Makoa59
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
My wife loves seahorses and after a trip to the aquarium she said she'd be open to allowing me to make a (small) tank for seahorses. I currently have a 90 gallon FW community and this would be my first venture into SW. I am thinking of starting a moderate-sized (one of those new contemporary desk-top) or nano tank. I have a 5 gallon that I use for quarantine purposes, but I am fine with buying another tank.
Where do I start?
What size/type of tank is ideal for seahorses?
Type of filter? I may not have the space for a refugium (is it absolutely necessary?)
Is a skimmer necessary?
I know they like a bit of a current, so power head?
I assume marine sand as substrate... Live plants/fan coral or fake flora? Any other hard scape? Use some live rock or just sand and string-like plants to hold on to?
Water parameters?
What kind of food?
Can they be kept with cleaner shrimp or other invertebrates?
Thanks!
Where do I start?
What size/type of tank is ideal for seahorses?
Type of filter? I may not have the space for a refugium (is it absolutely necessary?)
Is a skimmer necessary?
I know they like a bit of a current, so power head?
I assume marine sand as substrate... Live plants/fan coral or fake flora? Any other hard scape? Use some live rock or just sand and string-like plants to hold on to?
Water parameters?
What kind of food?
Can they be kept with cleaner shrimp or other invertebrates?
Thanks!