| Unless you are a master salt water fish keeping | | | | environment. Seahorses are very picky eaters |
| expert there are a few types of fish you should | | | | and will often only eat live foods such as ghost |
| avoid. These fish are very hard to keep alive and | | | | shrimp. Captivity bred seahorses are easier to |
| will likely just be a waste of money and cruel | | | | keep than live caught ones but they are still very |
| punishment for the fish itself. | | | | difficult to keep. These slow feeders should only |
| Angelfish | | | | be kept in tanks with other seahorses, bottom |
| These amazing looking salt water fish are maybe | | | | feeders or slow fish so that they can properly |
| one of the best examples of how vibrant the | | | | get enough to eat and not be edged out by more |
| colors of a salt water fish can be, sadly, these | | | | aggressive fish. |
| fish are very difficult to keep and feed and are | | | | Ribbon eels |
| often very destructive to the fish tank, especially | | | | The ribbon eel or blue ribbon eel is a very unique, |
| a reef tank. Angels are also very territorial and | | | | bright colored saltwater eel that is difficult to keep |
| are not suggested to be kept in pairs. These fish | | | | in captivity due to their skittishness and sensitivity |
| feed on sponge and tunicate which is why they | | | | to changes in environment. Although it is one of |
| are not a wise choice for the average salt water | | | | the more peaceful eels it not recommend for |
| fish keeper who does not have the proper fish | | | | purchase by anyone because nearly every case |
| tank supplies and salt water expertise. | | | | of captive keeping of ribbon eels has led to the |
| Seahorses | | | | eel starving after being captured. There are some |
| One of the strangest and interesting salt water | | | | reports of people successfully keeping them in |
| fish the seahorse is nonetheless very difficult to | | | | captivity it is very rare and not suggested. |
| properly take car of in a home aquarium | | | | |