Lined Seahorse, Male

Seahorses should be added to aquariums with plenty of rock work and plenty of swim room. Seahorses are slow swimmers, ensure the aquarium is free of anemones. Be sure to adjust waterflow for seahorses as they will require low waterflow. House Seahorses with other peaceful and slow moving tank mates. Seahorses are able to change colors depending on their surroundings. Females will deposit their eggs into the males pouch, approximately 14 days later the male will give birth to tiny little Seahorse replicas. Feed a diet of enriched live juvenile Brine shrimp, frozen mysis and rotifers multiple times daily.

Lined Seahorse are also sometimes known as Northern Seahorse. Occasionally seen in the aquarium trade. Lined Seahorse are seen with varying colors usually depending upon its envirnoment. Lined Seahorses have been seen as brown, orange, yellow gray, red or even black with white spots. Lined Seahorse can grow to almost 7".

We recommend a minimum aquarium size of 50 gallons or larger for this species.

Water conditions: Salinity 1.020 - 1.025, Temp (F) 72 - 78, pH 8.1 - 8.4, Alkalinity 8 - 12 dKH