidentified seahorse in a 90g tank for 2 years. It was a full reef tank with a yellow tang and a few other semi-aggressive fish, some frogspawn and hammer corals, and relatively high flow. It worked for him (if you consider 2 years an acceptable life span for pen raised horses...) but I still wouldn't ever tell someone else it's the right way to do things!
For example, I knew a guy who kept a net-raised unidentified seahorse in a 90g tank for 2 years. It was a full reef tank with a yellow tang and a few other semi-aggressive fish, some frogspawn and hammer corals, and relatively high flow. It worked for him (if you consider 2 years an acceptable life span for pen raised horses...) but I still wouldn't ever tell someone else it's the right way to do things!
Molehs
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No worries c.declivisowner didn't mean to say anything to/about you having posted the link. novahobbies is right. My issue is with the bigger picture of people that only use a single source for info, or get poor information from a good intending person, and then find themselves heart broken because they didn't know what they didn't know.
