Keeping a seahorse?

[l Morphine]

I have an 8 month old, 20L tank with a sargassum angler, occealaris clown, green brittle starfish, 2 flame scallops. Now is it possible to keep 2 seahorses in a critter keeper inside the tank? Is their anyway to automatically feed them? Info on them, etc.. Thank you !

 

[l Morphine]

If not can I keep 1 or 2 Kelloggi seahorses in a 5G minibow front tank with built in heater, light and filter?

 

[rayjay]

I'm sorry, but NO in both cases. Standard sized seahorses like kuda, reidi, and erectus should have a minimum tank size of 29g but kelloggi being a larger seahorse will do better in a larger tank.
Seahorses should not be confined to small spaces like a critter keeper.
The only seahorses that can be kept in small tanks are dwarfs and they really should have their own tank. However, dwarfs only feed on live food like copepods. Dwarf keepers elect to feed enriched ongrown newly hatched baby brine shrimp as copepod culturing is difficult to provide sufficient quantities.
For some basic information on seahorse keeping see the links at the bottom of My Thoughts on Seahorse Keeping

 

[l Morphine]

Can I keep a pair in a 10G or 20G? What's the best type of seahorse?

 

[mtc1966]

I'm sorry, but NO in both cases. Standard sized seahorses like kuda, reidi, and erectus should have a minimum tank size of 29g [/u][/b][/URL]

 

[rayjay]

About the most you can safely put things is to put one pair of H. fuscus in a 20g, preferably with a sump. H. fuscus is a smaller than standard seahorse so with larger more frequent water changes it can be done. Problem now is that I don't know of any source of H. fuscus available in the US, especially true captive bred ones.
As for the quite large kelloggi, they have a VERY poor track record of survival for what has been coming to the US now for some time.
IMO, there IS no BEST type of seahorse, but rather what ones do you like the looks of best, and what types are available from the best source available, seahorsesource.com.
I'm really curious as to why you asked "Can I keep a pair in a 10G or 20G?" after I already posted the recommended tank size?
Did you read the links at the bottom of the "My Thoughts...." page I posted?
There is SO much to learn about keeping seahorses before you get them that one post is not going to be the full knowledge you need. It will take quite a bit of research.
If not wanting to research fully, then seahorse keeping is probably not for you because it definitely will require more work and due diligence than keeping a reef tank.