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12/21/2015, 09:11 AM | #1 |
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Seahorses and corals
I would like to add some soft corals or Gorgonian corals to my Seahorse tank. My main concern is the temperature. The tank stays around 71F, so I am wondering what corals people are keeping with their Seahorses that can tolerate low temperatures? I have Leather and Xenia corals along with three different types of Photosynthetic Gorgonian in my reefs tanks. Anybody keeping these with their Seahorses at this temperature?
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Nice looking tank! Thanks for the photo. Not including the Mushrooms, I have the same corals in my other tanks. Now that I know it is possible I will start slowly moving corals into the Seahorse tank.
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12/24/2015, 11:20 AM | #5 |
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Many montis will handle lower temps better than most SPS type corals.
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12/24/2015, 02:18 PM | #6 |
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Thanks for the advice, I think after the holidays I will start importing the corals.
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Hey guys, hoping to get seahorses in the next 6 months and was wondering if there were any recommended corals that will provide hitching posts. I have a redsea reefer 250 (65 gallon) with 2 ai primes and my tank is turned over 10 times an hour.
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My seahorses like a colt coral, (which I think is really funny) I have. They also like gorgonian and macro algae. |
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[QUOTE=vlangel;24246631]That is about what my tank turns over, maybe just a little more. Even with that much turn over I still have small rio powerheads to keep food and detritus up off the sand so it can be dealt with in the sump.
My seahorses like a colt coral, (which I think is really funny) I have. They also like gorgonian and macro algae.[/ Do you think a devils finger coral would work well for them or is it too thick to hitch to? |
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clown, blenny, and melanurus wrasse will eat all the food you put in there before the seahorses get any.
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I won't be getting them for a while ( possibly a year) because I want to have lots of hitching posts grown in. Right now my tank is mostly ployps, green stars and some mushroom anemones. I got a purple gorgonian as a frag( it's only 2 inches tall) and will be getting a toadstool. As for the fish I don't know anything about the wrasse or blennys compatibility but I'm certain that if you don't have pair of ocelarus clowns they won't be as aggressive. I have learned everything I know from Pete Giwonja and my LFS owner who has a pair of the rarest seahorses in America who okayed the purchase of my two fish to be housed with seahorses. Thanks for the warning though
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You can use http://www.seahorse.org/library/arti...ankmates.shtml as a general guide for tankmates. Sometimes exceptions work out and other times they don't.
Personally I've not had luck with other fish in with my seahorses, but a lot of other people have, even with some fish not recommended.
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Have you heard anything about melanerous, because that's the main fish I was unsure of compatibility wise
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I haven't heard anything specific to that species, but the threat levels for the wrasses shown run from 2 to 4 but I would think the melanerous being fairly timid would be at the low end.
You might have to post that query on the "org" where there are a greater number of people viewing that may give a better chance of an answer.
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Okay thanks for the help
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