Seahorse tank

[carpetreef75]

Best size set up for 1 or 2 sea horses ?? just looking for something to possible put on a coffee table

 

[Mjl714]

Coffee table, 3 gallons or so, the water alone is 8 1/2 lbs per gallon. Sounds really cool.

 

[Fish_wiz2]

I assume you want standard seahorses and not dwarfs? If standard, 20 gallons minimum in my opinion. If you go dwarfs, 5 gallons is more than enough but they are a lot of work.

 

[fishyfish22]

I think for standard It's 30 for the first pair, then 10 gallons per additional pair

Dwarves are a lot more complicated. I remember reading that they have to be kept in groups of 5 or more and in no larger than 10 gallons.

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