Seahorses are different than many fish. The typical fish swimming around the tank are very different than seahorses. A seahorse needs many hitching posts. Hitching posts can be live or artificial. The seahorse wraps their tail around the hitch to stabilized them and to hold themselves upright. Seahorses gracefully swim around the tank. They swim up, down and side to side. They become active typically at feeding time. They are always hungry and need to eat at least two times a day. The more you can feed them during the day and night the better. They hitch most of the time.
If you have a seahorse or other fish, fresh water or saltwater, they can have positive buoyancy. Positive buoyancy is when a fish is at the top of the tanks water line and can't swim downwards. It's a fight every moment to try. I haven't found the reason after searching on line and calling many seahorse breeders, etc. A typical fish, gold fish, etc. I'm told you can put a defrosted frozen green pea in their tank to eat. They will nibble on it and typically recover. That is not the case with seahorses. They won't eat pees. I experienced positive buoyancy with my seahorse Elly. I called many States from the East Coast to the West Coast. Nobody had any answers for me. She tried and tried to swim away from the surface of the tank with much effort. I would have to get her to hitch half way down. After three weeks she was able to swim normally. I still have no answer. Maybe extra air in her system or change of food. I was trying different brands of food. I will never know. Fish can also experience negative buoyancy. They lay at the bottom of the tank and can't swim upward.
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