seahorse

[Dace]

i just bought a seahorse for my 6 year old. i'll be housing it in a 12 gallon nano. what do they like to eat.

 

[michael stern]

Is it wild caught or captive raised?
Is it already eating frozen?
If it is captive bred, it should have been trained to eat frozen mysis.
If it is wild caught, you will need to feed it live brine shrimp, and then work very very hard to train it to eat frozen.

LOL

 

[Josh]

Live brine, but you need to get them eating frozen brine early.

 

[DevIouS]

http://www.seahorse.com/Aquarium_Life/Care_Sheets/

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

pots will also do good for the wild caught

 

[andylee]

For captive bred, frozen mysis is the food of choice. I feed mine frozen mysis supplemented with Zoecon with occasional frozen krill, or spirulina or omega-3 enhanced brine.
If wild-caught, it will need live food. The problem is that brine shrimp aren't too nutritious and training to switch to frozen is notoriously difficult, so most wild-caught seahorses don't live too long.

 

[Savager]

If you got your seahorse from Pet Shanty in NJ, they are wild caught off from NJ shore.

Anyway, unless they are dwarf, I think 12G tank is little too small for any seahorse. And Seahorse need low temp. You need to keep your tank under 75.

You have to keep feeding them daily. I suggest if this is wild caught, bring it back to your LFS.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

depending on type of seahorse a 6g could be ok for now. if it is tank raised sea horse you should try feeding it frozen mysis and brine.