Can there be freshwater seahorses?
by Aquaboy on Friday, April 2nd, 2010 | 7 Comments
I might be getting an aquarium and I really love seahorses. I can’t get saltwater because it’s too hard to find some here.
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Oh yeah and why do you need a male guppy when you have a female? Can’t you get 2 females? How many times do guppys give birth?
All your answers are good… So im gonna put it in voting.
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seahorses don’t live in freshwater. like their name suggests – sea-horse. their cousins do. the sygnathids aka the pipe feeders, in this case, the pipefish, do have some species that live in freshwater. well actually not totally freshwater, but brackish water. so they’ll require abit of salt in the water if not they might not be in such good shape after some time. and they’re tube-mouthed so make sure they get foods that are tiny, like brine shrimps, which i think would be fine for them
Yes
but there hard to find,
I Get my sea horses from the chesapeke bay wen they are on crab pots and their brackish but only the finest stores will have them
If saltwater is too hard for you, you will find seahorses next to impossible. They are among the most difficult saltwater fish there are. They require absolute pristine water conditions and may refuse to feed on anything but live food.
Well, the key word in seahorses is….sea, so as the name suggests, there are no freshwater seahorses…sorry. You can get some female guppies without getting males and you can get male guppies without getting females, but if you get both, then you need a ratio of 2 females to 1 male, otherwise, your females will be harrassed. Also, if you don’t want guppy fry, then get just males. Good luck.
EDIT: Sorry, there actually be some brackish seahorses, but not freshwater.
In general Seahorses are saltwater invertebrates. You cannot have fish and seahorses in same tank. If still interested read up because the kind of tank you buy is important. They are are very hard to keep. Have read about some that live by mouths of fresh water rivers living in almost freshwater but chances of getting one that could live in a semi-salt environment you would have better odds winning the lottery.
Sorry no, in fact it is an understatement to say that seahorses must be kept in saltwater. Seahorses need a very well established Reef aquarium, with tank mates that are of the most docile of animals. Minimally 100 gallons as most breeds of seahorses get about 10-12 inches tall. They commonly Will only eat live foods, and in all ways are one of the most delicate and hard to keep animals in this hobby….not to mention very expensive.
Sorry but if you want to keep seahorses it will be a very big investment( for a 100 gallon reef tank-about $4000 us) and at least a year until the tank is mature enough for seahorses.
I don’t have an answer to your question, but I had the coolest thing happen today. My husband and I were fishing in Sarasota Bay, and threw out our anchor. When we pulled it in later, there was a seahorse wrapped around it. I haven’t seen a seahorse in the bay in many, many years. My grandkids thought this was the greatest thing.