Should I be worried?

SeahorseSammy

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I have four seahorses, and one of the male seahorses appears to have an opaque-white patch towards his stomach near his dorsal fin........ is it a disease?
 
Hard to say. Can you get a picture? It does sound like an unusual spot for a normal color change - but it could be. Can you also supply information about your tank setup, species, how long you've had them, then general water quality, i.e. ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, temp, salinity?
 
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I have a bio-cube 29 gallon tank with the bio-cube protein skimmer, with three Hippocampus Erectus, and one Kuda. The Kuda is the sick one; I'll try to put a picture up tomorrow when I return to my class room... I have had them about a week now; before this they were all fine. As for my tests:

PH- 8.2
Water quality is reverse osmosis water with some copepods
Ammonia- 0ppm
Nitrite- 0ppm
Nitrate- 5.0 ppm
Salinity- 1.023
Temp- 24.6 degrees Celsius or 76 degrees Fahrenheit
 
first off did you do research before getting them? 4 is two many 2 would be max for that tank and it seems when you mix species one usually gets whipped out from what ive read its usually the kuda. crossing pathogens is not a good thing for them. and i am sure water quality is suffering . tank should also be at lower temp i would say 68-72 max to keep diseases at bay. i hope you have another tank to set up or please get a bigger tank.
 
first off did you do research before getting them? 4 is two many 2 would be max for that tank and it seems when you mix species one usually gets whipped out from what ive read its usually the kuda. crossing pathogens is not a good thing for them. and i am sure water quality is suffering . tank should also be at lower temp i would say 68-72 max to keep diseases at bay. i hope you have another tank to set up or please get a bigger tank.

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My teacher had told me that was fine, and I do water changes once a week, but I do have another tank to place a pair in; and yes I spent 3 months researching them as well as the seahorse farm in Hawaii said the tank would be fine
 
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