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panmanmatt · 06-30-2007, 08:43 AM

Lynn, that sounds like it should work. I would hook it up that way and see how it plays out for you. I know you dearly love the ponies and I sure hope we can get things figured out so you can keep them again.

What you have experienced is very common when folks tell me they have seahorses in their reef tank/system. All is fine for a few months and then trouble starts. It's not that the heat kills the horses,their natural habitats have been recorded in the upper 70 degree range. What happens is that in a small glass box the bacteria breed at such a fast rate at higher temperatures that eventually the horses succumb to a bacterial infection usually vibrio. In the wild, the bacteria is dilluted just by the sheer gallonage of water. Also they can move off to deeper waters where the temp may even be a few degrees cooler, no such chance in an aquarium.
Some folks think thay becasue they have a 3-500 gallon system that they will be fine. Not true, it just may take the bacteria a little longer to reach the proportions that will cause harm. No mater how large a system you have, it will never even come close to the size of their natural home.

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panmanmatt Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Waretown, NJ Posts: 2,028 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: How does this sound Lynn, that sounds like it should work. I would hook it up that way and see how it plays out for you. I know you dearly love the ponies and I sure hope we can get things figured out so you can keep them again. What you have experienced is very common when folks tell me they have seahorses in their reef tank/system. All is fine for a few months and then trouble starts. It's not that the heat kills the horses,their natural habitats have been recorded in the upper 70 degree range. What happens is that in a small glass box the bacteria breed at such a fast rate at higher temperatures that eventually the horses succumb to a bacterial infection usually vibrio. In the wild, the bacteria is dilluted just by the sheer gallonage of water. Also they can move off to deeper waters where the temp may even be a few degrees cooler, no such chance in an aquarium. Some folks think thay becasue they have a 3-500 gallon system that they will be fine. Not true, it just may take the bacteria a little longer to reach the proportions that will cause harm. No mater how large a system you have, it will never even come close to the size of their natural home.