thinking Seahorses

[Brandon Donaldson]

Hello I am thinking about getting a pair of seahorses right now I have a 29gallon biocube with a Midas blenny a yellow Coris wrasse a cleaner wrasse and a pair of designer clowns and it is a mixed reef I want to get rid of the midas blenny and the yellow coris wrasse for the the sea horses and I am going to get the seahorses from ocean riders it will be a pair of mustang seahorses I will be getting a slim skim nano as well what do y'all think ?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Personally I wouldnt do it in an un modded bio cube. Sorry.
I had a couple of poor eaters in my JBJ 30, and having to flood it with food spelled doom for the tank.
The skimmer could not keep up number one.(tunze 9001), theres not enough settling space for the skimmer compartment, so food/poo settles in the tank or in the rear chambers instead.
The overflow is narrow so even if the skimmer could keep up, the surface area of the intake grates was not enough to get the organics to it. Plus the chiller challenge and I pers on a first time seahorse I would run a UV sterilizer.

It probably could be done, but research research research..

 

[redfishbluefish]

I'm no expert, but my understanding is that "reef" and "seahorses" really don't go together well. They prefer low flow as well. They also tend to prefer cooler temperatures....so a chiller might be needed. Also, other species of fish will out compete for food isn't good either....seahorses are slow eaters. Maybe @SeahorseKeeper can offer an opinion.

 

[Brandon Donaldson]

[QUb"saltyfilmfolks, post: 2863336, member: 37836"]Personally I wouldnt do it in an un modded bio cube. Sorry.
I had a couple of poor eaters in my JBJ 30, and having to flood it with food spelled doom for the tank.
The skimmer could not keep up number one.(tunze 9001), theres not enough settling space for the skimmer compartment, so food/poo settles in the tank or in the rear chambers instead.
The overflow is narrow so even if the skimmer could keep up, the surface area of the intake grates was not enough to get the organics to it. Plus the chiller challenge and I pers on a first time seahorse I would run a UV sterilizer.

It probably could be done, but research research research..[/QUOTE]
My biocube is not uncommon modded I have a ai prime for lighting a small skimmer a 10 gallon sump a spin stream for flow I am doing more research but the ocean rider horses eat frozen food already and eat well im still doing a lot of research just wanted to get some options and ideas thank you for the info

 

[Brandon Donaldson]

I'm no expert, but my understanding is that "reef" and "seahorses" really don't go together well. They prefer low flow as well. They also tend to prefer cooler temperatures....so a chiller might be needed. Also, other species of fish will out compete for food isn't good either....seahorses are slow eaters. Maybe @SeahorseKeeper can offer an opinion.

Yes I am looking in to the seahorses needs but my reef is a low flow reef and I don't run a heater so my tank stays between 70 to 75