mitsukuni Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 My wife went to feed the 'horses this morn, when all of a sudden she started calling me to come quick! Little tiny, fully formed seahorses were swimming around the tank, and the proud papa was letting them out of his pouch as we watched... we carefully herded them into two small plastic livebearer breeding traps, floating at the top, and I've been giving them frozen baby brine shrimp every little while since then. Way cool! I still love my fw tanks, but I have to admit, marine aquariums are way cool. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaddict Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) My wife went to feed the 'horses this morn, when all of a sudden she started calling me to come quick! Little tiny, fully formed seahorses were swimming around the tank, and the proud papa was letting them out of his pouch as we watched... we carefully herded them into two small plastic livebearer breeding traps, floating at the top, and I've been giving them frozen baby brine shrimp every little while since then.Way cool! I still love my fw tanks, but I have to admit, marine aquariums are way cool. Phil Congrats... yehawww are you going to raise them?? Edited February 16, 2008 by finaddict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbemis Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Congrats on the new babies. Way cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbithall Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 WAY too cool! Seahorses are just about my favourite water-critter! I'm so jealous! I think they've gotta be one of the first projects when we're ready to get into sw. Congratulations!! :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureNut Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Way cool! I'll be living this vicariously through you. Keep us posted on how things go! As soon as my tank limit is lifted I'd like to go for a seahorse tank. What will you do with all the babies? Is there a market for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Wow congrats on the babies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharuq1 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 wow that is awesome! If the babies grow up stick me on your list so I can buy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pier Pressure Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 That is so very wicked. Sea horses are my favorite creatures. If you do raise them put me on the list for a pair as well! What kind are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsukuni Posted February 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Thanks for the support - we've been reading a bit today, and apparently baby seahorses are very hard to raise - the bbs aren't going to give them enough nutrition - we need a fine algae - Wifey's gonna get some advice from Albert tomorrow on what to do next... We weren't ready for this one... :shock: Let's not start taking orders yet... They'll live off their yolk sacs for the first 24 or so, after that its up to us... I got a few pics of the breeding trap, I'll throw em on here in a bit. BTW, they're black seahorses, whose latin name escapes me at the moment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsukuni Posted February 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) Here are a couple of shots of the babies, macro: Its funny: they're fully formed, perfect imitations of the adults, except that they're teeny tiny. If you're familiar with a livebearer breeding trap, then you can get a good idea by comparing the size of the bottom slots with the little ponies. So far this morn there are still many swimming. Hopefully we'll find some kind of food source for them today. Here are the happy parents: Edited February 17, 2008 by mitsukuni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharuq1 Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 totally adorable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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