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11-22-2006, 09:19 AM
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Shark
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coral
what types are safe for seahorses and pipefish?
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11-22-2006, 02:19 PM
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Professor Chaos
 
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most anything with the exception of LPS and anenomes.
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11-23-2006, 10:57 AM
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Shark
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well shoot... i have 2 lps... i thought they would be ok since i got them out of the same tank as where the seahorses and pipefish were at 
now what do i do with them
its a bubble coral and brain coral.. pics are in my blog if you need to see them
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11-23-2006, 04:12 PM
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Professor Chaos
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remove the bubble, the brain should be ok.
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11-25-2006, 01:14 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2005
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What type of brain. They can have sweepers which can cause injury to a seahorse.
Generally stick with softies. SPS is O.K. for the horses but the conditions to keep the SPS is not the best for the horses. Some LPS like Pagoda is O.K. but generally stay away from anything with a sting.
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11-25-2006, 01:31 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2006
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A friend of mine w/ seahorses has a candy cane coral in her tank...also...the seahorses like to grab onto gorgonias...so she keeps those in there.. |
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11-25-2006, 10:38 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
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I think anytime You have seahorses and LPS's in the same tank you need to be aware of things that may happen, I have done it years ago with success. Had them for a long time and never had a problem, I just don't like to house them togather anymore. just me,
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11-25-2006, 04:55 PM
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Human grounding probe
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There is an excellent article on just this subject the TFH web site.
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Last edited by Twitterbait; 11-26-2006 at 04:08 AM.
Reason: No general links allowed, please link to exact article.
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11-26-2006, 01:52 AM
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Little Fishy
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link just takes me to the home page?
VWD what LPS did you keep?
IME candy canes can cause tail injuries.
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11-26-2006, 09:59 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
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I had torches, elegants, brains and so on. I may have just been lucky, The tank was not overpowered with flow like they are now.
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11-26-2006, 04:14 PM
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Professor Chaos
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i had brains and Candycanes, I avoided frogs and torchs... if the flow is not high and they have other places to hitch (like SPS) then they can do fine... I have kept mine in my SPS tank.
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11-26-2006, 11:17 PM
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Little Fishy
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How did you work around the flow needed for SPS.
Mass props on making it work.
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11-26-2006, 11:23 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Sep 2006
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im not sure what kind of brain..ill try to get some pics. it doesnt extend far out.. but ill see if i can get a good pic soon
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11-26-2006, 11:33 PM
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Human grounding probe
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Sorry about the general link yall. Just wanted to help. As for flow to the SPS issue. If your tank is tall enough and you are keeping the SPS up top you can create strong flow up top and the lower areas should calm down enough for ponies. Or you can arange the system so all the high flow critters are on one end leaving the other end low flow. H. barbouri, H. ingens, H. reidi, H. comes & H. kuda are tropical/reef dwelling ponies. They have the spidey sense enough to keep away from nasty corals. Avoid strong random current in the area of these inverts to avoid inadvertantly blowing a wandering horse into a bad new coral.
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11-27-2006, 01:00 PM
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Professor Chaos
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big flow was never an issue... the horses actually loved to play in it. you just need to make a few spots with low flow for them with a good safe hitching post. I also made sure the flow wouldn't blow them into anything that could sting (LPS). never had a sting issue with SPS.
I agree with Tabwyo on the spidey sense thing. (no problem on the link man, thanks for understanding  )
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