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About Lined Seahorse
The Lined Seahorse is a small, upright fish with a prehensile tail and tubular snout. Body color ranges from tan to brown or yellow, often with darker vertical bars or lines along the trunk and tail (hence "Lined"). The body is covered in bony rings and can change color slightly to match surroundings.
Key facts
- Origin
- Western Atlantic from Nova Scotia and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence south to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Found in seagrass beds, mangroves, and shallow coastal waters.
- Common Health Issues
- Starvation, bacterial infections, parasites, gas bubble disease, inability to compete for food with other fish
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Aka
- Lined Seahorse, Northern Seahorse, Caballito Estriado
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 68-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Max Size
- 7
- Feeding Schedule
- 3-4 times daily
- Appearance
- The Lined Seahorse is a small, upright fish with a prehensile tail and tubular snout. Body color ranges from tan to brown or yellow, often with darker vertical bars or lines along the trunk and tail (hence "Lined"). The body is covered in bony rings and can change color slightly to match surroundings.
- Diet Details
- Feed live copepods, amphipods, and mysis shrimp multiple times daily. Seahorses are slow feeders and require abundant live food sources; frozen food is rarely accepted. The tank should have strong populations of natural prey organisms.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Difficulty Level
- Lined Seahorses are challenging and require expert-level care. They demand pristine water quality, frequent feeding of live foods, stable conditions, and a low-flow environment. They are slow swimmers vulnerable to competition and predation.
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