Converting Reefs to Seahorse habitat.

[danmhippo]

How many people kept seahorse and pipe fish? (Either in a reef tank or a species tank)
Or have you thought of it?

For myself, I have always wanted a seahorse tank, and have recently converted my main display into a seahorse habitat and kept nothing except non-stinging corals (all others are returned (sold) back to LFS)

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[danmhippo]

Wow, to my surprise, am I the only one kept pipe fish and seahorses?

^up

 

[Bucktronix]

i heard the mortality rate and shifted my thoughts rather quickly

 

[naesco]

If you decide to keep them choose captive grown. Your chances of success are much higher.

 

[Circa]

Wow, that is amazing shutting down your whole system for a seahorse tank. They are cool tanks but nothing compared to a living and thriving reef. And you have been doing it for so many years, don't you find you've lost something?

 

[danmhippo]

I take it as an adventure. I have not lost everything. I have only returned the stinging types such as hard LPS, anemone and yellow polyps. I still kept most of the softies and button & green star polyps, in addition to the sponges and gorgs.

What I have not is a planted softie tank more closely resembled to seahorse habitat. If you look at it now, you will see that it is still a reef tank.

 

[Anonymous]

I have 2 of the blue striped pipefish in my reef. They have always seemed to eat, grow, and be fine, and not bothered by anything.

RR

 

[danmhippo]

Lefty, no I meant righty

I think your concern should be more on if anything will bother the pipe.

 

[SPC]

Dan, I would like to start a Seahorse tank some day but I think I will go with my 42 hex tank for them. One of the things I have read is that they don't like alot of current and my reef needs that for the gorgs, so that is why I have stayed away from them.
Righty, what do your pipefish eat, some say they starve rather easily as they require live food.
Steve

 

[wasabi]

i have an erectus seahorse in my refugium hes fat and happy eats frozen mysis and ghost shrimp

 

[Anonymous]

Nothin' seem to bother the pipes and the pipes don't seem to bother nothin'!

I have seen them snap at live and frozen brine, and I have seen them go after frozen copopods (sp?). I think the mostly forage in the live rock for little critters. Maybe I am just lucky that the tank provides enough food for them. They are fat fat fat.

RR

 

[Jeff Southernwood]

Danmhippo,

I don't have any seahorses or pipefish, but I would like to get some one day. If you have any questions on seahorses you can post on ReefCentral they have a forum for seahorses. There is also a site called http://seahorse.org/ you could try. I hope this helps.