Incredible Seahorses!!
 

Stupid question, what do they eat?

Not at all. They are eating both Hikari and PE Mysis.

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I have always wanted seahorses. And now that I don't have a job, you post this. Made me really sad :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Well when you do they are actually cheap to keep compared to most other salt water ventures. They don't need/like large tanks, require little water movement, no special lighting and prefer no other tank mates. I kept them for about 3 years in a 20g tank I had laying around, an Aquaclear HOB filter and an old incandescent light canopy that I put Home Depot daylight CFL bulbs in. They love plastic plants to hang onto and a few snail to keep things clean. That's about it! It is one of the few things my wife never complained about as she loved them as much as I do.

Actually, best chances of success come with minimum 29g tank size for one pair, and an additional 15g for each additional pair. Anything you can do to improve water quality is also a BIG plus.
Most seahorse keepers nowadays have higher flows like 10X to 20X as long as there is hitching available in areas of low, medium and high for them to choose, and, as long as no flow is strong enough to push the seahorses up against something and be damaged.
The seahorses Incredible is selling are very nice. I've seen them a few times now.

I had dwarf seahorses so 20g was plenty for me but I would agree the extra height of a 29g would be better for larger species (I think 3x their length is the recommended height) and can still be had for just as cheap. Low flow is relatively speaking. The Aquaclear 70 alone I had on the 20g provided 15X flow and would be 10x on a 30g tank. A single small powerhead prevents dead spots and easily takes a small tank to 20x plus flow rate without any strong currents in the tank. What I liked best for water quality is that a weekly 20-25% water change can be done with a single 5g pail of salt water in about 15 minutes including the time to mix next weeks batch. Seahorses eat a lot so I feel the large weekly water changes are vital.

For those considering purchase of some of these, the breeder is VERY conscientious about the seahorse hobby and dotes on the growing of these fry to juveniles, spending hours each day before/after work to keep them in top shape.
I doubt you will find better quality stock in other sources.

How big do they get?

They'll get to 16 to 18 cm and the maximum recorded length, up to 2004 at least, is 19 cm.
It likely will take about 2 yrs from birth to get to maximum size as the last growth stages are slower than the earlier growth.
I've had a couple that ended up runts and never got larger than about 10 cm but that is not common.