Yeah I was thinking the same thing EmilyB, the pipe fish would get the first few but not a big deal...
Thanks Bev, I was waiting for your reply... As for tank size I am restricted to a footprint of 16"x16", this is because I aquired a marble pillar that would allow a tank of that size to sit on it, and I can just sheet a canopy in marble to match. As for height I will probably go with 30" but am still debating 36" tall, I have long mechanical grabbers for doing maintence so its doable, but it would be a bit of a pain, on the same note, with the low amount of feeding in the tank it should keep pretty clean... I was thinking of a thin acrylic tube going down to an acrylic feeding dish with a railing around it for holding onto for a feeding station. I have raised seahorses before with pretty good success, I have the unique privledge of having an unlimited supply of Mysis Relicta in my backyard, also I have the very unique ability of being able to throw my plankton net into the lake and go trolling for live Mysis Relicta, when you throw live Mysis into saltwater they wiggle around like crazy, it drives seahorses wild... Once they start eating the live Mysis, they seem to switch over to frozen Mysis with ease. For lighting I think I am going to light it up with 8x 10Watt LED's, 4 blue and 4 white. Ill see how the LED's do and if they are not cutting it I will change to a 250W DE 10K or 14K metal halide. For flow I think I am going to go with the Mag12 unless anyone chimes in, I can always restrict the flow with a ball valve if need be. Well if anyone has any ideas that would make this setup better suited for seahorses please chime in....
Thanks