Originally Posted by
Blackjacktang
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I have some stuff like a maited pair of maroon clownfish, sixline wrasse, a false perc. clownfish, brittle star, some corals, a sponge, emrald crab, snails, hermit crabs, and a clam I found on the beach. Still allive
Your current tank sounds pretty low maintenance, as far as the fish requiring attention. Do the three clownfish get along?
SH differ from other fish in a couple of ways that will ask for more of your time than your current stock. Their feeding schedule will probably be the main one.
Seahorses have no stomach, just a direct consumption-digestion system. They draw the nutritional value from the food as it passes through, but they do not store the nutrients. Similar to a fetus. They need a fairly regular flow of nutrients. Not much at one time, but more often.
This will mean a source of naturally occuring food (copepods, for one, fish fry, for another) that the seahorse can hunt. They enjoy hunting and will not overeat if they have to work for it.
It will also mean two or three times daily feeding your SH small amounts of mysis shrimp, or other enriched frozen food (not brine shrimp).
If you keep the feed schedule consistant, a SH should do well, assuming a healthy environment.
Consistancy is important. You don't want the SH to starve nutritionally, then binge, then starve, etc.
The down side is the time. The up side is the SH will quickly become more of a pet than some cats!
