Sea Horses

[frank180reef]

hi
A friend of mine has sea horses and was wondering what corals can be kept with them

I was thinking gorgorian is a good one, and maybe most softies

anyone have any thoughts?

 

[Acan Sam]

Gorgonians

 

[P-Nut]

Gorgonians, and some nice tall algae. When is aw them in the wild they were in high flow areas and always in places with lots of macro algae. I even saw them in between rocks in beaches in Brazil.

Some nice big feather dusters might look good also.

 

[frank180reef]

thanks
besides nems are there any corals or inverts that would harm them

 

[Ellabug]

Not necessarily harm, but acros and sea horses aren't necessarily a good mix - the sea horses tend to harm the acros by hitching to them, and seahorses really do better in cooler temperatures (~74 degrees) - higher temps tend to lead to more bacterial infections in seahorses - and some do better in slightly subdued lighting - conditions which acros won't adapt to as well as other less demanding corals. I might also stay away from really noxious corals like torches that could sting the seahorses if they try to hitch to their polyps

 

[cstmpprl]

Have them go on to seahorse.org They have a whole library of which fish and corals are OK. Their forum, has great people on it, that will help with any and all questions they have.

 

[frank180reef]

thanks!!
I will pass it on

 

[jason401]

hey frank, sponges are a great colorfull addition for seahorses

 

[frank180reef]

thanks I will pass it on

 

[Matt W]

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