can anyone identify this seahorse??

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sharkguy

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seahorse in 10 gallon (if you read my post on my 400 gallon shark tank then ull know the story behind this sea horse if not click here and read....)

can anyone identify it?

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im sorry they are blurry but its best i can do at night i guess i took about 25 pics and all were blurry ill try again in daylight if no one can identify it
 
I am guessing hippocampus ramulosus, spiny sea horse, as the pictures are blurry and i can not see them pictures, i will give you instructions on how to ID it, are there light spotted areas on the head/snout/and a radiating pattern around the eye, they should have spiny proturberances especially along the back, they generally occur in seagrass beds and inshore bays, seldom on coral reefs.
 
mysis said:
I am guessing hippocampus ramulosus, spiny sea horse, as the pictures are blurry and i can not see them pictures, i will give you instructions on how to ID it, are there light spotted areas on the head/snout/and a radiating pattern around the eye, they should have spiny proturberances especially along the back, they generally occur in seagrass beds and inshore bays, seldom on coral reefs.
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i did a altavista image seach on that seahorse and it looks nothing like that i will get a better pic up soon since im still updating my shark post as it goes
 
Yeah, if it is new from the ocean, you will need to wean it onto frost foods, no chance it will eat frozen, you will need live brine or mysis or the sort, even then it is not ceartin that it will eat. it is probably stressed at the moment, and the tank is a bit small, if it doesn't eat after a week or so, i would return to the ocean, otherwise it's unlikely he will live.
 
mysis said:
i would return to the ocean, otherwise it's unlikely he will live.
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probably best off for the time being since i no nothing about them :confused:

being the size it is how big of a tank would he need? just out of curiousity the guy that gaev him to me said he would et twiec its size now including tail he is maybe 5 or 6" now i dunno where ud measure it from tho
 
thats good. maybe he just needed some live food.

try feeding it live blackworms, or maybe get a bloodworm cup and try feeding it that way...

btw... that is a good sized seahorse
 
kcooley said:
thats good. maybe he just needed some live food.

try feeding it live blackworms, or maybe get a bloodworm cup and try feeding it that way...

btw... that is a good sized seahorse
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i sat and watched it for a good half hour to see if it would eat sur enough it does it wont stop i dunno if htats good or bad or its just half starved


how big will it get? will i need to put it in my 55 sw tank? (i just got it up and running last night water is perfect so far crystal clear but of ocurse its not cycled yet only being up for 12 hours
 
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