seahorsemad Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 I woke up this morning to find a tank full of Seahorse babies, dont know how many have been eaten by the other seahorses but i have approx 250- 300 baby seahorses in a nursery tank now. Photos are coming as soon as i can get someone the host them. They are sooo sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 What a pity you didn't see them being born! A great sight. Try www.photobucket.com as a free hosting site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 a very big Congradulations to you! from my knowlege very few ppl have breed seahorses succecfully in captivity! i no that the marine biology place in wellington pride themselves on the fact that they have very high success rates!! Cheers Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 better start getting the brine shrimp hatcheries ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 It isn't the breeding that is difficult shae, it is breeding in large commercial numbers that has been the problem I believe. One of our former members took a video of their seahorse giving birth and it was fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 yeah i no the male opens his pouch and shoots them out with a jet of water, it looks so cool! Cheers Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 Congratulations Seahorsemad It must be the other 2 you got the other weekend that did it. You better talk to Maurice to get some of his brineshrimp hatcheries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorsemad Posted October 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Thanks everyone, got home tonight and none were dead so i must be doing something right. I have one brine shrimp hatchery and two small fish tanks going at the moment so should be able to keep up with food. I am also feeding them with livebearer liquid food as some of them are too small to eat brine shrimp yet. Wok it was one of the seahorses that i got from napier that gave birth to the babies ($25.00 for 250+ seahorses, what a bargain!!), hoping it might show the other one how to breed. I think we are having a tank crawl next weekend so you can see them then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Great stuff Sehorsemad.. Congrats. Love to read some details of your setup and such Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorsemad Posted October 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 thanks pegasus. I have a four foot tank with nine seahorses and various anenomies, crabs and a few snapper shrimp which i have had set up for almost a year now. My nursery tank is a 80 litre tank, bear bottom, with the top blacked out so that the brine shrimp go towards the bottom of the tank (towards the light) and dont cause bubbles in the baby seahorses head. It is running a little sponge filter so the babies dont get sucked up and i am changing up 8 litres a day at the moment. Have also got a few adult brine shrimp in there which seem to be eating all the food that sits on the bottom and dosent get eaten by the seahorses. All is going well so far, but i expect at the most a 10% survival rate, the hardest part is getting them past three weeks old, fins crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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