Seahorses in a 10 g plumbed to a 65G?

[psyrob]

Would this work? I'm plumbing an old 10 gallon tank to my 65 gallon reef tank and am going to use it to grow frags (star polyps, candy canes, monti digitus) as my 65 gallon is getting overgrown. The 10 gallon will have 65 watts PC over it. The 65 gallon is 4 years old and is kept at 79 degrees.

I'm thinking of putting some dwarf seahorses in the 10 gallon with the frags. I figure that the water parameters will be stable because I will have a 75 gallon system, and the seahorses will be able to eat since they have no competition from the main tank.

Is this foolish for the seahorses? I'm going ahead with the frag tank, just thought it would work to have some seahorses as well.
Thanks.

 

[ann83]

Unfortunately dwarf seahorses are too fragile to have in any tank besides a dedicated system. There are many things that live in reef tanks that can kill a dwarf seahorse like hydroids and amphipods, that you won't be able to prevent from getting into the 10 gallon. Also, they can barely tolerate flow, and I imagine you plan on having quite a bit of flow in the frag tank (or at least more than a sponge filter or small HOB could provid).

 

[cmsargent]

I agree with ann...not a good idea.

Most SPS and LPS coral will kill the seahorses. The SPS will sting them and the LPS will sting and maybe eat the dwarfs.

Then you have the problems ann mentioned such as hydroids and flow. Seahorses also do better at lower temps then the typical reef setup. Seahorse should be kept at around 72-74.

 

[psyrob]

Thanks for the advice. I especially appreciate that you guys didn't slam me for even considering this, as some people might be prone to do...