Seahorses

Naiad · Nov 12, 2015

brownsalt92 said:
Well I'm starting to rethink my 29 for seahorses because I can't keep it under 78 in the summer... I've kept it at u4 for about 2 weeks now. Maybe put a puffer fish??

Do you know what drives the temp up?

vlangel · Nov 12, 2015

brownsalt92 said:
Well I'm starting to rethink my 29 for seahorses because I can't keep it under 78 in the summer... I've kept it at u4 for about 2 weeks now. Maybe put a puffer fish??

Yeah, if your tank gets that warm maybe it is best if you reconsider seahorses. Treating ailing ponies is no fun.

vlangel · Nov 12, 2015

Naiad said:
Thank-you for the info. My mom loves seahorses and I have been thinking about setting her up a tank for them. I got the pipefish because they are a middle ground so to speak lol. More successful in reefs but still have that seahorse quality.

You are welcome. I hope you and your mom enjoy the pipe fish! They are cool too. My tank has a flag fin banded pipe that is captive bred. I bought him from Ocean Rider the same time I got the seahorses and i enjoy it as well.

brownsalt92 · Nov 12, 2015

I beleave it was because of a dual power head a single power head the pump that is on my hob skimmer. And on the second story in my dad's house

tj w · Dec 25, 2015

One quick thing as well. You cannot successfully keep any puffer in a 29 gallon tank

vlangel · Dec 25, 2015

tj w said:
One quick thing as well. You cannot successfully keep any puffer in a 29 gallon tank

No, you can not keep any puffers with seahorses. All puffers are nippers and a seahorse is much too slow and docile to prevent that.
There are some small puffers that could be kept in a 29 gallon tank WITHOUT seahorses.