Seahorse ID
- Thread starter dgbonner
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Of course.
My reef tank is a 55g situated in the living room behind a couch so I set it up to be view-able from 3 sides. I have setup the live rock so there is room on both sides for the fish to swim through, with 3 power heads pushing a current around the perimeter of the tank (you can see them on the right in the couch pic). I put fake plants in the far corner away from the normal fish, which is also the weakest part of the current. Filtration wise I have about 50-60lbs of live rock as well as the sand bed. There is a trickle filter in the sump and a Reef Octopus protein skimmer. My water parameters were salinity 1.021, ph 8.2, nitrates 15ppm yesterday.
There is a pair of clowns, a picasso trigger, royal gramma, cleaner shrimp (peppermint?), and fu manchu lion, apart from the seahorse. From what you can see in the end pic they all hang around that end to get fed and I have not seen any of them bother the seahorse at all.
After I put the seahorse in yesterday near her plants, she promptly decided to go up and over the rock into the current and take a lazy trip round the tank. Several confused fish encounters later she was back at her plants and spent the next hour exploring the tank. She has no problem with the current except right in front of the power heads. For the most part she sticks to her plants now, or the large leather coral on the top of the rocks. She did take frozen mysis today as well so I'm fairly certain that she is frozen trained.
My reef tank is a 55g situated in the living room behind a couch so I set it up to be view-able from 3 sides. I have setup the live rock so there is room on both sides for the fish to swim through, with 3 power heads pushing a current around the perimeter of the tank (you can see them on the right in the couch pic). I put fake plants in the far corner away from the normal fish, which is also the weakest part of the current. Filtration wise I have about 50-60lbs of live rock as well as the sand bed. There is a trickle filter in the sump and a Reef Octopus protein skimmer. My water parameters were salinity 1.021, ph 8.2, nitrates 15ppm yesterday.
There is a pair of clowns, a picasso trigger, royal gramma, cleaner shrimp (peppermint?), and fu manchu lion, apart from the seahorse. From what you can see in the end pic they all hang around that end to get fed and I have not seen any of them bother the seahorse at all.
After I put the seahorse in yesterday near her plants, she promptly decided to go up and over the rock into the current and take a lazy trip round the tank. Several confused fish encounters later she was back at her plants and spent the next hour exploring the tank. She has no problem with the current except right in front of the power heads. For the most part she sticks to her plants now, or the large leather coral on the top of the rocks. She did take frozen mysis today as well so I'm fairly certain that she is frozen trained.
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Hmm, I have not seen any aggressive behavior yet, but I am watching them all closely. Honestly none of the fish go over to that side of the tank. The picasso is only a temporary fish any way as I will be trading him back to the fish store. Out of curiosity, would a 1ft snowflake eel be a better tankmate, because I also have a 30g with just the eel.
Oh, I was wrong about the shrimp. It is a scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp.
Oh, I was wrong about the shrimp. It is a scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp.
Molehs
the H is silent
http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/tankmates/tankmates.shtml
That is a really good guide to 'safe' tank mates. Unfortunately people with the most success build a seahorse specific tank/system with very few other fish species. Seahorses stand little to no chance in a typical reef/fish tank.
That is a really good guide to 'safe' tank mates. Unfortunately people with the most success build a seahorse specific tank/system with very few other fish species. Seahorses stand little to no chance in a typical reef/fish tank.
mtc1966
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as long as you dont mind feeding your eel 80$ snacks.
please check out the tank mate guides
The other fish don't need to be aggressive towards the seahorse although that is probable given some time. but just their fast movements can stress the seahorses to the point it gets sick and dies.
Make sure the cleaner fish doesn't try to clean the seahorse. Again, stressful.
Make sure the cleaner fish doesn't try to clean the seahorse. Again, stressful.
