lookin to get some sea horses on my reef

[Sleepy22]

i have a 25tall tank with sps, lps, and softies....as for fish i jus have a pair of black ocellaris and a strawberry pseudochromis


im lookin to buy like 3 dwarf sea horses if people here think its a good suggestion....i know i will have to buy a sea fan and/or a gorgonian but my issue is if the water flow in the tank is too much for them and will stress and eventually kill them............i currently run a HOB power filter, 1 nano koralia, and a koralia #2 all create great water circulation for the coral

 

[rayjay]

Unfortunately it is NOT a good idea by any stretch of imagination.
They won't survive the clowns or pseudo let alone any stinging corals you may have, and, the filter/power heads you are using.
Dwarf seahorses also require dense feeding of live enriched brine shrimp to survive and to get that density in that size of a tank would almost be prohibitive but certainly costly.
IMO, Dwarfs are best done in small tanks that begin with sterile rock/sand/hitches, and no fish for tank mates. (no problem with 20 in a 5g tank)
The tank is even too small for standard seahorses but again, the other fish in there will almost certainly stress the seahorses to death if they survive any of the stinging corals you may have.
Power heads and filter intakes also have to be protected to prevent the weak swimming seahorses from being sucked up against or into them.
Lastly, the temperatures of reef tanks coupled with the "dirty" water produced by the feeding habits of seahorses, provide fertile breeding grounds for nasty bacteria like vibriosis that can kill your seahorses.
If you really have the "seahorse" bug, I'd suggest reading the links at the bottom of "My Thoughts on Seahorse Keeping", written by experienced seahorse keepers and a prominent seahorse commercial breeder.

 

[scapes]

Agree with rayjay...seahorses are very high maintenance and should NOt be housed with corals with tentacles

 

[Sleepy22]

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thanx alot for your info.....i will definitley consider getting them in a 40gal breeder in the future....i appreciate your help

 

[rayjay]

If you want seahorses to mate and produce fry, a 40g breeder is not the best choice as it is too low.
What you want for best chances of success for breeding is about 3 times the adult height of the seahorses you choose.
However, maybe you meant you will move the contents of what you already have to a 40g breeder which would be fine.