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01/26/2011, 09:47 AM | #1 |
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What corals for Seahorse tank????
I have a pair of seahorses (hippocampus erectus) for about a month now. I would like to start adding a few corals to the tank to add some color. I just read on a website that some corals are not safe for seahorses and to also stay away from zoanthids because they sting them (Is that true regarding the zoo's?). It indicated that mushrooms and leathers are ok as well as gorgonians. Looking for some guidance on what corals are safe for seahorses. Need to be suitable for nano's since I have them in a 28G nano. Was hoping to just add some frags from my main display tank but now I am not sure what corals are appropriate.
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01/26/2011, 09:53 AM | #2 |
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By the way, I currently have PC lighting (JBJ28 nano). Toying with the idea of upgrading to an LED hood in the spring when the temperatures here in New Jersey get warmer. Right now I am able to keep the tank around 73-75 degrees but I am concerned about the summer and will most likely have to do something to keep the water temperature down (possibly a chiller but would rather not).
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01/26/2011, 11:21 AM | #3 |
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Great resource:
http://www.seahorse.org/library/arti...ankmates.shtml Most soft corals are fine: zoas, paly's, kenyas, leathers, mushrooms (not the huge ones), ricordia, gorgonians, xenia, green star polyps, etc. I'd recommend staying away from non-photosynthetics since the seahorses already put a higher load on the system and they require feeding. They'd be fine with your lighting too, I think. Anything with long tentacles or sweepers is bad, frogspawn, hammers,. But that leaves quite a few LPS and SPS, but those are harder to keep and I'd guess need higher temps, higher lighting but I don't see why it wouldn't hurt to try out some of the safe cheap ones and see how they do, that's what I'm planning. Rick |
01/27/2011, 06:48 AM | #4 |
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I keep all kinds of softies and a few lps in my seahorse tanks...(reidi and erectus tanks).... hope this helps and gives you some ideas.
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it's a fake hitch...I always keep one fake hitch in each tank so the horses don't stress the corals too much...
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ya to be honist when i saw ur tanks i was like what is that it lokoed luike and sps or somthing. do u remeber were u got it
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I bought the hitches at marinedepot.com .... I just got a couple more last week so they still carry them. If you buy them.. get two.. they get dirty fast and that way you can rotate them out as you clean them...Once the horses get used to a hitch like this, they panic when you remove it...lol
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01/28/2011, 08:43 AM | #13 |
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Oh. I thought I read somewhere that it was important to enrich the mysis. That will certainly make feeding time a lot easier. Thanks again for the help.
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Oh. I thought I read somewhere that it was important to enrich the mysis. That will certainly make feeding time a lot easier. Thanks again for the help. I have plenty of reef experience but I am a newbie at seahorses and I want to do this right.
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Hi
I think that you can add all that you want, this is the link about my seahorse House . http://www.todomarino.com/forum/show...seahorse+house regards oscar |
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ya softies are fine just stay away from most lps and some sps but also most sps are fine go 2 seahorse.org
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Beth,
Do you sell any of your seahorses? I see on your list you have some juvies. |
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Frozen - Hikari. I defrost the cube occaisionally with some Zoecon. Don't know if it helps or not. I do it a couple times a week.
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