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Originally Posted by duke1231  and if they don't have the head room could develop certain types of illneses. |
That's not true.
Ideally, 3 times the seahorses adult size from crown to tail tip is the height you are shooting for. I had some erectus in a long tank one time and they did have trouble breeding.... but they did manage.
Is it a 29 gallon all-in-one cube type tank that you have? Doers it have a heat issue? Seahorse like cooler temps... cool like 73. Well, not so much that the seahorses like the cooler temps but their foe, vibrio, does NOT like the cooler temps. Vibrio is the number one infection we run across in horses. At lower temps it doesn't occur as much.
The book I have found most accurate and useful has been the few pages of "spot light" they receive in Reef Fishes by Michael Scott.
A pair of "anything " will fit into a 29. Don't get any cool water seahorses unless you plan on getting a chiller. The best beginning seahorse is the erectus... more specifically the Southern Erectus if you want the "full experience". We've started separately IDing the Nothern and Southern varieties mainly due to the difference in the fry. The Nothern variety are palegic which make them more difficult to raise... you have to keep them rotating in the water column. The Southern variety are demersal.... much easier.
But actually I've kept a lot of different ones over the years and I've honestly never found one to be more touche than another. If you get a healthy specimen and treat him well he will live well. I've had Barbs, Erectus, Reidi and Kuda and a Rebarb (Reidi/Barb mix). All were the same except the erectus and the Barb babies are easier to raise.
If you have any other questions... shoot away.
