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I am about to setup a 55 gal reef tank. In the nature dwarves live in reefs and what they eat is pods so can I house dwarfs in that tank? | ||||
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Dwarf seahorses (H. zosterae) come from sea grass habitats, not reef. They do not move very much so there must be high densities of food in the water for them to survive. In small aquariums, this is easy to duplicate, but in larger aquariums its nearly impossible to do without fouling the water. They also do not like strong currents, and live in sheltered areas where there isn't much current. Even a simple system with a refugium would probably require too much flow for them.
They also only do well with a small handful of tank mates as most will harrass or frighten them even if they don't directly bother them. The only ones I really consider dwarf safe are firefish and neon gobies. Even normally "harmless" inverts such as peppermint shrimp and cleaner shrimp will often bother dwarf seahorses. A much better option if you must have dwarves in a large "reef" tank is an in tank or hang on refugium. This restricts flow and you can control food densities much better, while keeping harassing tankmates from them. You will, however, have to hatch out brine shrimp daily to support dwarves as pods still won't reproduce in the density you need them to.
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