seahorse reef tank

[PokeHero93]

can someone please tell me how to make a reef tank....i haven't figured it out yet..there is a 50 gallon tank at my house, and i want to turn it into a reef tank and put seahorses in it..i need help........i have the tank ,sump,correct pipes and stuff, and everything else i need....i just want to turn it into a reef tank before i get seahorses. can someone tell me which corals are harmless to seahorses and post pictures of them PLEASE. THANX

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[t5Nitro]

I would go with corals like mushrooms, zoanthids, xenia, star polyps maybe. Things that need low light and low flow.

 

[kayak]

What would you consider low light?

 

[PokeHero93]

I did some research and these can be with seahorses.

Corals:

clove polyps
finger leather
kenya tree coral
leather coral
photosynthetic gorgonians
pulse coral

Fish:

curious wormfish
neon goby
sharknose goby
yellow clown goby

Invertibrate:

astraea snail
linckia starfish
cerith snail
dotted/marbled fromia starfish
fanworms(such as feather dusters)
fighting conch
lettuce sea slug
nassarius snail
nerite snail
trochus snail
turbo snail

 

[fishymann]

as said in other threads pokehero that is a very limited list. Go to www.seahorse.org and look around on their library they even have a list of compatibility.
When you say "everything else" specify what you mean by that. The tank needs to have low flow as apposed to a reef tank which has very high flow. Also your temperature should not exceed 74degrees.

Tank mates need to be mild mannered, non agressive eating fish that would pose no threat to the seahorses.

 

[ReefWidowed]

I'm thinking NO on the starfish though, I've heard of them grabbing horses (with the obvious exception of micro brittle stars). JMO

Jennifer