CAPTIVE BRED Seahorses

hi

waiting for sa permits (already 4 weeks overdue!!!!!)

i dont understand the delay
 
Moolis said:
hi

waiting for sa permits (already 4 weeks overdue!!!!!)

i dont understand the delay
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Moolis - I send you a PM, lets meet up and talk a certain department is not playing ball and without guys like you supporting the battle we might as well look forward to keeping wild caught diseased Sea-horses from now onwards.
 
Dwarf sea horses will be your best bet but the are very tricky and require live foods as they don't accept frozen foods like our other sea horses.. Rather start off with a bigger tank with a easier species
 
You are going to struggle to keep the temperature down to a suitable temp with such a small tank.
They prefer a cooler temperature below 24, above this they become more prone to parasites.
 
Have to agree with the posts above - the only seahorse that will live in a 10L tank is a dwarf seahorse, they are incredibly difficult to get in South Africa (I can write a book as to why) and even then you can not keep more than 4 at the max.

They will not except frozen food and because of the high oxygen usage and spiking water level quality caused by live Brine shrimp used as food you have your hands full. Water movement is a big problem and although they are amazing they are by far the least active Seahorse in the world.

Having said the guys I do have breed well during the summer month and on the odd occasion some become available.

I am going to suggest that you follow the recommended rule, start with a large tank, nice filtration and very few Seahorses (1 or 2), probably the easiest way to overcome the learning curve and safe yourself a stack load of money.

I will see if I can upload some photo's of the dwarfs during the morning
 
Sea-Horse said:
Have to agree with the posts above - the only seahorse that will live in a 10L tank is a dwarf seahorse, they are incredibly difficult to get in South Africa (I can write a book as to why) and even then you can not keep more than 4 at the max.

They will not except frozen food and because of the high oxygen usage and spiking water level quality caused by live Brine shrimp used as food you have your hands full. Water movement is a big problem and although they are amazing they are by far the least active Seahorse in the world.

Having said the guys I do have breed well during the summer month and on the odd occasion some become available.

I am going to suggest that you follow the recommended rule, start with a large tank, nice filtration and very few Seahorses (1 or 2), probably the easiest way to overcome the learning curve and safe yourself a stack load of money.

I will see if I can upload some photo's of the dwarfs during the morning
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Sorry to bump an old thread!
@Sea-Horse Only 4 at the max? You can keep hundreds of dwarf seahorses together safely. Large numbers of dwarves is the norm rather than something like 4. I've kept hundreds of Erectus fry in very small tanks and fed live brine 5 times a day.

As far as the brine causing poor water quality...the brine does need to be removed after feeding. This is easily done through some sort of net or filter sock, cleaned after all is collected after each feeding.
 
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Order and prices

Hi I would like some seahorses did you get a few extra? Are you able to send them down to Cape Town? Please can you send me a price list...

Thanks you
Regards Nick
 
I am in the process of buying back some stock from a breeder, PM me so I can let you know as I don't expect to get more than 10 from him.
 
Hi I'm interested and would like to buy two pls let me knw And what the price is for it
 
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