How Many Horses per gallon?

[jwalters103]

i just added a new set of horses to my tank and i would like to add more if possible. the tank is a 37 tall. i just added 2 medium sized horses (H. reidi ??????) , 1 dragon faced pipefish, and 1 banded pipefish. what is the maximum amount of horses/pipes that i should have in here. i could have sworn that i had read somwhere that it could house in the neighborhood of 8, but this doesnt seem right to me.

[pledosophy]

Depends on filtration but IMHO you are close to full. If you have a good filter you might be able to get away with another pair of reidi if you watched your levels closely.

IME biological filtration has been best for me, although I love my UV filter. At this point I wouldn't run a tank without a UV.

It really kinda depends on your setup, what does it all intail?

[jwalters103]

right now it is just the small hob ecosystem setup and i plan on adding a large skimmer soon.

[luvabunny]

I wouldn't add more than 1 more horse or 1 more pipe to your current setup, and not until you get better filtration. Probably 4 animals with the filtration you currently have is about at capacity.

[jwalters103]

what filtration would you suggest? ive kept horses before, but they were never as good of eaters as these guys, so id like to keep them happy

[pledosophy]

The magnum HOB cannister is popular. I like my fluval 304. I am also a big fan of my UV sterilizer. I found my refugium to be very helpful and increase my water quality as well as volume.

Didn't have that great a luck with the Whispers IME.