Buying A Seahorse
It is ideal for seahorses to be kept in a tank of their own.
Buying a seahorse. Hi you can buy seahorse and saltwater fish at sumenep jakarta. Although seahorses are relatively hardy and adjust well to life in captivity they can be difficult to keep and require pristine water conditions fresh frozen or live foods multiple times a day low current and plenty of branching gorgonians algae or coral decorations. I got more than i expected with this purchase definitely worth it.
Definitely will be buying from them again. Buying captive bred dwarf seahorses is vital as this species is currently a candidate for the endangered species list. Its distribution area includes tropical and temperate seas.
Dwarf seahorses for sale. Seahorses we do not recommend seahorses for the beginner aquarius. The genus of the seahorse also called hippocampi belongs to the family of pipefish.
Machk is the largest seahorse ever recorded by the british seahorse survey from the top of his tail he measured a full 9 inches 23cm. Dwarf seahorses hippocampus zosterae are about 1 2 to 1 1 2 inches. The world s 130 seahorse species family syngnathidae are strict live food specialists.
Brine shrimp the most easily obtained seahorse food is suitable as a steady diet for only one the dwarf seahorse hippocampus zosterae please see this article. The head of this particular genus of fish similar to a horse and the rest of the body resembles a worm. I recommend using a sponge filter the low current saltwater is needed to avoid stressing them out.
Spiny seahorses can be big prickly seahorses but he was a major surprise to us and makes us realise how much more there is to learn about seahorses in the british isles and in other parts of the world. Seahorses are relatively hardy and adjust well to life in captivity if maintained in water conditions with low current and plenty of branching gorgonias algae or coral decorations. Because seahorses have difficulty competing for live food when other fish are present these fish are best kept in a tank containing only seahorses and pipefish.
My saltwater fish store has single adults starting at 7 99 and pairs starting at 19 99. Dwarf sea horse 3 pair 6 seahorses for sale fish and aquarium. Seahorse is not easy to keep is you are a newbie in saltwater fish i suggest you dont start with seahorse.
The dwarf seahorses came all in a decent size and i got a couple pregnant daddies. Seahorses need a wide variety of small live foods.
