The Pot Belly Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis) was so named for the distinctively large belly on the male of the species. This feature has earned them another personal insult of a common name, the Big Belly Seahorse. Hippocampus is word that has a Greek origin and means something like “curved horse.” Abdominalis is yet another obvious reference to their prodigious abs! Pot Bellies are in the family Syngnathidae, which we all commonly refer to as pipefishes and seahorses! While we wouldn't bet on any seahorse in a swimming race, the Pot Belly is one of the most adept swimmers in the family. They are also big for seahorses and when that curly tail is stretched out, can regularly get eight to ten inches long, and though rare, a foot long specimen is the record!
One of the best reasons to choose aquacultured Seahorses is feeding. They've been eating prepared foods for their whole lives and are already conditioned to see humans as food sources. Smaller specimens will do well on the variety of enhanced Gamma Brine Products, like Brine Plus Omega and Brine Plus Spirulina or Gamma Mysis and Gamma Mosquito Larvae or Tubifex. Larger specimens will happily take Gamma Bloodworms and even Chopped Prawn or Chopped Mussel. You will occasionally see specimens that learn to take pelletized foods, which is a great help in keeping them heavy, as Nutramar Complete is a very protein dense, broad nutrient spectrum food. It's always worth it to slip a few appropriately sized pellets in with their meals to offer them this opportunity. They'll relish live foods like gut loaded brine and tubifex as well. Here we feed them twice a day and vary their food every day. At each feeding, continue to offer them food until they become disinterested. Click here to learn more
One of the best reasons to choose aquacultured Seahorses is feeding. They've been eating prepared foods for their whole lives and are already conditioned to see humans as food sources. Smaller specimens will do well on the variety of enhanced Gamma Brine Products, like Brine Plus Omega and Brine Plus Spirulina or Gamma Mysis and Gamma Mosquito Larvae or Tubifex. Larger specimens will happily take Gamma Bloodworms and even Chopped Prawn or Chopped Mussel. You will occasionally see specimens that learn to take pelletized foods, which is a great help in keeping them heavy, as Nutramar Complete is a very protein dense, broad nutrient spectrum food. It's always worth it to slip a few appropriately sized pellets in with their meals to offer them this opportunity. They'll relish live foods like gut loaded brine and tubifex as well. Here we feed them twice a day and vary their food every day. At each feeding, continue to offer them food until they become disinterested. Click here to learn more
