20 Gallon Seahorse tank

Im finally getting some solid plans together for my 20 gallon seahorse tank. Ill be housing them in a 20 tall with limited live rock in the bottom for some bio filtering and an internal fuge with mud some rock and of course macro algae. For a light Ill be using a PC lighting fixture with moonlights for nighttime viewing. Im going to be planting some red mangrove plants in it for them to hang on. I should have water in tomorrow and probably sand and a damsel next week. Any suggestions are welcome

 

i just set a 29 up and got my seahorses friday, if you want some help Syngnathid.org is a seahorse forum pretty much i was directed to it by some one here so i figured i should do the same for you

 

Thank you Ill definately look at that site.

 

Im planning on using mud in the in tank fuge. Im also planning on planting most the aquarium. Should I use mud for the whole thing to give the plants better growth or should I use sand or CC in the display?

 

Just remember that planted tanks need more light than seahorses themselves need.
Higher light and smaller tanks usually mean higher tank temperatures which then in turn means higher bacterial growth that sickens/kills the seahorses many times.
Try to keep tank temperatures at 74°F or less.

 

I would think that CC is a no go IMO cant wait to see it go up!

 

Thats the problem Im still trying to wrap my mind around. Im looking at purchasing a 120 watt double PC with moonlights. Still waiting to here back if it has cooling fans or not. If it does not I may just get a hang on the back fuge and put lower lighting on the main tank to keep temps down. I think Ill go with mud for the entire thing. Should give it a very interesting look.

 

Heading in to start filling the tank now. Gotta clean it from fresh water first. Pics soon of an empty baren tank.

 

dont use CC i used live sand and i wanted to plant mangroves in my tank but never got around to it let me know how that goes if you do it

 

There have been reports on the main seahorse forum, of seahorse problems from scraping their tails along the coarse substrate.