Seahorse compatibility with coral

[Hp1836]

Does anyone with experience keeping favites pentagona "war coral" know how aggressive it is? I want to put it in my larger seahorse tank but am not sure if it would be compatible.

 

[Weasel1960]

The folks at the website below have been very helpful as I plan my seahorse tank, you could ask them. Tagging @SeahorseKeeper who is staff they may have some other contacts to suggest as well.

https://seahorsesavvy.com/

 

[Hp1836]

Thank you

@SeahorseKeeper any thoughts?

 

[Doctorgori]

I have all softies and LPS in my tank... torches and hammer, et are supposedly risky but my observation are they seem to know or learn what stings.... I’ve seen my fish swim all over and still avoid them ...
I’d avoid acros, et however

 

[Katie M]

Any type of favia/favites should not be kept with seahorses as they have sweeper tentacles that sting.

 

[PeterB113]

Any type of favia/favites should not be kept with seahorses as they have sweeper tentacles that sting.

Does this apply to pipefish?

 

[Katie M]

Does this apply to pipefish?

In my opinion, it depends on the pipefish. For dragon face or others that perch, then yeah. If it's blue stripes or open water swimmers, then not as important.

 

[PeterB113]

In my opinion, it depends on the pipefish. For dragon face or others that perch, then yeah. If it's blue stripes or open water swimmers, then not as important.

I have a dragon face and he goes all over the tank. I have a 20g mixed reef so far no issues I think he knows to avoid corals with long tentacles lol

 

[Doctorgori]

I have a dragon face and he goes all over the tank. I have a 20g mixed reef so far no issues I think he knows to avoid corals with long tentacles lol

I got all kinds of stinging corals and agree seahorses do seem to know or learn what to avoid…I still would not put something too tempting for them to wrap around for a hitch like acros et…but I see zero evidence of LPS stings

 

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My hippo would rise up over the corals and latch on to the return outlet, and loved sticking his head into the flow. He never spent much time around the corals.