They are not dwarf seahorses, they are H. Fuscus. They are very healthy eating hikari mysis shrimp 2-3 times per day, and I have treated them to some live ghost shrimp on several occasions that we caught in the bay here in Corpus Christi.

I have read Seahorse.org just as well as about every other resource out there, spoken to experts at ORA, SeahorseSource, my personal expert here in Corpus-Brad Gimmell (a portion of his PhD is on seahorses), etc...

Scorpino, I appreciate the thoughts, but rest assured whenever I jump into something I go absolutely freaking nuts researching everything I can, reading at all hours, quizzing previous owners or breeders, these guys are in good hands and fat and happy! And I do understand the tank size vs. their full extension--if you look at the 5th or so picture you can see them up dancing, and the space in the tank, and H. Fuscus only get about 5" as adults and they eat frozen mysis unlike dwarf seahorses who only eat live foods, hence they are the species that I searched for to obtain for the tank. I searched everywhere coast to coast for H. Fuscus, ORA was out but they referrred me to several breeders who were all out, SeahorseSource was orginally out, but then they let these two go to me finally after much persistance by me (they were going to keep them as a mating pair).

All in all, I love them and they are some happy guys with their pair of Dracula Gobies!



Michael