what you know about seahorse?

Answer 1

about 42 kind the male give birth to the baby
the baby sea horse called pony seahorse
it feeds on very tiny shrimps
it lives in warm salty water

Answer 2

They are touchy, hard to care for. They have special dietary needs, other special needs as far as how you set up the tank. Don't know the specifics. I have them categorized in the "too much trouble" category, forgot the details about it.

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One other thing I remember. I'm pretty sure they are sitting ducks for aggressive tankmates. As most marine species are aggressive, seahorses quickly become hors d''ouvres if you are not careful who you put in there. I think, if you want to keep seahorses, very beautiful and interesting creatures, the whole tank should be reserved for them -- no outsiders.

Answer 3

You are talking about seahorses, not pipefish or seadragons.

Sea horses are small fish that have armored plates all over their body. There are about 35 different species of sea horses around the world. They live in seaweed beds in warm water. Sea horses range in size from two inches (5 cm) long (the Dwarf sea horse) to about 1 foot (30 cm) long. The most unusual seahorse is the Australian sea horse, which has leaf-like camouflage all over its body, making it almost disappear in the seaweed bed.

A seahorse is a type of fish closely related to pipefishes and belonging to the scientific family Syngnathidae.
Horse-shaped heads, vertical positioning, and curling tails make seahorses easy to recognize. All seahorses are in one genus - Hippocampus. Within Hippocampus, 32 species are currently described. They are found around the world, in tropical and temperate waters as far south as Tasmania and as far north as England. Seahorses live in shallow, coastal environments such as coral reefs, mangroves, and beds of seagrass or seaweed.

There are 150 species of pipefish (closely resembeling the seahorse), and 2 species of seadragons

As many aquarium hobbyists know, seahorses and related species have different needs than other marine fish.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Although wild caught (WC) as well as captive bred (CB) seahorse strongly advise buying CB seahorses. Captive breeding prevents decimation of wild populations and supports responsible and innovative breeding programs for those interested in becoming seahorse breeders. In addition, captive bred seahorses are much easier to keep, having been trained to accept frozen food, pre-adapted to aquarium conditions, and much less likely to carry or spread disease. Their survivability in captivity is significantly higher than that of wild caught seahorses. In the end, it is more cost effective and rewarding for the beginning hobbyist to purchase CB seahorses.

It is a better sign if the pet store is feeding a more adequate diet. This could include enriched brine shrimp, ghost shrimp (for larger seahorses), Hawaiian red shrimp, or frozen mysis or similar crustaceans . You are much more likely to succeed with a seahorse that is trained to eat frozen food, and it is cheaper and easier to obtain and provide frozen food. Most CB seahorses have been trained to eat frozen mysis or similar appropriate food.

Seahorses should only be placed into a well established tank. When bringing your seahorse home for your aquarium be sure to purchase these medicines for immediate use if needbe.

You should have these medications on hand when you purchase your seahorse. As you become more knowledgeable about them, you may find that you prefer other medications; this is just a guideline. Most of these medications can be found at a well-stocked LFS.
Be sure to have on hand:
Formalin 3 and Neosporin (triple antibiotic ointment) as a topical solution.
(Betadine will do in a pinch.)
Kanacyn
Methylene blue
Furan-2 or Triple Sulfa
Tetracycline
Erythromycin
Metronidazole
Neomycin
Nitrofurazone

Optional:
Maracyn II
Furanase
Paragon II
Melafix
Malachite Green
Important meds that may be obtained through your veterinarian or MD:
Acetazolamide (Diamox)
Ceftazime (Fortran)
Praziquantel (Droncit)
Essential tools to have on hand:
Fine gauge IV catheter flexible tubing (without needle)
Tuberculin syringe with needle removed
Loose hairpin with soft plastic tip

Seahorses should be introduced into a mature, cycled aquarium. Numerous filtration methods and tank set-ups can result in a healthy, stable seahorse aquarium. A seahorse tank must have gentle to moderate currents. Be sure there is adequate biological filtration and do regular, partial water changes of 5-20 percent per week as you would with any fish-only aquarium, to keep water parameters as listed below. Water parameters should be stable before animals are added:

pH - 8.0 to 8.3
Specific gravity - 1.021 to 1.024
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - <20 ppm

Optimum temperature is dependent on whether the seahorse species being kept are tropical, subtropical or temperate. Generally, most beginners should start with tropical species unless the tank is equipped with a chiller unit. Heating tanks is much less expensive than cooling them. Use a high quality submersible heater. Many Seahorse.org members use Ebo Jaeger heaters as they have more reliable than average performance and do not feel hot to the touch, minimizing the chance of burning a seahorse that hitches to the heater. Allow about 4-watts per gallon when selecting an aquarium heater.

This is not a hard and fast rule, but most seahorse aquarists use taller tanks. Seahorses need height (2.5 to 3 times the UNCURLED length of the animals) in their tanks to court and mate. At a minimum, the depth of the tank, excluding the substrate, should be at least 2x the uncurled length of the animal. Further, leave a path along the substrate as some seahorses courting rituals require them to scoot along the bottom of the tank in tandem. Several pairs of pygmy seahorses can be maintained in a 5-10 gallon tank (a 10G is recommended because of the difficulties of keeping water parameters stable in a small capacity aquarium. Two to three pairs of medium sized seahorses can be maintained in a 24-gallon tank although a larger tank is preferable to keep water parameters more stable.

Fish to avoid when owning seahorses:
Tangs, Triggerfish, Groupers, , Eels, Nudibranchs, Filter-feeding Sea Cucumbers, Sea Urchins with sharp spines, Fireworms, Spanish Dancer Flatworms, Fire Corals, Lace Corals, Anemones, Tube Anemones, all Cephalopods (Squids, Octopuses, Cuttlefish, and Nautilus-), Mantis Shrimp, Lobsters, Heliofungia spp. Corals, Cataphyllia spp. Corals, Euphyllia spp. Corals, Goniopora/Alveopora spp. Corals, Galaxea spp. Corals, and Hydnophora spp. Corals.

Not officially on the extintion list but because of their popularity for the hobby trade and traditional medicines, seahorses are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List. This does not mean that they are technically endangered, but it does mean that their populations are in trouble. The red list acts like a warning for species at risk. Over the past five years, some seahorse populations have declined by more than 50 percent!

Here is a good site tohelp you with seahorses and give you more info:
www.seahorse.org

Answer 4

the men carry the baby and give birth

Answer 5

the male is the one who is in charge of having babies...

Awesome huh !

Answer 6

males give birth to the babies.