Hey everybody, I've seen a few posts about seahorses on here, and it's generally greeted with warnings about difficulty and death 
I've run across a site (seahorse.com) that sells seahorses. They claim the captive-bred seahorses they sell are very hardy, and the wild caught seahorses are the ones that are hard to keep. My wife absolutely adores seahorses, thinks they're magical, and would like to keep a pair in her 10 gallon tank. She did some research and was the one to find this site, along with this FAQ. It claims that the Zulu Lulus are very good for the beginner and are very hardy. I'm a bit skeptical, and obviously don't want to fork over $75 per animal to have them die in the first month. Does anyone have any experience with these?
This brings me to my second question... What does the 10g need to support these? Here's my initial thoughts, but please feel free to correct me and tell me I'm an idiot
We would get 10-12lbs of live rock, put some sort of marine filter media in her Aquaclear filter (the one rated for up to 20g, not sure the model), get a small powerhead, obviously get salt and possibly a skimmer. She has sand (just normal black sand), but would she need to get argonite sand? She doesn't want to do coral, because she wants the focus to be the seahorses. So my question is, instead of fake coral for hitching posts, what about macro algae? A shop near us has beautiful healthy looking seahorses in a tank full of macro algae. Would that work for her needs? Are there any disadvantages to using that? This brings me to my question of lighting. She has 30w bulb on there right now I think, and the tank actually gets quite a big of sun from the window it's near. Would she need any different light to support the macro algae, if in fact that's ok to use?
This is probably a loaded thread with way too many questions for any one person to take the time to answer, but I respect people's opinions here, and would like to know what yall have to say. I didn't put this in the nano reef section because no coral is involved, but if it's better suited there, feel free to move it. Thanks in advance.
I've run across a site (seahorse.com) that sells seahorses. They claim the captive-bred seahorses they sell are very hardy, and the wild caught seahorses are the ones that are hard to keep. My wife absolutely adores seahorses, thinks they're magical, and would like to keep a pair in her 10 gallon tank. She did some research and was the one to find this site, along with this FAQ. It claims that the Zulu Lulus are very good for the beginner and are very hardy. I'm a bit skeptical, and obviously don't want to fork over $75 per animal to have them die in the first month. Does anyone have any experience with these?
This brings me to my second question... What does the 10g need to support these? Here's my initial thoughts, but please feel free to correct me and tell me I'm an idiot
We would get 10-12lbs of live rock, put some sort of marine filter media in her Aquaclear filter (the one rated for up to 20g, not sure the model), get a small powerhead, obviously get salt and possibly a skimmer. She has sand (just normal black sand), but would she need to get argonite sand? She doesn't want to do coral, because she wants the focus to be the seahorses. So my question is, instead of fake coral for hitching posts, what about macro algae? A shop near us has beautiful healthy looking seahorses in a tank full of macro algae. Would that work for her needs? Are there any disadvantages to using that? This brings me to my question of lighting. She has 30w bulb on there right now I think, and the tank actually gets quite a big of sun from the window it's near. Would she need any different light to support the macro algae, if in fact that's ok to use?
This is probably a loaded thread with way too many questions for any one person to take the time to answer, but I respect people's opinions here, and would like to know what yall have to say. I didn't put this in the nano reef section because no coral is involved, but if it's better suited there, feel free to move it. Thanks in advance.
