? on keeping seahorses in a biocube

[saltwaterri]

I am thinking of buying a 29 biocube to keep seahorses in. I have a 155 gal reef. I need some input on what I should do. I never had a small tank before , and i heard they are harder to keep. Someone said to connect it to my reef tank . I would Like some ideas from people who are doing something similer.

 

[katsafados]

Originally Posted by saltwaterRI
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I am thinking of buying a 29 biocube to keep seahorses in. I have a 155 gal reef. I need some input on what I should do. I never had a small tank before , and i heard they are harder to keep. Someone said to connect it to my reef tank . I would Like some ideas from people who are doing something similer.
For horses, you should have posted this in the seahorse section. This section mainly has people with small reef tanks.
The challenge about havign a smaller tank is just the fact you have less water with means ammonia, nitrite, nitrates are more concnetrated. Its managable if you have the time. I have a 10g tank and it is my first salt water reef and so far so good. You just have to keep up on water changes, top-offs, and testing.

 

[racingtiger03]

I started this hobby 5 months ago with a 29 gallon. A 10-20% water change every weekend depending on test results and scraping algae off once every 4 months (just did it the first time last weekend! LOL, admitably.. it was pretty bad though). I don't see what's so bad about that. I spend 2 hours a week working on the tank, and probably 10+ hours watching the fish play *shrug* More than worth it! I'm also wanting to start a second 29 gallon for seahorses.
It can definitely be done and manageably. You will have to work on it more often, but inevitably it will be the same amount of total time spent on the tank. Some people are only doing once a month changes on 29 gallons from what I have seen, I just don't want to risk anything with my first tank!

 

[bender77]

The biggest problem with the all in one tanks it they usually get too hot for horses. They need temps around 68-72. So if you do a biocube for horses make sure you have a chiller for it