Seahorses

So I think I am going to set my drilled 40G up to be a seahorse tank. I plan on using black sand for this one. I am going to incorporating 2 new things (atleast to me) to this tank: plants & some coral. My first tank was a 20G FOWLR.
But my question is how are marine plants in terms of care/maintaining?

 

depends on what plants ur gonna keep; cant wait to see the seahorses!

 

here i have a seahorse tank build thread. it has a TON of info. but you will have to do hours of reading. they are not for begginers and they are not easy to keep

 

new year, new seahorse build!!!!!!(manypictures)

 

ok well that fail heres a link

http://www.3reef.com/forums/show-of...-new-seahorse-build-many-pictuers-100754.html

 

What kind of lights were you thinking of running? How deep of a sandbed?

 

I'm partial to 40g tanks with 20g sumps for my seahorses. With proper husbandry I can keep six seahorses like erectus or reidi in this type of set up.
Although I don't keep anything live in the tanks any more other than the seahorses, many do.
I personally choose to go bare bottom as it makes cleaning much easier, which is a factor in keeping seahorses.
Limitations for what you can keep in the tank are somewhat governed by the temperature which is recommended to be between 68° and 74°.
You cannot keep anything like anemones or stinging corals, or clams that may close up on a seahorse causing damage that can be infected.
Check the links as the bottom of my signature link as they are a wealth of information provided by experienced keepers and breeders.