Fish with dwarf seahorses

[ddubtoille]

Hi, i use to have dwarf seahorses and im thinking about getting some more and was wondering if there is any fish other than pipefish that can go w/ them.

Elliot

 

[sambo123]

no, only one species of pipefish can live with dwarfs and thats the dwarf gulf pipefish.

 

[Bret61081]

has anyone tried the blue stripe pipes with them? they stay pretty small. I just got 3 for my refugium

 

[ann83]

Here is a good discussion of housing pipefish with dwarf seahorses http://forum.seahorse.org/index.php?showtopic=30363&hl=tankmates
You also might consider what can survive panacur treatments because many inverts like snails, stars, adn shrimp cannot http://forum.seahorse.org/index.php?showtopic=31281&hl=tankmates
Most people don't keep any "swimming" tankmates with their dwarf seahorses. Usually just nassarius snails.

 

[sambo123]

pipefish other than the dwark gulf pipefish will first, take all the dwarfs food and second no pipefish can survive in a tank less than 5g which is the maximum sized tank for dwarfs. I wouldnt keep anything with them except dry rock (not live), some sand (not live), and a few nassarius snails to eat dead BBS.

 

[ReefNutPA]

Agreed. The only thing swimming in a dwarf seahorse tank should be the seahorses. Even those hobbyists that I'm familiar with who have tried keeping gulf pipes with dwarfs ultimately failed with the tank.

Tom