Very rare! Very special! Very large! Not recommended for beginners.
This tropical Pacific giant is majestic, colorful and exotic! This seahorse can grow to be over 10 inches long, can display all colors of the rainbow, and can tolerate a wide range of temperatures. The wild population once extended from Equatorial Galapagos Islands to Mexico and even as far north as San Diego during El Nino years. This Pacific sea horse is on the brink of extinction and is no longer found in most of its natural home range. Ocean Rider would like to acknowledge the efforts of Scripps Aquarium in San Diego, CA and the National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD for their successful sea horse conservation and breeding programs for this threatened species.
Ocean Rider first offered the Certified Ocean Rider Hippocampus igens to the public in 2000. We found that the seahorse does very well when kept by seahorse experts that keep the seahorses in large tanks (55 gallon minimum and 28 inches tall) with a chiller to keep the temperature below 72F. We only offer this seahorse to long time ocean rider customers.
Feeding: Recommended feeding regime for Ocean Rider ® sea horses - is 2 to 7 frozen mysis shrimp (depending on size) from Piscine Energetics enriched with Ocean Rider Vibrance every morning and evening. This is a nutritionally complete diet that our sea horses love and is easy to use. It will ensure long term survivability, high health, brilliant colors and a happy pet! Live Red Shrimp can be fed during the acclimation process and then weekly as a fun treat .
This product was added to our catalog on Monday 13 June, 2005.
