I'm officially into seahorses now!

[d3rryc]

I picked up two erectus yesterday evening for my belated birthday present from the family. Both are females (at least until I can convince my wife to put up with the grow-out tanks that breeding them would require). I've only got good pics of the one right now. The other's being camera-shy, hiding in the caulerpa.

[Mr Cob]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. It's amazing how great of a job they do with the camo!

[Europhyllia]

So teh color on it's back that looks just like coralline... is that how the seahorse can adjust it's own coloration?

[d3rryc]

Karin, I'm actually pretty sure that it's an attractively-placed stripe of cyano, believe it or not. From what I've read, it's not uncommon for seahorses to grow a little algae on them because they move so slowly. Kinda like tree sloths, only in saltwater...

The ability of an individual seahorse depends on what kind of chromatophores it has. I don't THINK these two can do red, but we'll see. I can't wait to find out what kind of color changes these two go through!

[Europhyllia]

Wow. Nice use of cyano!

[mabel_photo6]

lol That's gonna be me in a few months.
I'm waiting for my 100 gallon to mature so I can move my coral over.
Then my 29 gallon will be seahorse ready.

[txg8gxp]

Very cool, keep us updated.

[Still Learning]

Very cute! Welcome to the club!

[greatwhite@AlamoAquatics]

cant wait to setup my new seahorse tank , pair of kellogis , aussie pipefish and sea moth......... i used to breed three pairs of ponies a few years ago ,its alot of work,but fun... close to 1000 babies a month....good luck and welcome to the club