Hi been trying to find another seahorse and I found one but they called it a tiger seahorse and it’s only 3 inches. . I am assuming it’s a dwarf? My seahorse is about 5 inches. Would it be ok to put them together ? They have both male and female. Sorry still need to create a thread and post some pics. Any suggestions? Thanks again. Tom
Tiger tails are Hippocampus comes. You have seen young ones, just the size when they start to be sold.
Dwarfs seahorses are Hippocampus zosterae
You already have an Hippocampus erectus, who are the most hardy to keep. I will stick one this specie
Don t mix them with erectus, they are from differents waters and carry different pathogens.
The only ones you can mix together are reidi and erectus. They live together in the wild, and even hybridize naturally sometimes.
About not mixing seahorses species, It s a little bit like when Spanish explorers first came in south america. They nuked local populations with flu, because the local's immune system wasn t able to handle it at all.
Seahorse are very sensitive to bacterial infections, mixing tiger tails and lined (=erectus) is really playing with fire, especially if you are new to seahorses.
Also, you should better buy directly from a breeder, you will have healthier specimens that have never been in contact of bad pathogens or parasites at the lfs and never suffered a wrong care (lack of proper nutrition, unsuitable tank mates...)
Seahorses ship very well, i recommand you Seahorse source (florida) and Alyssa seahorse savvy (Maryland)
