sea horse / reef .... sea horse / reef ??????

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #1 01-03-2009, 06:25 AM

I keep my seahorses in a dedicated refugium type tank with only a few small fish, like a jawfish, redstripe goby, leopard wrasse, 6 line wrasse & yellow canary wrasse. They have slow flow, lots of prolifera macroalgae & other algae for swimming through & hanging on to. They also get target fed with mysis & plankton several times a day (I work at home).

For people unable to give them something similar (in terms of passive tank mates, macroalgae forests & slow flow), then keeping seahorses are probably not ideal for their tanks. Remember that with seahorses, overfeeding is almost a given, considering how glacially slow they are at feeding and that will lead to blooms of bristleworms &/or flatworms from the excess food. I have a skimmer rated for 250g on that setup and the macroalgae help suck up a lot of nutrients.

Anthony

sphelps · #2 01-03-2009, 03:41 PM

I keep a seahorse in a reef tank with clams, soft and LPS corals such as acans, favias, plates, candy cane, and cats eye. Definitely a lower flow tank but enough to keep the corals happy and the tank clean.

I also picked out some unusual tank mates that won't out compete the seahorse for food. I only feed my seahorse once a day and the other fish every three days or so.

I've had the seahorse for over 8 months with no problems.

Looks a little different these days but you get the idea.