sea horse and tank size?

[ayers11]

I was just wondering if a 10 gallon tank is big enough to have any kind of sea horse and one black Clown fish? Would that be possible without an anemone?

 

[ann83]

A 10 gallon would be big enough to have dwarf seahorses and NO clownfish; and a 29 gallon would be big enough to have a pair of larger species seahorses, but still no clownfish. Clownfish and seahorses do not mix well, and if you wanted to try it anyway, I'd recommend a much larger tank.

 

[ayers11]

Well i heard that black clown fish and sea horses get along pretty good

 

[ann83]

That is contrary to everything that I have read and heard, but either way, you cannot keep clownfish with dwarf seahorses (they'll eat them and/or harrass & kill them and/or outcompete them for food; whichever happens first) and you cannot keep a large species of seahorse in a 10 gallon. So, if you're set on trying to keep a species of clownfish with seahorses, I suggest that you have a minimum of a 60 gallon tank, take measures to make sure that the seahorses get enough food, and do a lot of research on the problems that people have had trying to keep seahorses and clownfish together. I would also stop listening to whatever source told you that "black clown fish and sea horses get along pretty good".

 

[ayers11]

ok thanks

 

[SWaquariast]

ryan dont get sea horses they are for experts only.