Seahorses I saw from a LFS

[elephantnose333434 12]

Many weeks ago, some captive-bred seahorses were on stock (I did not buy them ofc) at my LFS. I then took some photos of them, they are neat yet strange little guys. I'd like to know if you guys have had some experience with keeping seahorses in captivity.

 

[Magnum Man38 152]

I killed a lot of sea hoses, back in the dark ages before the www… I found the hardest part of keeping them, was feeding them they only eat small easy to catch live food… I had a brackish 55 gallon tank dedicated to breeding mollys… and they would only eat molly babies that were 1-2 days old, and by breeding them in brackish, they would live in the sea horse tank for a few hours only, before they went into salt shock… the sea horses ate them well, but aren’t the most aggressive eaters, or the fastest swimmers, and I’d often have to collect a few dead molly babies out, as they would only eat them while they were live… of course trying to keep them in the dark ages, I was really on my own, trying to keep them… I’m sure there is much more info on them now… I just finally quit, because of how many died in my hands, but I love sea horses…

 

[Magnum Man38 152]

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[Back in the fold]

Seahorses are definitely cool but it’s like @Magnum Man said , they’re hard to feed . They also need to be fed several times a day in small amounts . I hear they are having a rough go of it in their natural wild environment and are not thriving in the oceans .

 

[Innesfan35]

Seahorse dines on guppy. Innes, 1933.

 

[Magnum Man38 152]

I also had a variety of small ones 1.5 to 2 inches tall, at maturity, and they ate freshly hatched brine shrimp

 

[Mr Limpet15 24]

I’ve never kept seahorses myself, but I was quite surprised when I saw seahorses eating dead mysis shrimp at the NY Aquarium a few years back.

 

[elephantnose333434 12]

Seahorse dines on guppy. Innes, 1933.
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Seahorse dines on WHAT!?