INGENS Cultivos Marinos
The largest seahorse farm in México.
INGENS Cultivos Marinos is proud to offer you only the best!, We have Pacific Seahorses (Hippocampus ingens) on sale. Our seahorses are totally captive breed and 100% adapted to life in captivity, can be fed frozen brine shrimp and mysids.
Pacific Seahorse is one of the larger species that can be found on the market, in the wild it can reach 30 cms., while in captivity it may exceeds 22 cms. is very active hunting live prey throughout the aquarium. it can also switch to a variety of color like yellow, orange, red, black, white. The color usually depends heavily on the colors and ambient lighting.
We are located in Mazatlan Sinaloa Mexico, just 3 hours by plane from Los Angeles CA.
Species
We produce 100% captive breed seahorse species. All our seahorses are perfectly adapted to live in captivity, they are used to eat frozen and live foods like brineshrimps, mysis and fish fry.
Hippocampus ingens (Giant Pacific Seahorse)
One of the largest seahorse species you may find in the aquarium trade, it can reach over 30 cms. on the wild meanwhile in captivity it can reach easily over 22 cms. Its body seems proportional with not so prominent chest as Hippocampus erectus, it is quite similar to Hippocampus reidi it can even share the same colors and dorsal ring marks.
Hippocampus. ingens colors vary from shades of dark/brown to yellow, red and even white colors. It can have a plain color, show tiny white marks.
Hippocampus reidi (Longsnout Seahorse)
This is a medium size seahorse that reach around 20 cms. in captivity, Its body seems proportional with not so prominent chest as Hippocampus erectus, it is quite similar to H. ingens.
H. reidi commonly choose yellow orange and red coloration variation, but it can be black. It can have black points over the body or dorsal rings.
About Us!
We want to eliminate the need to capture wild seahorses, providing totally domestic and healthy specimens. We contribute to the ecology of the seas.
INGENS Cultivos Marinos is a family operated aquacultural facility designed to captive breed and raise seahorses (Hippocampus spp). We began operations in 2001 in Mazatlan Sinaloa Mexico.
We breed different species, currently offering Hippocampus reidi (Brasilian or Longsnouth Seahorse) and Hippocampus ingens (Giant Pacific Seahorse). We also offer hybrids (H. ingens x H. reidi) but those are scare.
We produce high quality captive breed seahorses that are 100% adapted to life in captivity, they are no shy as the wild counterparts, they are active eating live preys and frozen foods.
We have all permits needed to legally produce seahorses, and we are able to get CITES permits to export our seahorses.
+52 669 261 5339
Mon - Sat
8 am – 8 pm
Isla de la Piedra
Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México