the best seahorse aquascapes
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Moort82
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You should be able to see the powerhead on the right around half way up. It was directed towards the surface as i used a feeding bowl for the horses and if it was too low then the food would be washed out.
dirk_brijs
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you never had problems with the seahorses and this powerhead?
dirk_brijs
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50 gal acrylic pentagon:
very nice indeed
Moort82
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No they loved it. The female used to deliberately swim underneath it and surf the flow. She'd then go back and do it again and again. Its is also good because they don't have a particularly strong suck but are guarded really really well and there were no issues or worries about them getting caught on it. I think people seem to underestimate how much flow seahorses like. This was quite gentle but i have friends who have had huge success with much more flow. It seemed that 2-3x turnover was the norm but anything around 10 or slightly over is normal and excepted now. I'd personally experiment.
SantaMonica
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Mine used to wrap around the guard on the powerhead output and flail about like a streamer tied to an air conditioning vent.
ctazmartin
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They are all pretty cool, tall is a good look Dirk.
pledosophy
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Here are some of mine
It is best to do seahorse species only tanks for best chances of success.
You can get some beginning information by reading the links at the bottom of the page "My Thoughts on Seahorse Keeping" written by experienced keepers and a piece also by Dan Underwood of seahorsesource.com.
There is a link there as well to tankmates that can give you an idea on what else to put in if you want to try.
Basically, corals that don't sting and can take the lower temperature (68°-74°)
can be added, and if you want to take a chance with some fish, there are a few rated 0 in the charts.
You can get some beginning information by reading the links at the bottom of the page "My Thoughts on Seahorse Keeping" written by experienced keepers and a piece also by Dan Underwood of seahorsesource.com.
There is a link there as well to tankmates that can give you an idea on what else to put in if you want to try.
Basically, corals that don't sting and can take the lower temperature (68°-74°)
can be added, and if you want to take a chance with some fish, there are a few rated 0 in the charts.
milehighpilot
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Thanks for some good ideas, I'm surprised about the flow, my lfs is still trying to convince me it needs to be 2 to 4 turns
Northside Reef
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Wow Stunning tank Pledosophy.
Northside Reef
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Not too sure what will all stick around and I am months from adding seahorses but here is my freshly planted future seahorse tank. A little cloudy, someone was playing in the sand to get all of those plants in place.
This was mine. Not saying its the best but the female loved the height.
Love the macro wish I could find som locally
SantaMonica
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I'd think there'd be quite a few there taking advantage of cooler water plants of the Oregon coast.
