Seahorse in fuge

jamie callard · Feb 27, 2016

Friday my 56g fuge should have cycled. It has a dsb 60lbs of live sand and 25lbs of live rock. It gets its water from my sump and hasba waterfall that runs into my 90g main tank
The fuge is 36" tall
The tempnis 78 degrees
Salinity 1.025
There is macro algee in the tank
Pods and going to attempt to raise shrimp to feed my main

Looking to see if it is possible to safley add seahorses to this tank
What modifications can i do to make it better for them
If it is even possible.

redfishbluefish · Feb 27, 2016

Drop the temperature!

They like it cool and really don't mix with tropical reef stuff.

vlangel · Feb 27, 2016

jamie callard said:
Friday my 56g fuge should have cycled. It has a dsb 60lbs of live sand and 25lbs of live rock. It gets its water from my sump and hasba waterfall that runs into my 90g main tank
The fuge is 36" tall
The tempnis 78 degrees
Salinity 1.025
There is macro algee in the tank
Pods and going to attempt to raise shrimp to feed my main

Looking to see if it is possible to safley add seahorses to this tank
What modifications can i do to make it better for them
If it is even possible.

I tried adding a separate fuge to a reef display via the sump. I turn the temperature down to 72-74 so the seahorses would not get bacterial infections. I knew if I added new fish to the reef that I needed to QT them so as to not put the ponies at risk.
It did not work as well as I hoped because of seahorses that put such a heavy bioload on the tank. Since the tanks were connected I needed to do the stepped up over the top maintenance on both tanks. That was exhausting so eventually I took down the fuge and set up a stand alone seahorse tank. That was my experience, so I would caution against it.

jamie callard · Feb 27, 2016

Wish i could but need to keep it there as it is conected to my reef tank not sure how much lower i would want that tank to go

Shep · Feb 27, 2016

TBH it would be best to just make a tank just for the seahorses

jamie callard · Feb 27, 2016

vlangel said:
I tried adding a separate fuge to a reef display via the sump. I turn the temperature down to 72-74 so the seahorses would not get bacterial infections. I knew if I added new fish to the reef that I needed to QT them so as to not put the ponies at risk.
It did not work as well as I hoped because of seahorses that put such a heavy bioload on the tank. Since the tanks were connected I needed to do the stepped up over the top maintenance on both tanks. That was exhausting so eventually I took down the fuge and set up a stand alone seahorse tank. That was my experience, so I would caution against it.

Qt not an issue already have a 30g i ise for that
I do daily water changes of 2g a day and 20 once a week prevents needing to dose i do appreciate the info

jamie callard · Feb 27, 2016

Shep said:
TBH it would be best to just make a tank just for the seahorses

Was trying to use what i have but this may be my other direction just have to find a spot for that one and it would have to be 50g or more i dont like anything small

vlangel · Feb 28, 2016

jamie callard said:
Was trying to use what i have but this may be my other direction just have to find a spot for that one and it would have to be 50g or more i dont like anything small

A 50g is a very nice size for 2-3 seahorses.

They are such personable pets and its tough emotionally when they get sick. I am treating my female right now with a bacterial infection and as far as I know I was doing everything right and she still got sick. Thats why I would not do the compromise situation with connecting them with your reef, because that could increase the risk of sickness.

pledosophy · Mar 1, 2016

Having kept seahorses for 15 years and reefs for the last 12 I would never do that to my reef. Totally different setups and trying to meet int he middle will destroy both IMO.