If sea horses are meant to be alone, what about inverts?

[pheinzig]

I was wondering if snails,and hermits are also considered off limits to a sea horse tank. My understanding is you keep them separate from all other life because of the weak immune system.

But how do you have a CuC then for the tank?

 

[timinnl]

You can keep a lot of things with them as long as you follow a few guidelines.

1: Know the source you are getting them from

2: Put everything through a QT.

3: Don't mix source or species.

4: Research to see if they will make a tank mate or not?

 

[rayjay]

Then again, if you have a bare bottom tank you don't need a cuc.
None of my seahorse tanks have anything but seahorses and hitching in them.
For that matter, my reef tanks have no snails or hermits, only serpent stars for clean up. OH yeah, and my mag cleaner.

 

[namxas]

Who said SH are meant to be alone??? However, here's how I roll:

IMHO, snails are fine (you need a mix of different types). Some peeps keep hermits, but I've seen even scarlet reef hermits (the most docile) grab tails, so no crabs at all as far as I'm concerned.

Instead of crabs, add a few true peppermint shrimp (about 1 per 10 gals to start). Stay away from "cleaner shrimp" as they tend to stress out the SH due to their insistence. Likewise, eschew CBS because they just get plain ol' nasty when they get some size on them.

Stock most snails at about 1 per 3 gals to start, then adjust once you see what your tank "needs". Stock Nassarius at 1 per 10 gals and wait on turbos unless you have a HA problem, then go 1 per 25 gals.

Stay away from margarita snails unless you run your tank below 68*F, they'll die at warmer temps.

HTH

 

[pheinzig]

thx yall