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pledosophy
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Best tips I can give:
Keep the temp under 74F
Buy CB Aquacultured Seahorses
Divert the flow with spraybars under the rocks to keep the detritus in suspension but not have an overall strong flow
Feed twice daily with a high quaility food like PE mysis
Just that will get you a long long way.
Keep the temp under 74F
Buy CB Aquacultured Seahorses
Divert the flow with spraybars under the rocks to keep the detritus in suspension but not have an overall strong flow
Feed twice daily with a high quaility food like PE mysis
Just that will get you a long long way.
ReidiLoverLinds
New member
Once something is working for you dont make any big changes. That is the best advice i ever got.
eisaiasjr
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UV steralizer
UV steralizer
Hello:
2 other things to add;
- Use a UV steralizer.
- use low intensity lighting, it will minimize the growth of algea and it will bring out the lighter (yellow//red) colors in your SH
... as mentioned above, spray bars are a MUST have, as well as a deep tank (24" is recommened)
UV steralizer
Hello:
2 other things to add;
- Use a UV steralizer.
- use low intensity lighting, it will minimize the growth of algea and it will bring out the lighter (yellow//red) colors in your SH
... as mentioned above, spray bars are a MUST have, as well as a deep tank (24" is recommened)
Kanicky
New member
I've heard that the tank needs to be three times the seahorses "unfurled" height. If the seahorse from coronet to tip of tail is seven inches, your tank needs to be at least twenty-one inches high (and so on.) This is because when they court, they need the vertical room to properly do so. They are also, of course, vertically swimming fish and therefore love the "head-room."
I have two h. comes (Tiger Tails) and their tank is pretty darn tall; almost half my size. They utilize every inch of it, too, and love to play in the flow
There is a problem I see, though, with having it run off your current reef tank: seahorses need lower temperatures, usually between 72* - 74* depending on the species, and some require even colder temperatures. So, if you run your seahorse tank off of your reef tank, which is probably between 78* - 82*, you'd have problems come on really quickly. Higher temp's mean the seahorses are more susceptible to disease...
I have two h. comes (Tiger Tails) and their tank is pretty darn tall; almost half my size. They utilize every inch of it, too, and love to play in the flow
There is a problem I see, though, with having it run off your current reef tank: seahorses need lower temperatures, usually between 72* - 74* depending on the species, and some require even colder temperatures. So, if you run your seahorse tank off of your reef tank, which is probably between 78* - 82*, you'd have problems come on really quickly. Higher temp's mean the seahorses are more susceptible to disease...
I keep my seahorses at 73F with a temperature controller.
But there is nowhere near 3 times the seahorse height in my tank.
Mine is more like 2 times as high as the seahorses. I keep a H. Reidi pair that produce 100+ babies every two weeks! My tank is 17 inches high.
They seem happy and healthy
If you keep your reef at 73, it might start acting weird.
Here's my pair.
But there is nowhere near 3 times the seahorse height in my tank.
Mine is more like 2 times as high as the seahorses. I keep a H. Reidi pair that produce 100+ babies every two weeks! My tank is 17 inches high.
They seem happy and healthy
If you keep your reef at 73, it might start acting weird.
Here's my pair.
kg4izw
That's Awesome! Do the babies mature or do they die off?
To all:
I am trying to think of a way to run the tanks at 2 different temps. My reef tank is controlled with the aquacontroller Jr. and since there is no expansion unit available for the Jr. version then I would have to buy another aquacontroller. Any ideas though on how to keep 2 different temps, but share a sump?
That's Awesome! Do the babies mature or do they die off?
To all:
I am trying to think of a way to run the tanks at 2 different temps. My reef tank is controlled with the aquacontroller Jr. and since there is no expansion unit available for the Jr. version then I would have to buy another aquacontroller. Any ideas though on how to keep 2 different temps, but share a sump?
pledosophy
Active member
I've gone 20x with spraybars and had room to go higher IME.
Make sure you break up the intakes and not just the flow. TO storng of a pull from an intake is a huge problem, more so then the flow IMO.
Anyone ever see seahorses in the wild in person or in video's? They live in some flow.
