Need Some Help

[FishGeek]

Ok so Im really thinking about starting seahorses and Ive been looking around but I cant find any plants that will do ok in the conditions the seahorses need. (slow current) and I dont want high maintenance plants or ones that need high light (I do plan to have decent lighting but nothing really special). Anyone know of any other sites that sell marine plants besides liveaquaria.com and vividaquarium.com??

Basically Im trying to figure out some things for them to grasp. I dont think Gorgonian is the answer as its kinda hard to take care of.

Also is it true that you cant get Tonga Branch live rock anymore???

 

[Lorna]

Not sure about the tonga branch live rock but have you checked out some places in Florida that sell sea grass. There are a few that are perfect for seahorses. I think there used to be a really good thread on another site....ooops sorry mods, that dealt with keeping seahorses.

 

[MatthewLaw]

My LFS keeps seahorses and uses 'basic' sticks, or at least they seem to just be sticks. otherwise not much in the tank. GRANTED this is the LFS and we as fish keepers do not keep our tanks as sparse as the LFS store!

 

[1979camaro]

I would say seagrass is definitely the way to go. You should be able to find it online. Lorna, post the link if you have it. No reason we would care.

 

[Lotus]

Seagrass is definitely popular.

I know there's a list of vendors stickied in the Reef Central plants/macroalgae section. You could also try the buy/sell/trade sections there. Also, maybe check out some of the lagoon tanks in that section. I hate to send people over there, but I don't think we have a whole lot of members with macroalgae tanks here. I have plans for one eventually, but I'm not quite ready.

 

[Lorna]

I think it was a thread on Aquaria Central. One of the mods there went and built an extensive seahorse tank and it had tips on feeding etc.....I will try and find it and post the thread link when I find it.

 

[FishGeek]

Awesome thanks. Im doing more research but Im still looking for some help. Im pretty serious on this so all the help I can get would be great

 

[FishGeek]

Will this work???

Manatee Grass

 

[Lorna]

I don't see why not, along with some turtle grass should be great. You know that the substrate needs to be silty then more like miracle mud than sand......

 

[FishGeek]

No I didnt but thanks

 

[FishGeek]

Ok so we are thinking about doing a couple different kinds of Macroalgae. Which out of this would be best. (FYI - This tank is a 44G Pentagon, so its very tall and has a fairly small foot print).

Caulerpa
Gracilaria (red and this is one of my favorites)
Manatee Grass
Turtle Grass
Ulva

Im thinking like 3 different ones.

What do you think???

 

[Lorna]

yes the grass needs the nutrients and it usually grows in the shallows with low flow and high nutrients......

 

[Lotus]

I'd avoid the caulerpa. It will occasionally "go sexual" and release spores into the tank, which can cause a tank crash.

 

[FishGeek]

Ok. Thanks Lotus. That narrows it down by one.

 

[Lorna]

Geek here is the link I was talking about, it is pretty long but has some really interesting information in it...

New project: Seagrass/Seahorse tank - Aquaria Central

 

[FishGeek]

Thanks Lorna