jaxon Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 i want to kow if there is any one in new zealand succes fully breeding tropical sea horses? and if so , how would i get my hands on 3 males and 6 females of a tropical species :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 There are a few places trying to do it commercially. HB Aquariums comes to mind. They have an awesome set-up but I am not sure if they are selling to the general public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 the ones at hb are not tropical they nz ones I kown a Guy in tauranga that breeds hippocamus kuda a tropical version but sorry he export them all to the us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Greg Leveridge from Taurange breeds H. Kudas. He use to supply to several shops in Auckland. But after sending some to the States, he found he couldn't supply both markets, so opted for the more lucrative. Guess that wasn't NZ He is now shipping regularly to the States and has also broken into the Canuck territory. Last time I spoke with him, and after several thousand exports, he has had NO "doa's" reported back to him. So the method that he has developed for sending them, has also been a success. Warning. Don't go near him on an export day He had only just finished his new breeding facility, then was offered a price he couldn't refuse for his house, so has moved to a farmlet up by Bethlehem (BoP). As far as I know he is the only one breeding "Tropical" horses in NZ. There are others doing local cold ones, H. abdominalis. IF you were able to get them, the tropicals, they would cost $60 bucks each if I remember correctly Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 it was greg that i was talking about he selling the pet shop to do ithe seahorse full time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 There pretty common over here. Jansen's botany downs has them available everytime I go in there (tropical saltwater?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Bet they're not the tropicals Chris.L My money would be on ones supplied from the Napier setup that we visited on "The Great Auction Weekend". Or was it on the conference weekend? who cares, we visited it. H. abdominalis Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 There are plenty of Tropical Sea Horses being brought in. Janesnes on MT Eden Rd has/had some last week. Aquanet have imported some, and assuming they survive, will be in shops after clearing quarantine in a few weeks time. I could find out what store would be recieving them, but they don't sell direct to the public. They are yellow ones, definitaly tropical and some say 'reef safe' although others claim they can get algae growing on them because of bright lights on reef setups. Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 In Jansen's Mt Eden they also had some Freshwater ones. These would be coldwater wouldn't they? How easy would they be to breed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count_sexy_tart Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 fresh water seahorse's have my attention are you definate about that chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Can you check their taxonomical name from Jansens next time your in. Be interesting to check on the puta. My self, I've never heard of "fresh water S/H's" :roll: But there again, I don't know everything. just about tho. :oops: Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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