MaidOfDishonor
Community Member
Hi,
This is my first aquarium and I've decided to jump right into saltwater! Everyone keeps telling me that I'm crazy because a saltwater aquarium is so much more difficult to run than a freshwater, and I don't even have freshwater experience. Maybe I am crazy. But I got bit by the seahorse bug and I am bound and determined to raise them and make them a part of my family!
Here's what I've got going so far.
29 gallon aquarium, filter, CPR (?) Protein skimmer, live rock and sand, marine water test kit, LED light. Oh and lots of fake plants for my future horsies to hitch onto.
My tank has been cycling for almost two weeks. I think I had some die off of the live rock/sand because they were out of water for a good amount of time while I was transporting them home (bought them on Craig's List). Also I don't think they were in the best of health because there was a lot of brown algae in the seller's tank. I fear it wasn't being maintained well, there weren't any fish left in it. This is what happens to novices. Despite the ridiculous amount of research I've been doing, I still have to rely on people that say they know what they're doing! LOL
I can't wait for the cycling to end, I want fish in my lovely tank so badly! A tank with no fish (or coral) is no tank at all! Speaking of coral, I've decided not to do coral unless anyone can suggest a type that is very easy to maintain. I want my seahorses to be my focus. I want to have a mated pair of seahorses (two pairs if I can get my hands on h. fuscus) and a yellow watchman gobie and a mandarin gobie. The gobies shouldn't be hard to find or too expensive but I'm having trouble finding the particular seahorse species that I want. I chose them because they're small (called "sea ponies") and I can keep two mated pairs in my tank rather than only one pair of the larger species. One site, seahorsesource.com (I think), sells them (though they're out of stock) but they cost a fortune! This hobby is already WAY more expensive than I had hoped/originally anticipated. If anyone out there knows where I can get reasonably priced, captive bred seahorses (even other species), please let me know.
Any advice is much appreciated!
Thanks for reading all of this!
Kate
This is my first aquarium and I've decided to jump right into saltwater! Everyone keeps telling me that I'm crazy because a saltwater aquarium is so much more difficult to run than a freshwater, and I don't even have freshwater experience. Maybe I am crazy. But I got bit by the seahorse bug and I am bound and determined to raise them and make them a part of my family!
Here's what I've got going so far.
29 gallon aquarium, filter, CPR (?) Protein skimmer, live rock and sand, marine water test kit, LED light. Oh and lots of fake plants for my future horsies to hitch onto.
My tank has been cycling for almost two weeks. I think I had some die off of the live rock/sand because they were out of water for a good amount of time while I was transporting them home (bought them on Craig's List). Also I don't think they were in the best of health because there was a lot of brown algae in the seller's tank. I fear it wasn't being maintained well, there weren't any fish left in it. This is what happens to novices. Despite the ridiculous amount of research I've been doing, I still have to rely on people that say they know what they're doing! LOL
I can't wait for the cycling to end, I want fish in my lovely tank so badly! A tank with no fish (or coral) is no tank at all! Speaking of coral, I've decided not to do coral unless anyone can suggest a type that is very easy to maintain. I want my seahorses to be my focus. I want to have a mated pair of seahorses (two pairs if I can get my hands on h. fuscus) and a yellow watchman gobie and a mandarin gobie. The gobies shouldn't be hard to find or too expensive but I'm having trouble finding the particular seahorse species that I want. I chose them because they're small (called "sea ponies") and I can keep two mated pairs in my tank rather than only one pair of the larger species. One site, seahorsesource.com (I think), sells them (though they're out of stock) but they cost a fortune! This hobby is already WAY more expensive than I had hoped/originally anticipated. If anyone out there knows where I can get reasonably priced, captive bred seahorses (even other species), please let me know.
Any advice is much appreciated!
Thanks for reading all of this!
Kate
