Seahorses

H. reidi

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All of our seahorses are captive bred and tank raised. They all eat frozen mysis. Currently we only carry two species: Hippocampus reidi and Hippocampus comes. Although seahorses are generally recommended for 'expert only' aquarists, they are really very easy to keep. As long as you follow the rules:

• Seahorses can only be kept with peaceful tank mates. That means no anemones, no aggressive fish (even a lot of relatively peaceful fish are not suitable), no stinging coral, no clams. That pretty lionfish you see at the store ... He thinks seahorses are lunch!
• Seahorses can not stand high temperatures for long - H. reidi and H. comes are okay at 76-78F, but no higher. H. erectus and a variety of other species need to be kept at 72-75F. Pretty much all tropical and sub-tropical seahorses can also be kept at temperatures as low as 70-72F. Some species, such H. breviceps and H. abdominalis should be kept at even lower temperatures. In general a seahorse tank needs to have a fan or some sort of chiller to keep the temperature down in the summer.
• Seahorses need to be fed once or twice a day and should be fed frozen mysis shrimp. They can go for a couple days without eating (like if you go away for the weekend) but if they go for 3-5 days without eating, they may stop eating altogether and starve to death even if they are given food again. Their digestive system is very rudimentary and after 4-6 days or so without food it atrophies and stops working properly!
• Unless you're are an experienced seahorse keeper, do NOT mix species. This means one specie of seahorse per tank. Do not mix wild caught and captive bred seahorses of the same species. Do not mix seahorses with pipefish. The reason why is all seahorses are carriers of Vibrio. Most seahorses are immune to the strain of Vibrio that they carry. Other seahorses may not be immune to that strain of Vibrio. When you introduce two different species of seahorses, they may be susceptible to the other's strain of Vibrio.
• Seahorses need tall tanks. The shortest tank we recommend for any full-size (non-dwarf) seahorse is 18" tall and 24"+ is much better. However, a problem with tall tanks is their volume to surface area ratio is not as good as a shallow tank's. Therefore it is important to have sufficient water flow and surface agitation for the seahorses without having too much flow.
  

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