How To Keep Seahorses

Colony polyp corals such as zoanthids green star polyps clove or daisy polyps mushrooms and ricordias are generally fine to keep with seahorses. Graceful mystical and magical creatures. Don t offer too large a food either as seahorses have a rigid fused mouth with little flexibility.

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To keep dwarf seahorses you must hatch live baby brine shrimp every week.

How to keep seahorses. It wasn t so long ago that they were considered to be impossible to keep in captivity. Offer places to hold on to not corals. Some keepers have luck getting seahorses to eat frozen foods over time but i would never bank on your whole group converting.

Easy gorgonians such as silver muricea corky fingers purple frilly gorgonia and purple bush gorgonia will do well with a little specific care. The five golden rules of keeping seahorses. Live food moves in a way that catches the eye and ignites a feeding instinct and your dwarves need to eat a lot to thrive.

Mandarins tend to blend quite well as do some smaller gobies. Feed frozen mysis not live brineshrimp. In aquaria they like things quiet and tank mates if any should be shy and retiring.

Slow the flow down they don t appreciate strong currents. This is not negotiable. Only buy captive bred wild fish are endangered and difficult to keep.

Fortunately times have now changed and with modern marine keeping techniques the wide availability of captive bred seahorses and a much better understanding of their requirements anyone with the right dedication and willingness can now keep seahorses. Keep them on their own other fish will outcompete them. I ve yet to see a seahorse give it even a glance.