Temperate Seahorses

Hippocampus breviceps

Seahorses
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Started: September 2005
A temporary home for one adult H. breviceps and two juvenile H. abdominalis. Their permanent homes are still in development ... for the brevies, a 45-gallon seagrass lagoon biotope with a 30-gallon sump/refugium, and for the potbellies, a semi-permanent home in a 60-gallon hex. Only running for two and a half months, the tank is already teeming with copepods, a fact I find very encouraging since it's my first temperate marine tank.

Temporary tank and equipment:
Size: 15 gallons tall
Filtration and water movement: Hydor powerfilter and a sponge filter
Substrate: 1.5" Kent Mineral Mudd
Lighting: Mini PC strip (12 hours/day)
Chiller: Coolworks Iceprobe
SG: 1.021
Temp: 65°F / 18°C

Invertebrates:
3 Nassarius snails
2 Bumble Bee Nassarius
7 Periwinkles

Macroalgae and Plants:
Chaetomorpha
some local (Long Island Sound and New Jersey shore) macros
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