Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board  

Go Back   Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board > General > Marine Fish > Seahorse

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #11  
Old 03-14-2014, 04:16 PM
darkreef's Avatar
darkreef darkreef is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: calgary
Posts: 338
darkreef is on a distinguished road
Default

If I was looking to get a sea horse what kind of care do they require ?
I thought they are only pod eatters and stayed away !
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 03-14-2014, 08:59 PM
rayjay rayjay is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: London, Ontario
Posts: 340
rayjay is on a distinguished road
Default

You can check the links at the bottom of "My Thoughts...." link in my signature.
Very basically, it's best to keep them in pairs or more but you need minimum 29g tank for the first pair with an additional 15g for each additional pair.
Best to keep the tank between 68° and 74° for health reasons.
Requires water to be kept cleaner than a reef tank, again for health reasons, and they dirty the water quickly as they don't eat all pieces of food, and, when they snick their food they masticate it and pass particulate matter out through the gills that sometimes looks like a cloud but is further degrading water quality.
You can't test for this "dirty" water, but in time it allows nasty bacteria like vibriosis types to take over with damage/deaths to seahorses so extreme husbandry is required for the long term survival which should be 5 yrs and more.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 10:19 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.