Seahorse in Refugium

[Clownfish29]

Hi,
I know this question comes up a lot, but I'm trying to decide. I know that keeping a seahorse in a refugium is not an ideal habitat for them, cause of the heat situation and flow, etc. But if the heat was their ideal range, and the flow was toned down to there liking, could this work? I would be keeping a 40-50 gallon refugium with some macro and LR. Also, what type of seahorses, and how many could i keep?

 

[CCall]

What is the height of the refugium?
Can you keep the temp between 72 and 74?

 

[ann83]

It wouldn't be a refugium anymore, but yes, if you could keep the temp at 70-74 for tropical species and if you were committed to feeding them twice a day (and adding that bioload to your display), it could work as an attached tank.

 

[pledosophy]

I'm a seahorse keeper who has a reef tank. Simply put.

Seahorses are always going to be first for me, but that given I would never hook a seahorse tank up to my reef. I care about my corals to much.

If you can solve the temp, the flow, and the bioload problems then ya it could work. But I'd never do it. Easier to just setup another system IME.

It wouldn't be a refugium anymore, it would be a connected tank with macro algae in it at best. The seahorse tank will not be able to sustain it's bioload itself IME.
JME, HTH