The lined seahorse

Size:  7 – 8 inches (avg)

Diet: Frozen shrimp diet (mysis, brineshrimp, krill).  Live food can be offered either as a treat or main diet (mysis, ghost/river shrimp) however once a seahorse is introduced to live food it can be hard to re-accustom to frozen food.  Variety is the key to the seahorses diet.  If live food is offered, enrichment is strongly recommended.

Temperament: social (tankmates should be chosen with care)

Minimum Captive Requirements

Care level:  Advanced

Tank size: 110 litres (first pair)

Salinity: 1021 – 1024

Temperature: 21 – 23C

PH 8.2 – 8.4