Somewhat major win

[GaryP]

I think the main thing you need to take into consideration is the feeding of baby sea horses. That's what keeps me from starting up a SH tank, although I know my corals would love some of the food the SH will also get.

We're talking about a steady supply of live brine, baby brine and rotifers, as well as the stuff to feed them. Make sure to read up on the nutritional requirements and feeding habits of SHs before jumping in. I would guess the survival rate of most Shs bought at a LFS are pretty low except for specialists like Misti and a few others on here. They are very particular feeders and that's always difficult with any such species.

[Polkster13]

Yeah. The page Misti listed above has soon very good information on it; especially about feeding these creatures. If you can't put in the effort necessary to feed them, then you shouldn't try to keep them.

[eric]

I'm not too interested in breeding them. It is going to take a special commotment in the first place just keeping a few. There's a nice page on that site classifying what else as far as fish, inverts and corals are compatible - down to the level of "safe with fry" Well, we'll see if it comes to fruition in the coming months.

Duh, should have guessed Misti was keeping them based on her avatar.

[GaryP]

Sarah at Fin Addict told me they are getting captive raised SHs from ORA that are eating frozen mysids.

[DeletedAccount]

Just get females or males, not both and the babies are not an issue. The CR ORA ones are very small and black, if looking for pretty there are better places than ORA. Let me know if you go this route and I can help you out.

[AlienAnchovies]

listen to mathueson

trust me nothing sucks more than having hundreds of baby sea horses clogging up your filters
hence i long longer have sea horses