seahorses and coral?

cadepeters

New Member
Does anyone know which corals, anemones, fish are compatible with seahorses?
I am starting up a reef tank, but I really want to keep and breed seahorses as well!
 

darth tang

Active Member
The majority of corals aren't really seahorse compatible. I won't say safe as many are safe with seahorses. The problem in lies with flow rate. Seahorses require a low flow rate in the tank. 5-7 times. Corals need a flow rate of 20-30 times. This is a drastic difference. It can be done.....but you have to research the needs of the coral.
No anenomes however. These will sting your horses. And DEFINATELY no stinging corals.
 

cadepeters

New Member
I was thinking about deviding up my 60 gallon aquarium with a peice of perferated plexyglass down the middle so that I could keep both a coral reef side and a seahorse side. The side for the seahorses would have less flow and mostly seahorses. How do you think that would work? Also is there a large differance in the tempurature needed for most corals and seahorses. I know that Zulu lulu sea horses require a much lower tempurature that corals.
 

darth tang

Active Member
Originally Posted by cadepeters
I was thinking about deviding up my 60 gallon aquarium with a peice of perferated plexyglass down the middle so that I could keep both a coral reef side and a seahorse side. The side for the seahorses would have less flow and mostly seahorses. How do you think that would work? Also is there a large differance in the tempurature needed for most corals and seahorses. I know that Zulu lulu sea horses require a much lower tempurature that corals.
That might work.....as far as the division. I can see the possibility of a few "problems". But most of these can be remedied with a good clean up crew. Also, seahorses have different problems and health issues than fish. I suggest seahorse dot org as a good place to start reading up. There are some horses than can be kept at the same temp as a reef. But there are many that can not. Again, do some research on the site I mentioned and once you decide which horses you want, then we can go from there.
 

cadepeters

New Member
I was thinking about starting off with mustang seahorses, as they seem to be a good and reliable beginers choice. All of the research that I have done on them indicates that they are pretty hardy little critters.
So I heard from a friend that it takes a year to establish a tank that can hold seahorses, but none of the reaserch that I have done has said nothing of it taking that long to establish a "mature" tank. If my friend is acuret what exactly does "maturing" a tank require?
 

darth tang

Active Member
6 months is sufficient. That is what I did. Basically let your cycle run and have all the live sand and rock in it, then when it is finished add a clean up crew. Then wait..............................................................the rest of the 6 months.
Mature meaning, a long enoughtime to propogate little xritters in an abundance in your tank. Basically allowing the ecosytem to set up and stabilize.
 
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