New Seahorse Tank build

[TRENT]

First off thanks to StacyS. These SH rock. She shipped them to me and did an awesome job on packaging and communication. Now on to the build.


It's a 40B hooked to my Garage Fuge/Frag tank (total of 230-250 gallons). Wish I would have went with something taller.(nutty) I'll let the picture do the talking.

Took down the RSM 130

Start of the SH build

Finished for now

Tank mates

And the Seahorse (picture was taken 3 hours after being in the tank). Received 6 total (rock2)

 

[mercenary-grunt]

I guess its a 40 reg not 40 tall.

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[Krish]

Very nice man!! Always wondered what the activity level would be like in a seahorse tank. Do they move around much?


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[TRENT]

Thanks, so far they are not overly active (just got them today). They are eating well so thats a good sign. Keep ya posted.

Very nice man!! Always wondered what the activity level would be like in a seahorse tank. Do they move around much?


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[mercenary-grunt]

i have thought about starting a seahorse tank. do they need the 40g size or is it water flow??

 

[TRENT]

Sorry man, yes the higher the tank height the better. Mine are in a 40 breeder 18" high (I believe). With sand mine don't have a ton of room to go up. As for flow, from what I have read its a misconception that they don't like flow. They do like flow just not as much as a full blown reef. Their natural habitat is in the grass area of sea. So they get plenty of low flow.

As for size of tank it depends on species and how many you want.

 

[mercenary-grunt]

i was meaning in the amount of water that goes threw the tank. but you answered more than my question. great info.

 

[rayjay]

Seahorses have special needs and it's best to start off with a species only tank, in spite of what Trent is doing here with pipe fish as well as seahorses.
This tank he is using will make it extremely difficult for the seahorses to perform the egg transfers, but sometimes seahorses find a way to get it done anyway.
It is a crapshoot trying to keep seahorses and pipe fish in the same tank as almost all pipe fish are wild caught and present pathogens to the seahorses that they haven't been bred and raised with, many times leading to their loss.
If you are interested in keeping seahorses, there are links at the bottom of "My Thoughts on Seahorse Keeping" in my signature.
The pieces in those links are written by experienced hobbyists and professionals on the "org", and will give you the basics you should know before getting into the hobby.

 

[mercenary-grunt]

Ok awsome

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[estanoche]

Ohhh - rays article brings up a question Are your ponies tank bred or wild caught???

 

[rayjay]

From the original post it looks like StacyS is a member who bred them herself and sent some to him.
That would make them True Captive bred if they were not bred and raised in ocean water not sufficiently treated for pathogens.
Tank raised are only a step above wild caught in that they are usually trained to eat frozen foods but are bred and raised in ocean water that hasn't been sufficiently treated/filtered to remove the pathogens.

 

[rusting]

Love seahorses, very nice tank.

 

[iroll253]

Dang dude, thats a clean set up you have there.