LionOfZion Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Heya, After months (almost a year) of mucking around I finally have my native marine tank cycling. The one thing I havent done yet is set up lights to get the photosynthetic stuff growing. What sort of lights should I be going for? The tank will have rock pool type creatures in it and sea horses probably. Oh wheres the place to buy native sea horses? (will get pic up soon 100litre nano tank) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-unit Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 i can catch you some wild sehorses for a price :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 It depends on what you want to keep, most native stuff isn't photosynthetic, the stuff that is (seaweeds etc) needs tons of light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I don't really have much of a clue about what lights you need, but I've been thinking about a native marine tank myself so let us know how it goes cause i'd be really interested! What are you going to keep in it?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfZion Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 I want to have a few star fishes in the tank cleaning it, and I suspet that they will need some algae growing in the tank, which in turn will need light. If I can' get farmed sea horses I will take you up on the offer to catch me some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorsemad Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 I would think seriously about catching wild seahorses and putting them in a tank. They dont have the immune systems that captive bred seahorses due and can catch diseases vey quickly. They also will only eat live food, which means that you would need to find a local supply of live mysis shrimp (or something similar, but not brine shrimp as it does not have enough nutrtion for them) on a daily basis for approximately 6 months while you train them on to frozen food. Catching food for the horses on a daily basis would be a large commitment to make and there is so guarantee that they would survive. If you are really interested in keeping seahorses i would recommend looking at getting the tropical seahorses called kuda's. The only difference in your tank set up would be that you would need a heater and most of the Kuda's in New zealand are captive bred and already eating frozen food. In relation to the lighting. Seahorses dont really like alot of light, but if you are interested in keeping seaweed in the tank, you will need a huge amount of light. They both require two very different things. Good luck with your native tank. Would love to see some photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikan Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Not to mention that collecting wild ones and sellng them is illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.