What Will Fit In A 20 Gallon?

[Krenshaw22]

OK I'm gonna be doing a nano seahorse/ seagrass tank. So my two questions are which species will fit in it. And what would be the marine sea grass will go well with it. I will like to know about pipefish also.

 

[rayjay]

A twenty gallon tank is not sufficient for the seahorses normally kept in captivity. It is too large for dwarfs unless you have a heck of a pile of them, and too small for normal sized seahorses.
H. fuscus has been reportedly kept in the smaller tanks but I don't know of any fuscus available on the North American Continent at this time.
Greg may be able to advise on pipefish that may be suitable for that size tank.

 

[Krenshaw22]

OK I have found Some pipefish That I really like. They are Doryrhamphus excisus. How would you guess say they are and what the best setup for them

 

[ejanastacio]

For pipefish you want plenty of liverock and they feed on copepods so you may need a refugium also.

 

[rayjay]

Greg (namxas) will probably be your best bet for information on those. He posts here often so I would hold until he gives you some help.

 

[namxas]

Blue stripes would do OK in a std 20 gal, but they'd be more at home in a rocky/reef-type setting. Make sure you get a M-F pair, as males with fight to the death. You could also keep dragon-faced pipes (Corythoichthys haematopterus, C. intestinalis) in such a setup, altho DF's can be tuff to feed, esp at first.

I don't know if you're thinking TRUE seagrasses (which require at least 4" of substrate for their root system and LOTS of light) or doing a "simulated seagrass" look with macro such as Caulerpa prolifera, which is much easier to care for.

If you want to do pipes in a seagrass setting, I'd consider a group of dwarf pugnose pipes (Cosmocampus hildebrandi).

JM .02...