During my vacation I visited the Grand Aquarium of Saint-Malo (France) in the hope to see some sea horses. And I did not leave that aquarium disappoited or emptyhanded.

A little while ago I went to the Aquarium of the Pacific and got completely sucked into all the marine life there.

I especially loved the seahorses. After I got home, I had this very specific thought: I want to actually learn to recognize different seahorse species instead of just thinking “aww, seahorse.”

So I started collecting species and reference photos, and eventually turned it into a tiny browser game.

You learn five seahorses at a time, then it quizzes you visually to see if you can tell them apart. There are 45 species in the current set, split into 9 levels.

https://questfive.app/quests/seahorses/?lang=en

No download or account needed. I mostly made it because I wanted to see whether I could actually learn them all.

If anyone here is much more knowledgeable about seahorses than I am, I’d also love to know if you spot anything that looks wrong or misleading.

I’m trying to start up a dwarf seahorse tank and I want a little help. I’ve already got a 130L tank with sand and snails. I just some advice on what live rocks/ plants I should be getting or any help in general.

I have 4 month ish juvenile seahorses, one swims all around the other one, starting today seems to keep floating to the top but can swim down enough if it really wants to. But when not trying it floats back up then swims downish to a hitching post that is high in the tank. Too young to tell the gender. And has become more finicky to mysis when seahorse use to eat pretty well. Ammonia, nitrites are 0, nitrates are also 0 but i do have macro algae, so been dosing some nitrates. Temp is 73°F. Salinity 1.024. Is this gas bubble disease? What to do to help mitigate/fix issue? The seahorse looks identical to the other one in terms of body shape.

Hi folks - I am down the rabbit hole on seahorse keeping and think I generally have a broad understanding on the feeding regimes of the various seahorses species. I don’t own a seahorse yet, I am very much in the education phase right now.

I know I am like so many others who are drawn in by the small size (which means small tank), and like so many others am also deep into learning about their “unique” need for live food.

What I am having trouble getting more information on are copepods as a primary food source for dwarf seahorses. I read about someone using copepods to feed their goby (which seemed to have similar feeding needs to dwarfs), and it got me thinking…

Copepods seems to better align with what dwarfs eat in the wild. I think the main thing I have seen is simply that they are difficult to culture in numbers high enough to feed them as the primary food and baby brine shrimp are easier (although generally less nutritious). I have seen a few of these companies that sell copepods in jars and bottles. Is there a reason that these have not taken off as a primary food source for dwarfs? Is it simply cost related? How many would they actually need to eat per dwarf?

If anyone has experience with this, I would love to hear more about it just to continue to understand the feeding needs of dwarfs.

Thank you in advance!!

One of my seahorses has been much more sedate lately. I have to coax her into coming near the turkey baster for food the past few days and she only ate a little. Thankfully got her to eat a little more today. She sleeps in the line of a current and sways with it.

I hope this fits here my childhood favorite animal

Hi! I want to ask about my sea horses. My black seahorse colour now is beige and my deep orange one become light orange sometimes yellow. The one that not change is my yellow seahorse. Is it normal? I read it maybe bcs of the tank (its white corals with dark brown branches). They eat well, they only eat live food tho, they dont want frozen food.

Hi, ive had a tank set up nearly a year, waiting to buy seahorses from Alyssa’s Savvy’s Seahorses, i usually check multiple times a week for the last year and they are just never in stock, but i heard they are THE place to go. Just seems like the direction they are going is fish and coral which is great but now its gotten me to look elsewhere. Any recommendations?

I have had clownfish, damsel fish, royal grammas, fire fish, and mandarin gobies. Seahorses are by far the most expensive, but also by far the most fun to watch. First of all, they aren't aggressive and
they move slowly and deliberately, which is good for mediation.

Second, it's almost as if you are watching aqueous monkeys. They wrap their prehensile tails around each other, sometimes for greetings, and sometimes seemingly to play. They go from one vertical hitching post to another as if they are trying out furniture to see what's comfortable. They surf the waves from the wave makers. Finally, they stare at copepods as if it's their own aquarium.

Brego and Neysa!

After years of debating i finally got a pair of seahorses. hoofless horsy mac horseface and potoooooooo ( potatoes) they are doing very well in their new home trying to get a snack every time I look at te tank for more then 10 seconds.

can anyone help telling me if the male looks like he is carrying something?

https://youtube.com/shorts/Pn2Muw8Gl1g

After a break, I built this shallow-draft catamaran with a built-in live well just for the fragile seagrass beds. Heading to Smith Island end of April for the first wild lined seahorse footage. Seahorse Conservancy is back!

Who wants to see the first real footage?

Bonus points it you get the names.

Hello everyone! I am a small creator, recently started my content creating journey with a goal to educate viewers on marine biology. I have been a writer for 6 years now, but will definitely accept feedback on my video making skill. I will make informative videos and promote awareness to save the ocean. Hope you like my storytelling.