My first Seahorse tank

[musarra]

Ok so here's the plan:
I plan on getting 4 H. redi for 55 gal tank already cycled as it was used for quarantine.

Im adding a HOB fuge (24 inch version) and a new skimmer, aquamaxx hob-1 (havent heard bad about them), and maybe an aquaclear 70 for chemical filtration as im ditching the current canister filter I have.

I would like to put some zoas and mushrooms in the tank as well. I have read that there are no problems with that as long as the corals don't sting.
However, how do I get the flow correct so I don't drown the seahorses while making sure the zoas get what they need?

Second, I notice that on all the web sites seahorses do best at cooler waters (low 70's) and all soft corals tolerate 72-78 (according to fosters and smith), temperature where tanks are located rarely gets above 72 even in the summer. So I was going to key in at 74-5 degrees what does that do to the corals?

Any other thoughts would be appreciated in the likely event that I'm missing something.

 

[Bluemon]

corals do not mind 75, ime. and i dont think u need much flow for zoas.

 

[rayjay]

As for flow, seahorses can tolerate a LOT more flow than most give them credit for. Many of mine play in the output of Hagen 802 power heads.
As long as you have areas of low, medium, and high if you wish, with hitching available to them in each different flow area, they can hitch wherever they choose at any given time.

 

[musarra]

I have read that redi in the wild are found among stony corals and gorgorians so I figured they would the best seahorse choice if i were going to put in corals and need a bit higher flow.

How many hitching posts do you have? I was going to put several acrylic rods in the center of the tank with power heads facing away. Should I put the rods all over the tank? (I would bed the rods and glue them to a rock before I put them in there)