Help Needed....

[leeweixiang]

help needed..i would like to keep some sea horse...but my friend said tt it is not good to keep them as they are veri difficult to keep....i also dun know wat to do now...if i buy those veri ex. ones then they die how? BTW wat special care needed to keep them???

[ReeF_LoVeR]

hi lee ,

How long is you tank now???

[leeweixiang]

my tank is only 1 month....

[diabolus]

my tank is only 1 month....

Lee,

seems like u wanna keep everything...

seahorses,SPS,

u happen to remember that ur tank is only 1 mth old?

seahorses are picky eaters n much time & $ has to be spent on to get them to start eating in captivity. even so it does not guarantee that they won't die.

SPS - need i say more when u dun even wanna spent on(or cannot afford) testkits?

[leeweixiang]

ya i wanna have a veri nice tank but my budget is onli 2000.....and i plan to have seahorses in my reef tank.........

[diabolus]

ya i wanna have a veri nice tank but my budget is onli 2000.....and i plan to have seahorses in my reef tank.........

if u have a budget of $2K....

y cant u spent some of it on test kits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i rest my case.

[ong]

Keeping SH in the reef tank is not advisable althougth I used to do that but you readi need a lot of time keeping a eye on them on feeding and worrying ###### into power head etc.. Anyway, before you dive into SH world, try to take some time to read the following website so to have a basic understanding for their world:

http://www.seahorses.de/seahorses.htm

Rgds

[leeweixiang]

thanks ong.........BTW is $2k enough to buy chiller,fans,mh,sps,sump,pumps,auto top up system,test kits,chemicals needed and seahorses???i wonder..........

[ong]

What size of the tank are you planning for? 2K with all the things you want, get all 2nd hand may be still possibile to get a 3ft. but to have SH in a reef tank??? SH dun like MH.....I advise you to reconsider again.

[woonming]

thanks ong.........BTW is $2k enough to buy chiller,fans,mh,sps,sump,pumps,auto top up system,test kits,chemicals needed and seahorses???i wonder..........

i strongly think 2k wont be enough if u plan to start anything 3ft and above ...

ur SPS corals would cost u more then 500$ if u wish to stock them up ...

Test kits alone maybe 200$ ...

Unless u get 2nd hand stuff and DIY the rest urself ..

u should also read up more about seahorses rather then just asking ...

[diabolus]

he thinks his 2K is very big and just wanst to have the best of all world.

[woonming]

he thinks his 2K is very big and just wanst to have the best of all world.

lol ~ 2k is good if he only wants to setup a nano tank like danano ..

But without any live stock

2nd chiller would be about 300 to 400 for only 1/8 or 1/4

MH light even if u diy would cost about 200 ..

But i dont think seahorse would love to be in a sps tank .. due to the currents..

[leeweixiang]

QUOTE (diabolus @ Aug 25 2003, 01:00 PM)

excuse me......2k is not a small amount for a student like me........

[diabolus]

its also not a small amount for many of us here.

but u simply cannot have the best of both worlds...

SH and SPS needs different conditions...

y dun u get it?

[leeweixiang]

okiez....i am sry but tt was my dream tank ...think tt i cannot have sh liaoz.....

[Razo]

get the basics up 1st...TESTKITS..