want to start 10g seahorse tank, help please

[sabazerehi]

i'm in the beginning stages but want to find out everything i need to to first see if it's in even possible for me to have the seahorse tank. first off can i have seahorses in a 10g and what kind? i've read about the dwarf variety that does well in small tanks. i'm planning on having the 10g, a rio protein skimmer and a little lighting to grow some easy corals. i know that they need live food and i'm going to breed or hatch my own brine shrimp. what do the parameters in the tank need to be, if they're different from a regular salt water tank? anything i should watch out for (i know hydroids are bad)? my lfs has some seahorses right now which are the one's i'm hoping to get and i've actually seen them eating frozen foods so i know this is a plus but i don't know if they're dwarfs, they're not that big right now, but how can i tell? thanks so much hope i've provided enough info!

 

[ReefNutPA]

If the seahorses at your LFS are eating frozen, they are not dwarfs. Dwarf seahorses reach 1" big at most. None of the larger species of seahorse would fare well in a 10 gal tank. Dwarfs would not fare well in a "reef" type tank with corals and such.

For your first venture into seahorses, I personally would recommend a pair or two of CB Erectus and a 29 gal tank. They would be MUCH easier to care for than dwarfs, with the addition of being captive bred and eating frozen.

Tom

 

[sabazerehi]

thanks any other suggestions?

 

[crazedpuffer]

ReefNut covered it.

 

[2pairs]

10gal is to small for any thing except dwarfs! If you want anything else you need a tank with 18" high as a minimum. You can go to seahorse.org and get a lot of information.

 

[Tylt33]

Don't buy them.

 

[ann83]

Tom's spot on with his advice.