Hey seahorse lovers!
I'm waning to collect some seahorses in the lakes around me. When you can see them they're pretty abundant. Around my way the lakes can get up to about 26 degrees Celsius in summer (if my calculations are right, that's about 79F), sometimes warmer. Right where I like to keep my tropical tanks.
All the seahorse species down this way are cold water ponies so my question is;
Is it ok to put these cold water ponies in a tropical tank if the water they were collected in matches my tanks temperature? I'm a bit torn as they are cold water animals so keeping them in warmer water seems cruel, but if they were found in warmer waters doesn't that mean nature has already temperature acclimated them over a matter of months for me? So in theory they should be ok in tropical conditions.
I don't know what to do!
I'm waning to collect some seahorses in the lakes around me. When you can see them they're pretty abundant. Around my way the lakes can get up to about 26 degrees Celsius in summer (if my calculations are right, that's about 79F), sometimes warmer. Right where I like to keep my tropical tanks.
All the seahorse species down this way are cold water ponies so my question is;
Is it ok to put these cold water ponies in a tropical tank if the water they were collected in matches my tanks temperature? I'm a bit torn as they are cold water animals so keeping them in warmer water seems cruel, but if they were found in warmer waters doesn't that mean nature has already temperature acclimated them over a matter of months for me? So in theory they should be ok in tropical conditions.
I don't know what to do!