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The ideal temperature for keeping seahorse is 22 to 25 deg. This will however depend on species. Kuda can take higher temperature, probably up to 26 deg. Reidi will do better at 22 to 25 deg. The less common species will need even lower temperature. Reason for keeping the temperature at the ideal 22 - 25 deg is because seahorse is very prone to bacteria infection. Such bacteria proliferate faster at higher temperature which means seahorse kept at higher temperature will easily succumb to bacteria infection. I have 2 Reidi and 1 Kuda in my cube tank and I keep its temperate at 24 - 25 deg.

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seahorses are indeed very adorable and will not swim away even when my hand is in the water. I can even feed them from my hand. Their diet is primarily enriched brine shrimp. I mean live brine shrimp enriched with selcon and phytofeast. I have a 2 feet tank setup for the brine shrimp

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seahorses are indeed very adorable and will not swim away even when my hand is in the water. I can even feed them from my hand. Their diet is primarily enriched brine shrimp. I mean live brine shrimp enriched with selcon and phytofeast. I have a 2 feet tank setup for the brine shrimp

Bro.. Brine shrimp's tank also using chiller?
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From what i read, this seems to be a bacterial infection. Quickly send the seahorse to a quarantine tank and treat with broad-spectrum antibiotics. You can find this at C328. Then, try to reduce the tank temp in quarantine to around 22-23 degrees. This will slow down the bacteria from growing and spreading. Follow the dosage on the antibiotics extremely closely for effective treatment. From the looks of it, you seahorse doesnt have any time to wait

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Hi Hipporider

Thank for your advice, now going to C328 to purchase.

hi Edmund. Any updates on your seahorse? i hope it has improved in condition from yesterday :)

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Now I set my whole tank temp to 22 . Hope other won't cause the same problem.

Hi Edmund,

Sorry about your beautiful seahorse. Don't be too sad because i'm sure you did everything you could. :) Anyway, reducing the temperature will help a great deal with fighting off bacteria.

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