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About Three-Spot Seahorse
The Three-Spot Seahorse is a small, delicate fish with a distinctive horse-like head, curled prehensile tail, and upright swimming posture. It displays three characteristic black spots along its body, with coloration ranging from yellow to brownish or greenish tones depending on environment. The body is covered with bony rings and lacks true scales.
Key facts
- Max Size
- 6
- Common Health Issues
- Marine ich, Fin Rot, Swim Bladder Disorder, Hole-in-the-Head Disease, Columnaris
- Care Level
- Hard
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including waters around Indonesia, Philippines, and the Great Barrier Reef. Found in shallow seagrass beds and coral reef environments.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet Details
- Feed live or frozen small crustaceans, particularly copepods, amphipods, and artemia (brine shrimp). Seahorses require multiple small meals daily and cannot compete with faster-eating fish for food.
- Difficulty Level
- The Three-Spot Seahorse is a challenging species requiring very stable water parameters, frequent small feedings, and a dedicated species or peaceful-only tank. Most mortality results from starvation due to competition with other fish, or inability to adapt to captive-bred diets.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Feeding Schedule
- 3-4 times daily
- Diet
- carnivore
- Care Requirements
- • Tank: 20 gallons minimum; calm, low-flow seahorse setup with seagrass or artificial holdfasts • Water params: 72–78°F, pH 8.1–8.3, salinity 1.023–1.025, low-moderate flow (0.5–1 ft/s) • Diet: Frozen mysis shrimp, small copepods, live feeds 2–3× daily in dedicated feeding station • Setup: Dense macroalgae (Caulerpa, Halimeda), anchoring sites, no aggressive tankmates • Care: Mate pair monogamous; slow swimmers; protect from strong currents and predatory fish
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