Clowns and Sea horses?

[carrie1429]

I have an 84 gallon tank (6 ft long), and somebody at my LFS told me I can have percula clowns with sea horses. Is this ok? Also, would I have to worry about my arrow crabs? I have two very large ones and I'v heard they eat anything they can catch. Keep the arrow crabs, or not?
Any help would be great.
Carrie <img src="graemlins//angel.gif" border="0" alt="[angel]" />

 

[stupid_naso]

Well, percula clowns are great, I recommend you getting one or a pair even. Seahorses however, I'm against it. I do not know much about seahorses except that they are very delicate and hard to keep in captivity. I've read that if you want to keep seahorses, you have to really really care about its diet. They cannot compete for food with any other fishes or crabs, if they do they will die of starvation. Arrow crabs? Might want to ask someone else . Hope that helps a little...
stupid_naso

 

[fshhub]

sea horses are much better in a species only tank, maybe pipefish too, but anything else is gonna compete with the horses for food, which is not a good thing, because the sea horses are not aggressive enough to get any food before it would all be gone
HTH

 

[sinner's girl]

before getting a seahorse go to seahorse.org
I Love my clowns but i think seahorses do better in a smaller tank without other fish. and they are high maintance.