seahorses

[Dorkhedeos]

dang, i never knew seahorse were that delicate. the fish store i used to go to has seahorses in a little critter keeper! almost all their fish have diseases, betta were almost dead, and they have painted fish. i guess thats why they had it in a critter keeper

 

[steelhealr]

Found this quote on a website:

And Freshwater Seahorses: There are reports from time to time of "Hippocampus aimei" being a true freshwater seahorse. One of the two species now identified as this pseudonym, H. spinossimus is brackish... to marine. No freshwater Seahorses.

 

[Paul_MTS]

hmmm maybe a read the info wrong.

can't find the same page again now

 

[Airli]

everything ive found on the net says that there are no freshwater sea horses. but does this just mean in the wild? can there be brackish suited seahorses bred in captivitity to be able to be kept in freshwater? im going to go to my lfs later today and ask them about the ones they have.

 

[littlefishie]

If anything, these seahorses are probably similar to many puffers. They're born in freshwater, and need to be graduated to brackish water, and then eventually full marine. Though I highly doubt that. Chances are they're brackish and need to go marine after a while.

I really can't see there being a freshwater seahorse.. it'd just be too weird.

 

[Teelie]

Apparently none can survive in water with absolutely no salt?

did you not read my first reply, after some quick research there are about 13 species that can survive perfectly in freshwatewr (no salt) there's another few that can live in brackish (some salt) and the rest live in saltwater (lots of salt!!)

Your research is wrong then. There aren't any true freshwater sea horses with the exception of possibly one and it's so rare it's only been documented once or twice so you'll never see it in the trade. There are numerous brackish but I still wouldn't try to keep them without lots of experience.

 

[One_Trick_Pony]

well it wouldn't really be a SEAhorse then would it.

none the less interesting, and if proved true, excellent i think they are amazng things

 

[Airli]

ok so no freshwater seahorses there
however there were cold water ones...

 

[Teelie]

Still marine though.

 

[Opcn]

seahorses don't swim upstream to spawn, they can barely swim as it s, they really just drift, even the slowest rivers would outpace them. Perhaps they mean fresh water like the do when they say freshwater flounder. I'll lay odds that it is a brackish fish

 

[Def]

http/www.syngnathid.org/

http/www.seahorse.org/

Seahorses are not beginner fish. They are not impossible to keep, however they require preparation, willingness to spend (more than usual) time feeding and caring for them, and a lot of research to understand their needs. Even the simplest considerations can be deadly - a filter return pushing too many air bubbles into the water can kill a seahorse.

 

[zendarx2]

It seems to me that anyone who wants to keep a pet should be willing to spend at lest 10-20 min each and every day caring for the thing. So many people put a 32 fish in a tank and expect them to live on there own, only to be quickly fed once or twice a day.
I love all my animals so very much even my guppies and apple snails. I hand feed my apples (not all the time) but they come to the top of the tank when I come over to check them out then they put the front of there foot on the water surface for me to give them food then they hold it and eat the food. Anyhow I guess I’m rambling but what I mean to say is that ANY fish/invert/coral you keep is a pet (in some cases considered family)
I don’t mean to sound like I’m yelling or angry
Sorry I’m just upset with this woman at work she knows I like fish and so she was asking me about keeping them….she should not even have a pet rock gezz she kills all the fish, does not feed them right or look at the heat “Heat? I didn’t know fish needed heat”

 

[kat and james]

i have just done a quick search on Hippocampus aimei (freshwater seahorse), and according to some sites it does exist, they live in the mekong river, which is in vietnam, apparently it is a very new species (to us), and they are facing extinction (found this on a site about extinction .. quite formal, the ones that state that the species doesn't exist appear to be more amateurish and therefore leading me to believe that the species does exist, but very little is known of it)

however other sites state that the species does not exist.... i'm at a loss..

if it does exist you would not be able to keep it as a pet, these seahorses are nearly extinct, and VERY RARE.. which could explain the confusion over whether the species exists or not.

didn't help too much there

sorry

kat

 

[zendarx2]

Well Kat that is very interesting, could you give me a link to that site? I believe that if generation after generation seahorse where to live in less and less salt water then it would then become brackish and after some time become freshwater. There are already brackish seahorses so why not freshwater? they may be near extinct that I would not doubt but I would love to visit this “Mekong river” and check it out myself. Bring some photos of seahorses and ask around to see if any one around that area (fishermen) have seen such a thing in the river.
If It was found to be true then I would love to study them lean about them and maybe even find out what one would need to keep them from going extinct. Maybe not by breading them in the home but by setting up habitants in the river to help them live. Anyhow it is interesting and if anyone leans any more please let me know.

 

[EliteFishy]

THEY ARE MUTANTS!!!!!!