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jason Member  Posts: 69 |
posted 03-14-2004 06:02 PM
 
Can I get some info on setting up a salt water tank. I dont know how to set them up Im going to get my old 10g to be s.w. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please help IP: Logged |
Hooben Moderator Posts: 199 |
posted 03-14-2004 07:08 PM
Find yourself a reputable LFS that can sell you some healthy fish and give you good advice. You will need to use bottled water, as tap water contains to many minerals that throw your chemistry off. Other things you will need are... A hydrometer to measure specific gravity or how much salt is in the water. Some live sand from fiji or some other exotic place. Some salt mix to make your saltwater. I think 10 gallons is to small for a protein skimmer, but you need a good filter. Of course, a heater. You might have room enough for one or maybe two small fishes. Find the good saltwater fish shop first! Good luck. IP: Logged |
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discusluvr Member Posts: 17 |
posted 03-15-2004 10:54 AM
Check out the post I posted (discusluvr) on 3/4. It had a lot of great advice on this very subject. I hope you have some money to invest because it is very expensive to set up a tank. IP: Logged |
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fishfood Member Posts: 65 |
posted 03-17-2004 01:24 PM
i wouldn't do a 10gallon tank for a first marine tank. small tanks, aka "nano tanks" are best for things like breeding brine shrimp or sea horses. if you are going to put the effort into a marine tank...and i mean effort...you'll want to go all out with a bigger tank. theres nothing that cool that'll fit into...not as cool as a bigger tank anyhow. IP: Logged |
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jason Member Posts: 69 |
posted 03-17-2004 03:38 PM
Ya a bigger tank would be nice if I had the money Iv priced eveything out so I now how much I need.Do u think that I could fit a clown fish in a 10g. And does any one now anything about seahorses and what could go in with them. IP: Logged |
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pacuguy Member Posts: 200 |
posted 03-17-2004 04:00 PM
the minimum i would go is a 55 gal for salt, and Sea horses do best with seahorses, they are slow and arent aggressive feeders enough to have compition for the food. IP: Logged |
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jason Member Posts: 69 |
posted 03-17-2004 04:04 PM
are seahorses hard to rase. IP: Logged |
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pacuguy Member Posts: 200 |
posted 03-17-2004 05:00 PM
Before acquiring seahorses for your aquarium, consider that they are delicate and their numbers have been severely depleted by over-harvesting for traditional medical use in Asia, by being what fishermen call by-catch. These “extra” fish are caught in nets but have no economic value, and are finally taken by the aquarium trade. They are classified as “vulnerable,” on the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Animals. Because of the declining seahorse population and because these fish are so difficult to rear and care for in captivity, only experienced aquarists should undertake keeping them. Virtually all seahorses in pet stores have been caught in the wild. While efforts are underway to create seahorse farming and aquaculture in Southeast Asia, these are only small operations and not yet producing large numbers of the animals.
Before you begin, go to www.seahorse.mcgill.ca, the site of The Seahorse Project, the work of scientists who study seahorses and work for their conservation. If you raise or keep seahorses, they are interested in hearing from you. IP: Logged |
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jason Member Posts: 69 |
posted 03-17-2004 05:25 PM
a no go for www.seahorse.mcgill.ca, what type of live rock and aquascape does it need IP: Logged |
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pacuguy Member Posts: 200 |
posted 03-17-2004 05:52 PM
suitable tank decoration simulates the natural habitat of seahorses and pipefish - seagrass fields and regions with macro algae. That means: A standard reef tank is not the ideal environment for these animals! Decorate your tank with plentiful Caulerpa and other macro algae, build small clearings between algae "forests". Seahorses love to hold with their tails onto the vegetation, also they sleep - as pipefish do - in higher tank regions between the plants. For "live rock" to be biologically beneficial to the aquarium, it needs to be highly porous, allowing water to percolate deep into the rock's core. This means that the rock should be relatively light for its size. Low oxygen levels deep within the rock allow de-nitrification to take place, which will help to prevent the build up of nitrates in the aquarium, which is probably the most important feature of "live rock". IP: Logged |
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jason Member Posts: 69 |
posted 03-17-2004 07:13 PM
can I get some info on starfish and can they go with seahorses. IP: Logged |
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