sea hosre

What does everyone think about keeping sea horse in a reef tank? it will be the sea horse and maybe 2 clowns ( and the cleaning crew shrimp crab and made a engineer)

 

Would be hard to feed it with the clowns gobbling up all the food before the SH had a chance to eat (they're slow SLOW eaters).

 

you will be better of just doing a tank dedicated to seahorse or pipefish. i agree with brandon they are not aggressive feeders and will likely starve with more aggressive fish present.

 

Depends on the maturity of the tank also, seahorses love pods, if you have a really big pod population you might be ok but personally I wouldnt risk it. just setup a small tank for them by themselves

 

In my past setup a refugeum with some live rock and maybe a gorgonia or two realyl works good with seahorses......now a refugeum (goes next to the tank) should not be confused with refgium (usually under the stand)

 

I kept one in my reef for almost a year untill that stupid brittle star killed him ( I removed the Killer Star after that went down ) I used to target feed him brine and mysis. I think it can be done as long as you make sure you target feed them I don't know if mine ever ate pods he seemed to slow for that.

 

I agree with this statement, not to mention they are very delicate and are better off with a exp'ed reefer and need a very slow flow. Luna

 

i would keep it in the main reef tank, and i know the flow will be high. so it would not be a good idea, unless i didn’t get the clown or i target feed

 

Consider also that most successful seahorse keepers do so with cool water temperatures to try and quell the bacterial outbreaks that the horses are prone to. While the horses can take reef temperatures, the bacteria love it even more, and many many seahorses are lost due to this alone.
I try not to let my seahorse tank get over 70, after losing some of mine due to an outbreak in my first year of keeping. While I have a pair left, they no longer produce young as the female was seriously ill with the bacterial problem, even loosing about 3/4" off her tail, and appears to have been sterilized by the episode. The tail has since grown back and appears to be pretty normal in length.

 

they are very touchy, and i wouldnt house them with any other fish. but that they really kool critters