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About White's Seahorse
White's Seahorse is a medium-sized seahorse with a distinctive head shape and prehensile tail. The body coloration ranges from pale white to cream with darker markings, and adults typically display prominent bony plates and tubercles along the body. Unlike fish, seahorses have a horse-like head, upright posture, and fused gill covers.
Key facts
- Common Health Issues
- Gas bubble disease, pouch infection (males), fin rot, weight loss, inability to feed in high-flow systems
- Origin
- Eastern Australia, primarily along the coast of New South Wales from Sydney to southern Queensland, in seagrass beds and coastal waters at depths up to 40 meters.
- Min tank size
- 60 gallons
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 68-77°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Max Size
- 9
- Appearance
- White's Seahorse is a medium-sized seahorse with a distinctive head shape and prehensile tail. The body coloration ranges from pale white to cream with darker markings, and adults typically display prominent bony plates and tubercles along the body. Unlike fish, seahorses have a horse-like head, upright posture, and fused gill covers.
- Difficulty Level
- White's Seahorse requires expert-level care. Specialized water parameters, live food availability, a calm environment, and careful tankmate selection make this species suitable only for experienced aquarists with dedicated seahorse-keeping experience.
- Diet Details
- Feed small live foods such as copepods, amphipods, artemia (seahorse-sized), and mysis shrimp 2-3 times daily. Seahorses have small mouths and slow feeding rates; provide food in proximity to their location rather than relying on open-water foraging.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 60-gallon tank recommended for a pair • Water params: 72-78°F, pH 8.1-8.3, 1.023-1.025 sg • Low-flow areas (< 8 in/s), live macroalgae anchor points • Feed mysis shrimp 2-3x daily; requires calm, dedicated setup • Pair-bonding species; avoid aggressive/large tank mates
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