20 gallon horse tank

[drdude05]

I am ready to start stocking my 20 gallon nano. The plan is ultimatley for a pair of sea horses, either H. erectus; H. Kuda; or H. Redi, once I get some temperature issues resolved. In the meantime what other critters can I add. The tank cycle is over so I am essentially starting from scratch. I am thinking of starting with a zoa colony or two, some nesserus snails, but other than that what else can I add that will live with and not be faster than the seahorses as far as feeding is concerned?

[CaptainAndy]

I would concentrate on a good clean-up crew. I have a pair of erectus in my fuge and I spend more time watching them than staring at my reef.
I purchased mine from Jorge at www.dracomarine.org and was more than pleased.

The clean-up crew is critical because seahorses have an incomplete digestive tract and therefore they produce more waste and thus nitrates than most active, large fish.

I keep a couple of shrimp, emeral crabs, large nass (Pacific) snails, scarlet hermits, 5 types of macro algae, feather dusters, a few zoa colonies, couple of acans, a blasto and xenia.

I don't plan on any fish because the horses graze on the pods and are too slow to compete with faster animals for their staple diet - frozen mysis.

[drdude05]

I have been told to avoid shrimp with horses, what kind of shrimp do you have? Have you had any problems between the shrimp and the horses?

[YLChik]

i heard peppermints were a good choice

[pledosophy]

peppermints shrimp are great with seahorses. Some cleaner shrimp have been observed stressing out there seahorse tank mates by there keepers.

[VWD]

What is the progress on your Tank?

[JustDavidP]

Peps are cool...if you get larger ones. ANY small shrimp could become a halftime snack for a decent sized seahorse. My peppermint shrimp breed often and the fry make great food for raising seahorse ponies

The only other shrimp I use are grass shrimp... as live food treats. I catch them on Cape Cod.