ora seahorses

[cdi919]

does anyone know any lfs in the five bouroughs that sell ora sea horses?

 

[Deanos]

According to ORA, try one of these stores:

NY Aquarium Services (Manhattan) 917/757-9744
Sean @ Aquatic Creations (Brooklyn) 718/302-9080
NY Aquaria (Mamaroneck) 914/777-2570

If they don't have them in stock, they can surely order them for you.

Dean

 

[cdi919]

thanks i called ny aquarium services they said they can order them for me.

 

[Deanos]

Joe's a cool guy. If you're into coral, he has an incredible setup as well.

Dean

 

[cdi919]

i think i am going to make a trip over there. i usually go to new world but they dont carry sea horses and they said they cant get them.

 

[Sean]

currently ORA has

Hippocampus reidi Black seahorses
Hippocampus reidi Yellow Large seahorses
Hippocampus barbouri Barbours Seahors

 

[cdi919]

oh wow i did not know ora had barbs. i did not see it on their site. did they just come out with them?

[ May 31, 2005, 10:50 PM: Message edited by: cdi919 ]

 

[cdi919]

bump

 

[Deanos]

Originally posted by cdi919:
bump

Bump!? You're lucky there's 3 LFS for you to choose from.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Whats the difference with ORA and a normal seahorse?

 

[cdi919]

just fishing for options. ora are captive bred and trained to eat frozen.

 

[Sean]

I've never seen the Barbours from them I've only seen the reidi

 

[marrone]

Here are some seahorse for sale on ebay

Exotic Live Black Stallion Seahorse from Indonesia


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=46308&item=4386176549&rd=1

 

[cdi919]

marrone i would not buy seahorses from that person on ebay. all their care info is wrong and the sea horses are not captive bred.

 

[marrone]

I don't know about the care information being wrong, outside of have the seahorses complatible with angels, wrasses, tangs, butterflies, they don't list much else, out side that they're eating frozen brime shrimp.

As for not getting them because they're not captive bred that your decision.

 

[cdi919]

all the fish listed are not compatible with seahorses. they also say that they are carefree which is false info. captive bred one come to you already raised on frozen mysis.

 

[marrone]

I think I stated that the fish that they listed aren't compatible.

Outside of "being carefree" that all depends on the level of the person handling the fish/coral, I'm sure some of easier than others. Also if I went by the permise, of not buying fish/coral on ebay, because a seller listed something in their ad not being correct I probably would never buy anything. You need to do your home work reguardless of what they list in their ad and not get bend out of shape because lets face it they're just trying to sell their item.

If you know how to handle seahorses the venodr ad listing wouldn't stop me from buying from that vendor.

As for capitvie bread already eating frozen mysis I'm sure that these could be weened over if not your going to need to feed them live food and this would be something you need to take into account. The vendor did list that they where only eating live food.

 

[cdi919]

i am guessing you never had sea horses before. if you want check out seahorse.org.