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Can Sea Horses / Seahorses (Sorry - not sure on spelling!!!) live in a regular aquarium?

Hi there, I have a 60L BiOrb and was wondering if I would be able to put some seahorses in it. If that's too small should I wait until I get a bigger tank?? Also will they survive with freshwater & aquarium salt, like mollies do? Cheers Tom

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1. Seahorses can live in a 60L tank but you need to have a substantial current moving the water around to keep them happy. They can survive in freshwater with aquarium salt, as that's how real aquarium do it, as ocean water has too many unknowns/bacteria in it. You can't overload your aquarium with seahorses and/or fish.
2. no. they are difficult marine fish needing a marine set up. a bioorb is NOT suitable. a set up for seahorses will cost you £500-600 plus, and thats before you've bought the fish. freshwater and saltwater is different in the way it's created. in order to create saltwater for a marine tank most use RO water with the marine salt added. generally dechlorinated tap water + marine salt is not suitable.
3. i dont know i think they cant i not sure but i think they have to live in salt water and aquarium just cant provide $h!r13y
4. No, sea horses are especially hard to keep because they need exact water chemistry. Mollies and guppies can be trained to swim in a marine setup however no marine fish can be trained to thrive in a freshwater or brackish setups. I would say that you need to get a bigger aquarium and be prepared to constantly maintain your fish.
5. No - you will not be able to keep *any* salt water animal in fresh water with aquarium salt added in your biorb. First, its not sea salt - and there is a big difference. Second, freshwater will is unlikely to work - you will need to use R/O water Last, the biorb will not provide the kinds of filtration you need. I strongly recommend you do some reading on the internet on setting up a marine aquarium.
6. seahorse give birth from thier dad
7. oh man i was really looking forward to reading on this and aswering, as i myself just set up a pipefish tank, but you obviously just saw some seahorses somewhere and said "oh crap those are cool! i should get a few" i think you need to read up alot more on aquaculture. spefically about the differences between salt and freshwater, and aquarium keeping in general. you have a long way to go before i thin k you'd be ready to really keep seahorses/pipefish. i've been keeping sw aquariums for years and i just worked up the guff to try them.