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Originally Posted by rayjay
Actually, best chances of success come with minimum 29g tank size for one pair, and an additional 15g for each additional pair. Anything you can do to improve water quality is also a BIG plus.
Most seahorse keepers nowadays have higher flows like 10X to 20X as long as there is hitching available in areas of low, medium and high for them to choose, and, as long as no flow is strong enough to push the seahorses up against something and be damaged.
The seahorses Incredible is selling are very nice. I've seen them a few times now.
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I had dwarf seahorses so 20g was plenty for me but I would agree the extra height of a 29g would be better for larger species (I think 3x their length is the recommended height) and can still be had for just as cheap. Low flow is relatively speaking. The Aquaclear 70 alone I had on the 20g provided 15X flow and would be 10x on a 30g tank. A single small powerhead prevents dead spots and easily takes a small tank to 20x plus flow rate without any strong currents in the tank. What I liked best for water quality is that a weekly 20-25% water change can be done with a single 5g pail of salt water in about 15 minutes including the time to mix next weeks batch. Seahorses eat a lot so I feel the large weekly water changes are vital.