Sea Horse ??

[smshep01]

My wife has been bugging me about possibly doing another fish tank strictly for seahorses. I just got my 29 Gal started up Monday so it hasn't even cycled yet, but was wondering, would a 5 or 10 Gal tank be too small for a few seahorses (like 1-4 depending on tank size of course)? Also, what would idealistically be the best thing besides LS and LR for them to be happy?
Sheppie

 

[cprdnick]

When keeping sea horses, there should be no other inhabitants. They belong in a species only tank. For several reasons. First, they don't have much of a way to defend themselves, and second they cannot compete with fish when it comes to feeding.
Also, the best tank to put them in would be a taller than wide tank.
You will need some branches or something for them to wrap their tails around.
Low flow with a sponge filter maybe

 

[cprdnick]

I didn't necessarily mean that you had to keep them with their own kind, I knew about the sea dragons and pipefish, but I meant like, with a clown or a flame angel or some thing like that.

 

[jscarb2]

not trying to steal your post but my wife want me to do the same thing.i have a 29 that used to be my qt tank (never had copper in it)but i have all the fish i am getting plus i have a 90 that i can use to qt if i need to. i have some extra live rock it has a crp skimmer and a filter.i have a bunch of frags in there now.just tagging along to see what you need for seahorses trying to learn as much as possible before i say yes to doing this

 

[cprdnick]

If I'm not mistaken there is a forum strictly for seahorses and dragons, I don't remember what it's called though.