What should I know???

[BADFISH909]

Im starting a 22g tank with some sps/lps corals. What does it take to keep sea horses? What kind of flow, corals, water condtion, temp, things like that should I know. I know people in the past that had some but cant keep them alive. Whats the secret? Thanks in advance

 

[CCall]

Good water quality. Depending on the type of ponies to keep their temp good. For erectus and reidi 72-74 deg. F.
Most of the sps are not good for seahorses and anything that has sweepers is not good.
In my 20 tall I have an aquaclear filter with 2 powersweeps in it.

 

[BADFISH909]

thanks. I didnt know I had to keep the temp that low and I didnt know about the sweepers....I guess that changes everything since I want to keep coral also its a good thing because I wouldnt want any animals to die. Thanks for the help

 

[rayjay]

29/30g tank is the minimum recommendation for a pair of seahorses.
20/22g is tight even for a pair of small fuscus.

 

[Seeker1]

if you want to do seahoreses with corals keep only hard coral

 

[laurarca]

I have had my 2 pair of breeding ORA horses in a 30g for over 8 months, with multiple spawning times. The temp is steady at 77, and they are housed alone with a super cleanup crew. I have had a mandarin goby with them for a while, but I recently sold him. I run a HOB protein skimmer and HOB filter. They do their "dance" every morning before feeding time. My goal NOW is to get at least one pony to live for more than 6 weeks :-(

 

[Elysia]

Seahorses are often kept w/ soft corals w/ no problems. In fact, its some of the hard corals that are piscivores and have strong stings that can really harm a seahorse.