CONGATS ON THE FIND!!!!! I would look at the depth of the aquapod to be sure it is deep enough for ponies. I'm very far from being another Davidp but I think he said ponies need at least 18 inch depth not includeing sandbed.
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CONGATS ON THE FIND!!!!! I would look at the depth of the aquapod to be sure it is deep enough for ponies. I'm very far from being another Davidp but I think he said ponies need at least 18 inch depth not includeing sandbed.
Does water always taste like salt and poo????
If I recall correctly It's 22" tall for the tank area. I've seen in LFS's the 12g Aquapod and NanoCube with sea horses in it. I'll double check but I think it should be okay.
95g Cracked (Hopefully fixable some day)
10g Guppy tank
2.5g tank with Indian Dwarf Puffers
24g Aquapod Reef tank (Probably going to be sold)
55g Reef :D
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Your tank needs to be 3 times the uncurled tail length of the seahorses. How hot does your aquapod run currently? In the summer months?
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Renee
During the summer I had a problem with it getting pretty hot. Up to 82 at one time. I realized that it was because the exhaust fan for the lighting wasn't sufficient. I modified the fan by putting a much larger one on and it stays down below 78 99% of the time.
95g Cracked (Hopefully fixable some day)
10g Guppy tank
2.5g tank with Indian Dwarf Puffers
24g Aquapod Reef tank (Probably going to be sold)
55g Reef :D
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Hold on to your seat. It's now recommended that you keep seahorses between 72 - 74. There is an increased incidence of bacterial infections when you start to go higher. I'm not saying they can't live in hotter or that people don't succesfully keep them hotter but the lower the temp the lower numbers that wind up with infections.
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Renee
I've thought about moving the pod because it's right next to a window. We are going to be getting rid of our two fresh water tanks, hopefully soon, and I'll try the temp from there. The external fan has helped increasingly. Plus I am considering raising the lid off of the top of the tank itself so that it can vent a bit better. It doesn't vent right now and that's probably a huge reason why it gets so hot. It will be some time before I can get it going since I have to put some more money into the large tank but it'll be in time.
95g Cracked (Hopefully fixable some day)
10g Guppy tank
2.5g tank with Indian Dwarf Puffers
24g Aquapod Reef tank (Probably going to be sold)
55g Reef :D
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Just be careful with putting seahorses ina tank that naturally runs hot. In the summer you will get a spike unless you have great AC. This was my first year without central AC (Moved from Texas to California) and that week long heat wave took out one of my horses. It was only hot a couple of days before we got the chiller but it was too late. I consider myself somewhat experienced with seahorses.... have had them for many years..... and I couldn't lick the heat issue.
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Renee
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