Sand bed for seahorses

[GaryP]

4 inches of sugar fine sand is good for a DSB. Some people, like me, like to keep a layer of special grade on top of thet to prevent sand blowing around but you won't need a lot of current in a SH tank. The sea grasses, such as turtle grass, need a deep bed, but not sand. They are a true plants and have roots. They need a mud bottom. A layer of sand can go over the mud. They get nutrients from their roots, and not from the water like macro algae do. Some of the caulerpa have long fronds that will work fine in a SH tank without going to the trouble of putting in special substrate. I know Richard is looking to put in Turtle Grass in his SH tank. You might want to check with him.

As for cooling, you may want to consider putting in several high velocity cooling fans instead of a chiller. You won't have to deal with the heat issues of MH in a SH tank and that may be all you need.

[hammondegge]

Robert, What kind of horses do you have again?

Do any of you have pics of your seahorse tanks?

I wonder if I could start them out w/o a chiller (keep the temp between 76-78) and add a chiller later...

Do they make HOT chillers?

H.Reidi. i will take some pics for you. i was worried about the temp when i first started, and like jose says there probably is less worry at 78, but that said, i have had no troubles at all. i do plan to integrate the tank to a larger system that will be chilled in the future.

there is a little HOT chiller made for Nanos. i will try to find the link.

[hammondegge]

here is is.. http://nanotuners.nanocustoms.com/na...x.php?cPath=34 ... fans should do a good job though. with a couple of well placed icecap fans you can drop the temps a few degrees.