Seahorse's

[dawhits]

Hi,
I am in the process of cycling my tank and have been looking at diferent types of fish I could get for it. I have also been seeing a lot of seahorses for sale. all the info on them says they need a species only tank but I was wondering if I could put a divider in the tank and have fish on one side and seahorses on the other. That way the seahorses don't have to fight for the food. Is this a good idea? or should I just make another smaller tank for seahorses.
-Erik

 

[fraservet]

species only would be best.

apart from needing to be kept away from more active/aggressive fish, seahorses also need less current in the tank.

 

[Chac]

Also

If this is your 1st marine Tank I would suggest staying away from Seahorses as they are more demanding than other Marine Fish and would be better idea further down the line

 

[scarface1979]

seahorses and best kepted in a species only tank not mixed in with a reef tank. i kept seahorses for all of 2 weeks my male died of internal gas bubbles disease and my female died of sudden death symdone. the tank i had them in was a very mature tank the water was 8 months old, the trick with seahorses is research research and more reaserch and even more imporant be pepared for the worse ie have all medinces ready to treat them with a spare tank for a hostpail tank, have bobby pins ready to perform pouch flush on the males if the pouch inflates and causes bounacy problems, have a constane supply of live mysis shrimp if the sea horses are wild caught or if they r tank breed and not eating.


loads to take into consideretion and if this is your 1st marine tank i wud stay clear of seahorses till you have some experince imo


deano

 

[dawhits]

Hi,
thanks for all the replies, I wasn't planning on getting one soon just thinking about what I could get eventually.
-Erik

 

[Lynden]

You can buy fozen food for bigger seahorses. Id have to agree with everyone else though on how hard they are to keep.

A species tank is best, but rocks are a no-no, a seahorses delicate skin is easily damaged. Go for larger "sea weed" algaes, and mabye some mangroves, because they like to hang out in tidal pools and eustuaries instead of the dangerous reef. One really awesome species is the "weedy seadragon", which looks like its namesake, a dragon of the sea.