setting up 1st seahorse tank

[Tbohinc]

can someone tell me what coral are safe to put in with seahores



Thanks

 

[MSAreef]

Many soft corals, such as mushrooms, kenya tree, colt coral are fine. Stay away from many LPS with stinging tentacles such as hammer, frogspawn, bubble.

 

[pledosophy]

All softies with exception to mushrooms that can consume fish. (zoo's , leathers, mushrooms, xenia's, gorgonia's, sponges, etc, etc)

LPS would be limited to sun corlas, candy cane corals, and some brains.

Most SPS are seahorse safe, but not safe from seahorses. They also require more flow then a seahorse can handle IME.

 

[mike660r]

Dendros????

 

[mrme]

first of all, before you talk which kind of corals are safe, you need to talk light. Very intense metal halide lighting is not a seahorses favorite thing. Maybe a 20k would make it a little more pleasent, but they really don't like real bright lights.
I say get some high wattage compact florescents and grow some beautifuly colored macro with your seahorses.
DOn't Seahorse safe corals, include the corals that have stinging tenticles, or tenticles that come out at night.
Things such as the colt coral/tree coral.. mushrooms, polyps, gorgonians, pulsing xenia, toadstool leather, sponges.
Clams are usually not good with seahorses, they can drag their tailing across the clam and it will close up, trapping the tail.

Hope this helps.

 

[cmsargent]

Dendos are fine...I keep them with my seahorses along with suncoarls, gorgs, GSP, finger leather, devils hand leather, kenya tree, mushrooms, zoas, and palys.

 

[seastar12]

I would think primarily softies. LPS can sting them, and SPS need high flow and lights.