Sea Horses

[rick!!]

Got my refugium up and running and now ready to purchase a couple of sea horses. Any suggestions where to purchase tank rasied horses? Rick

[lunatik_69]

Try any LFS or PM Tangster to see if he has any. I have always stayed away from seahorses, they are very fragile. They need low to very low flow. Good luck. Luna

[nemo1991]

yeah i havent tried them yet, um i have a couple lfs's by me that carry them, you can always go to one by you, and if they dont have them, ask them to order you how ever many you want, and they should do it

[amcarrig]

Check out Seahorse.com - Seahorse, Sea Life, Marine Life, Aquafarm Sales, Feeds and Accessories - Home. I'm pretty sure they have info on where to find seahorses on-line. I would definitely not recommend them in a refugium though. They really need a dedicated tank. I kept them for many years and they require alot of special care and feeding but they're so worth it

[aquaboy]

My lfs has a tank stuffed with macros and they keep there Horses in those.

[nemo1991]

to think about it also, the person at my deathco lets me order what ever i want, and ive asked about them b4 (but too hard haha), and basically he orders what i want, it never goes into deathco water and he just calls me when its in (b.t.w. the person has his own reef and does a much better job) too bad the moorish i was gunna get didnt go to his store ahaha

[amcarrig]

Originally Posted by aquaboy

My lfs has a tank stuffed with macros and they keep there Horses in those.

That doesn't make it right/good husbandry

[Tangster]

Look a tank stuffed with algae do not a refugium make. A refugium really won't support much above bugs as with any swamp .. Its just above stagnate to function properly.. Based on my yrs of running a refugium is that is you could keep a sea horse alive in it then the fuge is not functioning as it should..
But I see this stuff around the net about I have fish and shrimps and now sea horses in my refugium then I see I have a refugium and my nitrates are off the charts . This is why I advise anyone to always use a different vessel of some sort to run as a fuge and not mix the fuge into a combo unit with the main sump. But everyone do to suit themselves and it will suit me just fine.. No Sea horse or even a damsel would live long in my stinky swamp (: Its nasty in there ):

And as for a LFS having them in a tank filled with grasses its most likely not being ran as a refugium ? But sea hoses when I was breeding them I kept in a well planted tank and was fed from my main sump with pristine water conditions it was never a fuge , Everything that glitters ain't always gold (:

[Tangster]

Originally Posted by nemo1991

to think about it also, the person at my deathco lets me order what ever i want, and ive asked about them b4 (but too hard haha), and basically he orders what i want, it never goes into deathco water and he just calls me when its in (b.t.w. the person has his own reef and does a much better job) too bad the moorish i was gunna get didnt go to his store ahaha

I'll sell you a moorish idol how many do you want ? P/M me

[andybethke]

could a seahorse be kept with a pair of clowns or do they need to be kept in a species specific tank?