"In the beginning..."

How many of us were fascinated as kids with seahorses?
Their painfully slow movements on angelic wings...(fins).
That relaxed seahorse pace is also very soothing and explains why seahorses need a tank of their own.
They are a source of zero competition for other fish...especially at feeding time.
Their faces mimic that of the horse mammal.
The prehistoric body has an exoskeleton and powerful prehensile tail that allows them to "hitch" or hold on.
That "holding on" is essential to the seahorse when it feeds and when it sleeps and when it relaxes.
The beautiful eyes have no lids and that enables the seahorse to look all around it...
Each eye goes in a different direction.
So far, I have found that most males have fat bellies...
To my shock, it is the males that give birth.
That makes many females have a more streamline figure.
Even so, seahorses have the ability to change their sex.
There is the very important aspect of seahorses that make them the most endearing pets:
THEY EACH HAVE A DISTINCT PERSONALITY!
No, I am not kidding!
And I witness the personalities emerge as I gain the trust of each one of my seahorses!
To me, seahorses are much more then fish. As much as I interact with them in a
personal relationship, they interact with me!
More tomorrow....

                                    
                                          My seahorse Imagine Peace. Refusing to eat frozen
                                          brine, I religiously went to a wonderful exotic pet
                                          store in Commack, THE PET DEN, twice weekly.
                                          My "failure to thrive" baby grew and grew with that
                                          diet. He was a one of a kind yenta to say the least!