seahorse care

Hey guys! I've been building this seahorse tank for about 8 months now and finally got five juveniles! A couple of the bigger ones were shedding as I got them which I know is normal for juveniles but this one wasn't. Now after being in my tank for 48 hours I saw this spot pop up on its side...

Hello all, I am deeply saddened by one of my hippocampus erectus seahorses passing away. The only thing I noticed that changed was his appetite; he didn't eat for 24 hours and then passed away. I keep all of my parameters at what is recommended by seahorse.com, this is also where I adopted them...

So if you know me at all you probably know that I’ve been preparing my (roughly) 10g dwarf seahorse tank for many months now. Two days ago they finally came in the mail, I got six. Three male and three female. One of them wasn’t doing well on arrival and ended up passing that day after getting...

Sometime in the next few weeks I’ll finally be putting dwarf seahorses in my macroalgae tank, and i was told they should only be eating live baby brine shrimp 3 times a day. I have the kit from brs to hatch them and I’ve made a couple batches and they’ve turned out well. I don’t mind feeding...

Bella’s Seahorse Beauties

I’m working on turning my nano reef into a macroalgae tank for dwarf seahorses. It’s been up for a year now and these little things have been in there for about 8 months, basically since i added the one extra piece of rock that they’re on. There’s only a few of them on that one rock and none of...

I got a 60 gallon tank that is horizontal. 16.5 inches tall. I didn't realize they needed a vertical because I read 30 gallons was sufficient. Will this tank be ok for them?

Hello! I’m very new to the saltwater world, but love ocean animals and caring for animals. I’m very attentive and precise, so I think saltwater should go well. I wanted to start with a small aquarium (5-15 gallons) but I wanted to start with a slightly *cooler* animal. I’ve already considered...

Hello. I have a 32 gallon tank where I am keeping two erectus seahorses. I’ve had them for about one week. Just got them to start eating recently. They are eating frozen mysis shrimp, but they are extremely slow eaters and no matter what I do I seem to still get uneaten shrimp, falling to the...

Does my seahorse have gas bubble disease? I noticed he is having trouble hitching into things and he is struggling to stay submerged. What should I do?

I’m planning on keep 2 Pairs of sea horse in a 36 gallon with a goby of some sort to clean up their messy eating. For food I’m planning setting up a mini fridge and having a doser 3-4 times a day to feed mysis or whatever. And planning to keep macro algae and some gongonian for them And macro...

I have a couple species of seahorses in one tank. Will they mate with each other?

I know I have a lot of questions but I've got another! So I've noticed asterina starfish latching onto my seahorses and it seems to irritate them. When they get off they leave a white mark. I got a harlequin shrimp but is this normal?

One of my females has a white thing hanging out of her belly? What could it be?

Ive noticed my seahorses courting each other and was wondering if when I feed them, I'm disrupting something. Or if it helps or anything like that. I'm relatively new to seahorses so I'm still learning

The guy who helps maintain my tanks says he thinks one of my seahorses was impregnated. I haven't seen any mating occur though. The only mature female doesn't seem to want anything to do with the males. Any thoughts?

How much should I feed my 5 seahorses?

I have a juvenile seahorse and it looks like they might have a digestive blockage of some kind. It's white and looks to be seeping out. What should I do????

I have bristle worms in my seahorse tank and I thought I could maybe try a leopard wrasse to help

So I had a seahorse that unfortunately got snout rot and passed, I had recently gotten this baby seahorse to go with him. I removed the baby seahorse from the tank and put her in a small tank of her own and immediately began quarantine for her. I didn't want to take the risk so I began...

Hello, so I’m setting up a seahorse tank but don’t have space in my sump for a fuge? Is there any alternatives ? Do I really need a fuge? Is there any other way to colonize pods with out it that’s sufficient for the sea horses ?

I have a pair of seahorse that have been doing really well in my tank swimming around and doing fine. They’ve been nipping at the live rock for copepods. But recently I started noticing that one of them will curl its tail up and seemingly scratch or pick at his head. I also watched him rub his...