Seahorse babies

[asianer]

Andrew, If you are around early today and can swing by my place I'll give em a shot.

Call me if this is possible.

D

Dom, good luck with them and thanks for the gorgs, they are gorgeous!

 

[asianer]

I think I will use this thread to log my adventures into rearing seahorse fry. About 50 were in the tank Sunday morning 03/02/08, I transferred them into a separate container and fed them BBS this morning. As you can see in the pictures they are mostly transparent and you can see their digestive tracts filled with the salmon colored BBS they have been gobbling all morning. Enjoy the pics:

 

[Wolverine57]

wow....Big time DaddY!

 

[Chapz]

You must be taking care of the parents really well. I would love to raise seahorses since they seem so hardy. Congrats again.

 

[marki24]

Andrew when i set up another tank ill be contacting you.

 

[asianer]

Any time Mark!

Andrew when i set up another tank ill be contacting you.

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

hey let me know when they spawn again. I would love to give them a shot!

 

[asianer]

i think they actually might be mating as we speak, so probably in about 20 days!

hey let me know when they spawn again. I would love to give them a shot!

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

let me know please!

 

[BrooklynsReefMan1]

Holy ShizzmGizzmGar!!

 

[newfishie]

awesome!

 

[chazertis]

i'd love to try to raise these too!

 

[ellebelle]

Any updates?

 

[asianer]

out of 50, 10 died within 5 days, and the rest I had to give away last night because I got a really low hatch-out rate from the brine shrimp hatchery yesterday...hopefully with 3 hatcheries running at the same time I will be more successful with the next brood...I did, however keep 8 and they are still alive and kicking!

Any updates?

 

[Chapz]

Good luck with the next batch.
Updates are good to know.
I bet u cant wait for the next batch.
I know i cant. heheheh.

 

[danelam]

Sounds like alot of fun Andrew
Good luck with all the babies. Hope they grow up to be big and strong!!

 

[ellebelle]

that's great! Hopefully your seahorses will keep mating and you'll get lots more broods.

 

[asianer]

Update

Ok, sorry about not updating this thread in a while but I was having a problem keeping the babies alive past 14 days. I do, however, have 1 seahorse that has remained alive for about 6 weeks now. He has grown tremendously in that time, almost 4 times the birth size. As you can see in the pictures he is enormous compared to the brood that was just birthed yesterday. The next trick is to get him weaned onto frozen which by all accounts is the single most difficult thing to do. Anyway, enjoy the pics!!

 

[cb747]

Looks great Andrew! Hows your rot cultures doing now? They should be very productive by now!

 

[Airborneguy]

Awesome! I hope you find a place for them, wish I could take some