For now, the seahorses are eating, the OSFF is eating, and the Mandarins are spawning.
That's good to hear...

For now, the seahorses are eating, the OSFF is eating, and the Mandarins are spawning.
Like any other segment of this hobby, there is conflicting information. I see people posting incorrect information in this forum about gas bubble disease. Temperature is a big one. ORA states that their seahorse are raised at 75-85 degrees. Mine were kept at 82 in the LFS. My reef is 78. To top it off, ORA doesn't even raise their own seahorses.
My first intention was to set up a separate tank for them, and I will if I need to. I know there is a threat with some of the corals. I could see it being a big problem in a bio cube. Honestly, I don't think they are that stupid. They just don't go by them.
That essortment article you mention has nothing to do with actually keeping seahorses. Its meant to attract search engines and drive traffic to its sponsors and help other pages on essortment and other paid sites have a higher page rank. It was probably "written" by someone overseas who doesn't know a thing about seahorses but grabbed several other articles and made an amalgam of bad information and they don't care because its purpose has nothing to do with the subject matter.
Just thought I'd let you know that you're assumptions are right, that article is wrong. (and why).
Thanks. I see you're not far from me. I work in Menomoner Falls. I've noticed a number of other people from the northern Illinois area also. I purchased the seahorses from Sho Tank.
very nice, i wont go into the does and don't ect. the one thing i will comment on though is you have a decent amount of fish that are hunters, sh's manderins and the wrasse, even though you have a 125g tank this fish can and will almost completely clean out your pods in that tank, even if they are eating frozen foods, they will still hunt all day for pods and such. and congrats on the manderins spawning love to see a video of that