There is no need for live rock for bio-filtration purposes...
The bio-filtration will begin its own cycle if the system is exposed to a continuous supply of amonia...
Many people are misled with the reasoning behind LR...
Live rock is not essential...I have never bought any of my live rock for...
You could try an emerald crab as well...the two I have pay no mind to the fish...and when they do..it is strictly defensive.
Dwarf blue hermits would be fine with your seahorse...I never saw mine mess with the seahorses...in fact, they have never messed with anything else besides each other and...
Lobeaux...
There is no such thing as waiting too long to introduce livestock into your marine systems...There is however, too soon. Too soon usually leads to problems down the road...
Take your time...the lack of the frustration by itself is worth the time.
Setup a QT...put your fish in there...treat them there...as for your main tank...wow...
The ich aka Cryptocaryon irritans have a varied and deliberate life cycle...two stages you can kill them in...free floating...from host (fish) to bottom, and from bottom to fish (two portions of the cycle...
Some pictures of your setup beaslebob dude would be interesting to see...
OT: Where were you all stationed in the AF? Me, DMAFB, AZ, Suwon AB, ROK, MAFB, WA, Taegu AB, ROK, and EAFB, SD
I think you should stick with your 55...it is smaller, but you will be able to get your feet wet into this side of the hobby on a far less expensive scale versus your 120. To go from a 55 to a 75 I do not think would be too beneficial...work with your 55, get into the hobby, figure the expenses...
As an example...I am right now as I type this, waiting for my order from an online source...a single 96watt PC, smartlight...I paid $88.00 for this on sale from $129.00...it is a single 96watt kit...not a 4 bulb, 220watt kit...
Doing the math...if you can get that for 100 bucks or so, and the...
I do not know if they can...I have never had the problem...but I do know if the guy says he did...then why question him about whether he did or not..or worse...insinuate he didn't...
While posting in a public forum, created by a private company to foster the growth of this fantastic hobby, one...
I do not really understand the hyper-critical comments some display over methods of others...
If the guy says he dropped the nitrates that fast...there is no one here to really question whether he did or did not...
To follow one poster from thread to thread to comment on methods and results...
http://www.breeders-registry.gen.ca....wntr/horse.htm
http://www.breeders-registry.gen.ca..../shorse_n1.htm
http://ww2.mcgill.ca/biology/faculty/vincent/
The first and foremost thing you should consider doing before even considering seahorse's is read read and then read somemore...
Seahorses are...
Opinions....
Rock Beauties are difficult to maintain in an captive tank...
Have plenty of angel frozen food with sponges and vary that with romaine lettuce and other omnivore food.
You will know pretty quickly if your fish will survive or not...they either eat...or they do not eat.