Dwarfs No Longer Smallest Sea Horse

Dwarf Sea Horses are the smallest Sea Horse in the world, but are they the tiniest creatures swimming around Sea Horse Kingdom at SEA LIFE Minnesota? More information about the newest addition to the Sea Horse family will be revealed later this week.


Our amazing Sea-STAR of the week is the Dwarf Seahorse, the slowest moving fish in the world, with a top speed of only 5 feet per hour! Don't let their cute size and slow speed fool you, they are actually very intelligent. Our Dwarf Seahorses are kept in small aquariums and fed with delicious brine shrimp, although they also like to feed on copepods and other shrimp larvae. Dwarf Seahorses must be fed continuously throughout the day because of their small size.  


Guests and staff alike enjoy watching them as they float around and link to different plants with their long tails. They spend a majority of their time dancing around the tank and courting the opposite sex.

STAY TUNED to SEA LIFE Minnesota's Blog and Facebook page for a tiny surprise about the newest addition to Sea Horse Kingdom.

SEA LIFE Minnesota Helps Its Duluth Friends – Two or Four Legged

Frenzie the Seal washed away in Duluth Flooding

Whether four-legged or two-legged, SEA LIFE Minnesota Aquarium wants to help their up-state neighbors in Duluth. With the recent flooding in the Duluth community as well as the Lake Superior Zoo, SEA LIFE Minnesota at Mall of America will be donating $2 of every online ticket sold this weekend (Friday, June 22 – Sunday, June 24) to Lake Superior Zoo. This will help the Zoo pay for needed cleaning supplies and maintenance needs to get the Zoo back to where it was before the flooding. 

Not forgetting about our human friends in Duluth and surrounding cities, SEA LIFE Minnesota will also be offering free admission this weekend to all Duluth residents along with other hard-hit areas including Hermantown, Cloquet, and Carlton, Proctor. The residents will just need to go online to SEA LIFE’s website, print out a voucher, and show their drivers license to receive free admission at the Aquarium this weekend. Full details at  www.sealifeus.com .

The SEA LIFE Animal Care team also understands, but cannot completely comprehend the Zoo’s loss. Ben Minerich, Sr. Aquarist commented, “When an unexpected tragic of this magnitude happens, it is difficult to be prepared to react. The efforts of the Lake Superior Zoo are commendable.” Aquarist Tania Roos added, “Any loss is significant because you grow more and more attached daily to the animals. Our hearts go out to the Lake Superior Zoo.”