Tank is looking fine!

Thanks, it's a Cubicus Boxfish :mrgreen:

So I'm looking into more fish that fit with my current tank mates, unfortunately all the information I can find is awfully close minded, kind of like this site. According to that almost every tank mate I already have or had for my seahorse has "no business in a seahorse tank".

If anyone has some suggestions I would love to hear them, keep in mind I have a dwarf lionfish so I think smaller fish like gobies should be avoided, however I do have a small mandarin so... maybe not.

I currently have:
Seahorse
Fu-Man-Chu Lionfish
Boxfish
Blue Streak Pipefish
Green Spotted Mandarin
Engineer Goby

The problem you will find with most seahorse tankmates is the competition for food. Seahorses almost need to get know thier food before they eat it. I have witnessed the ponies staring at the food for a full minute before they snick it. When you have tankmates that eat food like most of our fish do.... FAST... then there is nothing left for the ponies to eat. And then of course there are fish that accually cause a risk to the horses.

Yes I know, I've had my horse for close to a year now. When I feed I shut off all flow and target feed mysis using tongs. I'm looking for fish that will adapt to this kind of feeding, all my current fish do this quite well. Any suggestions from experience would be awesome.

Couple more pics, I took a week off for some R&R so no actual work was done but I did add a few additions.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...k/DSC_3963.jpg

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http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...k/DSC_3989.jpg

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Beautiful shots! I LOVE the ones of the pipefish in the clam. I made one my desktop background :biggrin:

I dont know whats better. The actual tanks inhabitants or the fantastic photography.


:D

steve the pipe fish are they hard to keep. would love to get acouple for my tank .

They are not very difficult to keep, I think they will do better in a tank you can easily feed them but I have seen them many times in regular reef tanks. They will find their own food in the tank but I`m not sure how long that will provide for them. Others might have more relevant experience for you.