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    Sea Horses

    I've always been fascinated with sea horses & I'm contemplating setting up a tank for just these. Any advice on tank setup, decor, care & costs, would be gratefully received

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    Re: Sea Horses

    im sure gary(professional marine fish keeper) will be able to help you on this.
    Endless possibilities with fish-keeping.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nemo
    im sure gary(professional marine fish keeper) will be able to help you on this.
    lmao@ Nemo

    Well you will need a pair of common seahorses to start with

    ok here we go,
    you will need at the smallest a 2-3 ft aquarium with about 8 kilos of live rock and make sure its fully cured this will help when it comes to feeding your seahorses, plus you will need a fine substrate of crushed coral for the bed of the tank add to this some seaweeds like strap calurpa and chateo
    you will also need a bubble filter this will remove uneaten foods and fish solids
    a small heater 150w with a cover over it to stop the seahorses from getting burnt
    and not forgetting a small protein skimmer this can be water or air driven
    for lighting i would go for a marine blue and a marine white t5 tube's

    and to keep your tank nice and clean of algae just add a couple of cleaner shrimps and starfish plus a scooter gobie would not go amiss
    when i had my seahorses i had a couple of pipe fish in with then it was a nice setup.

    one big tip to keeping seahorses is the flow rate of the tank, you need a nice slow flow rate and plenty of things for then to wrap themselves around.

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    Re: Sea Horses

    Wow they must be fascinating to watch!!

    Post some piccies when you're done!! xx
    Tsia x

    I can watch my tank and its contents in their little aquatic world for hours! xxxx

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