Has anyone here had seahorses?

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I hope I'm putting this in the right thread, but after extensive research, I would like to get a few seahorses. I would buy a 55-60 gal tank for them, which Ii was planning on buying anyways, but I had no idea what I wanted to do with it. I read in quite a few places that I could keep them with ocellaris clownfish. I was thinking of maybe getting 6 of each (the clownfish and the seahorses). so any advice would be greatly appriciated.

Also one more question, could I use some cultered gravel from my wery healthy freshwater aquarium to get things started in my saltwater aquarium, or would things just not work out that way. Thanx a bunch.
 
FW bacteria wont survive in SW, so putting gravel from a FW system wont do anything.


Also sea horses need REAL prestine water conditions, so if your new to SW you might want to hold off on a Sea Horse, they also pretty much need an aquarium all to themself, or else they can starve from not getting food.
 
My plan was to get the clownfish after my tank is established, and then the seahorses about 5 or 6 months later (assuming all goes well). Is that too soon?
 
I have been out of SW aquariums for a while, but back then my boss in the petshop I worked at told me that seahorses are very difficult to keep alive because they need special live food which is hard to get. But maybe there now is a product that is supposed to satisfy their need? I would check into that, otherwise they will just last a while and then croak.
 
Sea horses do not do well in community setups. They must have a species only tank--they can not compete with something as piggy as a clown fish. Period. Sorry.

Clowns, in general, can be pretty nasty characters in groups. With some species, you could have a group of 5 or 6, but with many, this just won't work--you'll end up with 2, possibly just one. I wouldn't try it, myself--I've seen a pair of perculas terrorize fish much larger and more aggressive than themselves.

You'll need to cycle the tank--there's a good thread in the Newbie section.
 
I had some horses

when I was a kid I ordered live sea horses out of the back of a magazine (Highlights maybe?). They were pretty cheap (around $20 maybe), and I got six tiny live sea horses, with two live brine shrimp and a tiny plastic aquarium with an aeration device. They arrived in the male the day that we left on a short vacation and didn't survive the road (very sad, horrible timing). They did arrive in a healthy condition, and I forget if there was a kit to add salt to the water. I have wondered about this program since, and would love to know if it still exists. And know, they weren't sea monkeys, but i had them too!
 
Quite honestly--I hope it does not. Those programs killed millions of sea horses. These animals are gorgeous and very appealing, but they are not easily cared for. Treating them like a disposable pet--which those mail-order things did--is deplorable.
 
my sea horses have been doing well in my reef thank for almost 4 months now and they are doing great. but i tank special care to them and feed them several times a day. they are only for the most experence aquarist and even though i have them in a reef they do best alone or with pipefish, dragonets, and some gobies and dartfish.
 
I was thinking of starting one. I thought coral can actually sting and kill a seahorse? Is this false advice?
 
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