BLACK SEAHORSE~?~?~?~?~?~?~?~?~?~?

[lionfish44]

I was browsing on saltwaterfish.com and i saw black sea horses, they seem relitivly cheap and not to complicated, am i right about them not being to compilacted, i have a 75gal. reef with lots of hiding places, heres whats in it....
1 small flame angel
4 medium blue/green cromisis
1 medium alge bleenie
1 small purpel reef lobster
and some assorted corals
is this tank suted for black horsies or should i not? have any of u had any experiance with balck horsies? and how is the shipping for saltwater.com? and what should i do for/feeding them/aclimadateing them when i get them if i get them??

 

[tomato clown]

Hey I know a little about these lil guys.... first of all they don't compete for food very well against active fish, plus you need to have a constant supply of food for them. Usually newly hatched brine shrimp and plankton. Also they have a tendency to get sucked into filters and skimmers witch poses a problem because you will have to constantly change the prefilters.
This info came from "Mini-Reef Aquarium" and as well my uncle had lots of these and couldn't keep up with them dying off on him.

 

[lionfish44]

so yo wouldnt recomend them? what about if i got a 29gal and just put them in it? what kinda prefilter would you recomend?

 

[tomato clown]

I haven't raised them myself even though I'd love to, but hopefully someone else has and could give you advise on their method.