Black Seahorse losing color over time....normal?

[michael43]

I have a rather large black sea horse that was like jet black when I got it. I have had it like 3 months now and I would say its in perfect health but is slowly losing the black color to a tanish-olive color. It actually looks tan and someone sprayed it with black spray paint from a distance but it is mostly tan with minimal black now.

 

[ann83]

Your seahorse isn't losing color, it is changing color. Seahorses change color for a variety of reasons - stress, to blend in with hitching posts, mating, and sometimes just because they feel like it. Thats why buying seahorses based on color isn't a good idea. Typically it is nothing to worry about.

 

[in_flight]

i had a jet black kuda that when it's mate died turned very white, he's been white for about 4 months now and hasn't changed back

would adding another female of the same species make him change his colour back to black?

 

[Jesse-KT]

It usually depends on what color it's hitching posts are. Mine have gradually went from yellow or black to tan. They've been fine.

 

[in_flight]

i've got mostly grape caulerpa and LR as hitching posts