I lost a porc today to ick and could cure it.... I havent had this problem with any puffers other than the dog face one. The dog face puffers seem to keep ick all the time. Everyone I have tried to buy or own has always appeared to have some sorts of spots on their fins and it comes and goes....
I would go to the LFS (a different one) and get the RO water or possibly their saltwater and start off. Tap water places you and your tank in the hands of the city and their water product. You need RO water.
I have now ordered a Tunze 235 /2 and it is supposed to work...
I almost bought the cpr sr2 since it is made to reduce the bubbles in the sump but liked the Tunze better.
Wild Caught / Net Caught / Captive Raised,
Unless you buy from OceanRiders.com or some other high priced place you will most likely be buying from your local store and 99% time any seahorses other than the standards are net caught.
The imports into Florida for net caught Brazilian seahorses are...
I have a 58 gallon seahorse tank and I have about
40 snails,
1 sally,
some small small small crabs
Hang on Refugium
and do a weekly 20% water changeout.
I would stay away from the shrimp and any hemit crabs. I had 2 hermit crabs that seemed to spend the day tomenting the seahorses. They...
Does anyone know of a good protein skimmer that will not put tiny bubbles back into the tank as this will cause problems with seahorses? I am trying to find one for my seahorse tank?