2.6g seahorse tank cuc?

monkeypie102 · 10/20/2013, 11:19 AM

My 2.5g has finally cycled and I'd like to start adding a cuc to the tank that's pygmy safe... I was thinking a couple ceriths, a margarita, and a nassarius... I would add a blue hermit buy that's not safe... So anyone have a cuc idea?

rayjay · 10/20/2013, 03:33 PM

I think you mean "dwarf" not pygmy.
First of all there are no pygmy seahorses on the market, and second, they cannot survive without the specific gorgonian that they are found in.
I've never used CUC in my dwarf tanks, preferring to do frequent water changes and to wipe down all surfaces of slime bacteria.

flsvedlund · 10/20/2013, 04:45 PM

Definitely no hermit crabs with dwarf seahorses. Small snails will be perfect. Dwarf ceriths and some nassarius would probably make a good CUC for your tank. Don't get any of the snails that can get really big in such a small tank.

knap_123 · 10/21/2013, 12:01 PM

A very small pencil urchin and Margarita. 2 Snail

rayjay · 10/21/2013, 02:27 PM

Pencil urchin will NOT stay small, and definitely will very soon outgrow a tank that size.
Ideally they shouldn't be put in a tank under 30g.
Also, I wouldn't trust them with dwarfs that tend to stay hitched a lot, especially when lights are out and the urchin becomes active.

knap_123 · 10/21/2013, 04:17 PM

I kept one the size of a rubber bounce ball. Like you find in a gumball machine with no problem. I paid $5 and when he was bigger Wich took awhile I returned to the store. He was in my 2 1/2 gallon. He really cleaned up the algebra I had start growing. But I had a nassarius and it ate my female.

10/20/2013, 11:19 AM	#1
monkeypie102 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 188	2.6g seahorse tank cuc? My 2.5g has finally cycled and I'd like to start adding a cuc to the tank that's pygmy safe... I was thinking a couple ceriths, a margarita, and a nassarius... I would add a blue hermit buy that's not safe... So anyone have a cuc idea?

10/20/2013, 03:33 PM	#2
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	I think you mean "dwarf" not pygmy. First of all there are no pygmy seahorses on the market, and second, they cannot survive without the specific gorgonian that they are found in. I've never used CUC in my dwarf tanks, preferring to do frequent water changes and to wipe down all surfaces of slime bacteria. __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

10/21/2013, 02:27 PM	#5
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	Pencil urchin will NOT stay small, and definitely will very soon outgrow a tank that size. Ideally they shouldn't be put in a tank under 30g. Also, I wouldn't trust them with dwarfs that tend to stay hitched a lot, especially when lights are out and the urchin becomes active. __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

10/20/2013, 04:45 PM	#3
flsvedlund Lion Tamer Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 184	Definitely no hermit crabs with dwarf seahorses. Small snails will be perfect. Dwarf ceriths and some nassarius would probably make a good CUC for your tank. Don't get any of the snails that can get really big in such a small tank.

10/21/2013, 12:01 PM	#4
knap_123 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: alex city, alabama Posts: 756	A very small pencil urchin and Margarita. 2 Snail

10/21/2013, 04:17 PM	#6
knap_123 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: alex city, alabama Posts: 756	I kept one the size of a rubber bounce ball. Like you find in a gumball machine with no problem. I paid $5 and when he was bigger Wich took awhile I returned to the store. He was in my 2 1/2 gallon. He really cleaned up the algebra I had start growing. But I had a nassarius and it ate my female.