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can you have a saltwater tank with sea horses and live corals?

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1. Yes. Check with a pet store for specifics of water temperature, salt conditions, etc. But it should be possible.
2. some of the hardest salt water critters to keep. The pet store told me they are very fragile to any change to where a fish or plant could survive.
3. yes you can you just need to have a big tank probably about 75 gallons
4. ya but the only thing is you have to be very talented at keeping a saltwater tank because they are very delicate. make sure all the proper levells are in check and dont add too many other fish(they have to be compatible and theres only a few fish that are)
5. Sea Horses are extermely hard to keep alive, first off. When you do your water changes your new water must have the same ph, specific gravity, and temp. otherwise you will shock them, and they WILL die! They can be in a well established system with coral(avoid any aggressive corals) and horses like gorgonians to hold onto.
6. Recently All seahorses were placed on the Appendix II list of endangered species by CITES= Convention Trade in Endangered Species. This severely restricts the legal import and export of sea horses dead or alive. Raised with gravity of 1.020-1.023 and tempter range from 75-85 degrees this is for tropical type seahorses or any any other should be in a tank by themselves since they can't swim fast enough or fight for food. A 10-20 gallon tank should work just fine. They may change colors as well from water changes,there moods, the tanks back grounds colors,If not stressed this happens often.There are several types here are a few. Zebra snout Short snout Tiger tail Dwarf Yellow kuda Brazilian You need a ultraviolet sterilizer to help horses stay clean from bacterial infections.They need things to wrap there tails around in the tank if not they will get very stressed like living rocks, soft plastic plants the plants need to be very tall with many branches. Its also important to provide a complex environment so the horses can hide.This also helps them from stress. You can have a few fish with the horses such as dragnets, tiny trunk fishes,small pipe fishes. But not other breeds and not alot of above this will keep from over crowding. Seahorses are most active right after dawn this would be a good time for your horses 3 hours of half light then 10 hours of light then 3 hours of half light again then8 hours of darkness the half hour light can be done with a lamp a distance away from the tank. These little guys eat live foods but also will or should try them on frozen.If feed Artemia all the time this is a highly unbalanced diet, frozen if feed only is also a bad move this will cause your seahorses to become ill and malnutriion. There are over 32 species of seahorses they live in grass beds. coral reefs, or mangroves.You may wish to buy some mangrove plands for the tank. Some corals to use are=Acropora spp,Montipora digitate,Pocilliopora damicornis,Porites cylindrica or Seriatopora hystrix, others are free-liveing,Fungia,Herpolitha,Polyphyllia or Trachphyllia. Tridacna clams specifically Tridacna squamosa . Its best to waite 6 months or better before placeing seahorses in a tank.This gives the sand beds to mature and sea grasses to begin to grow and spread. This will also allow mangroves to grow and settle in good plus produce a good population of microcustaceons.
7. It would be difficult to set up a tank for both. Main reason is that corals generally require a high water flow, usually from extra power heads placed in the tank. Seahorses require both clean water, and gentle current as they are not strong swimmers. I suggest you try keeping a live coral marine tank first. It's quite technical to set up and maintain, but not really difficult. Seahorses are probably more advanced. Ian