I'm hoping I get the goodies I need from Liaquat before the babies come out, I am alsom getting a breeding net to put the baby seahorses and/or banggais in, although I am wary of putting the banggais in the net as they find so much food in the sump and they might also eat the baby seahorses.
HELP! - I'm A DAD
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Sorry for the bad pics.
Found ALL 6 bunched up together...1st time i've seen this!
Checked your photos and they are Tiger Tails, how many days between broods? I think it is about two weeks since the male gave birth last time, I think I might have to wait another week as two weeks sounds too close between broods.Did you keep any count on how long between broods.
gestation seems to be about 3-4 wks and about 2 wks later the preg again, need to get a register a log all activities. how yours doing?
Awesome, got any pics, especially on the raring tank, would really appreciate it.
nothing of the breading or fry tanks?
My fry tank is about 25-35lts with a 10x10cm overflow, get fresh water via a piece on air line from my DT and runs back to my DT sump, therefore getting a clean water all the time. bottom get vacuumed at least once a day.
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I struggled to find info on breeding comes, looked on seahorse.org, seahorse husbandry manual etc. Did you find anything Calvin, are they floaters for a while or do they settle to the substrate early?
I find the ones that swim down into the water tend to have better survival rates...
How many comes did you breed and over what period?
How many comes did you breed and over what period?
Hi Calvin
I'm going to do some searching for info on the
tisbe sp ,pseudocyclops sp or even tigriopus californicus ( however as a last result as with artemia)
Do you have any shortcuts, I'll be getting hold of some artemia which are good quality and likely to have a good hatch rate, I'm considering decapsulating but know how to make a system to separate the newly hatched artemia from the shells. Would you go with the artemia, can you remember if you used the artemia only or also used the other foods. Once I get them large enough I can supply them with collected live foods if they accept them. I feed the adults live shrimp, amphipods, mysids, isopods and copepods but it will be more of a challenge to find small enough live foods for the seahorse fry until they get larger.
I am also hoping to get scarlet cleaner and peppermint shrimp to provide an occasional supply of live foods (when they breed), but that will only provide a very short term and irregular change to the diet.
I'm going to do some searching for info on the
tisbe sp ,pseudocyclops sp or even tigriopus californicus ( however as a last result as with artemia)
Do you have any shortcuts, I'll be getting hold of some artemia which are good quality and likely to have a good hatch rate, I'm considering decapsulating but know how to make a system to separate the newly hatched artemia from the shells. Would you go with the artemia, can you remember if you used the artemia only or also used the other foods. Once I get them large enough I can supply them with collected live foods if they accept them. I feed the adults live shrimp, amphipods, mysids, isopods and copepods but it will be more of a challenge to find small enough live foods for the seahorse fry until they get larger.
I am also hoping to get scarlet cleaner and peppermint shrimp to provide an occasional supply of live foods (when they breed), but that will only provide a very short term and irregular change to the diet.
Sounds good, I am getting cyclopeeze and also am thinking of introducing a minute amount of chopped mysids after the first week or so as I have seen it mentioned several times in papers and on the internet that this may stimulate the gut in some way and help towards adapting/weaning the fry off newly hatched brine shrimp.
I remember Beta Glucen being mentioned at the first IMACSA. I will try and source some, did you find the fry could be converted easily/eventually onto dead foods as they got larger? Collecting live foods for adults can be done without too much difficulty but I think could be a challenge for the fry in the long term and as you are aware artemia are not ideal.
I remember Beta Glucen being mentioned at the first IMACSA. I will try and source some, did you find the fry could be converted easily/eventually onto dead foods as they got larger? Collecting live foods for adults can be done without too much difficulty but I think could be a challenge for the fry in the long term and as you are aware artemia are not ideal.
Hi Calvin
Any possibility of a shortcut on the cultures? Been looking but most of the stuff i am finding is scientifically orientated as in research. For the comes did you use BBS or rotifer as the first food? I've got my cyclopeeze, artemia eggs (90% hatch rate) and a breeding net for if I am successful in getting fry from the next batch. If you used rotifer as the first food I will have to try and source some and a greenwater culture.
Any possibility of a shortcut on the cultures? Been looking but most of the stuff i am finding is scientifically orientated as in research. For the comes did you use BBS or rotifer as the first food? I've got my cyclopeeze, artemia eggs (90% hatch rate) and a breeding net for if I am successful in getting fry from the next batch. If you used rotifer as the first food I will have to try and source some and a greenwater culture.
Hi lighty, do you still have seahorses?
Hi Steve
Unfortunately they all eventually passed on, mainly due to GBD, was REALLY sad.
Hows it going on your side?
Rgds
Justin (Not Calvin?)
Unfortunately they all eventually passed on, mainly due to GBD, was REALLY sad.
Hows it going on your side?
Rgds
Justin (Not Calvin?)
Hi Justin
Currently have two species of seahorses.
Dwarf seahorses that are breeding and Three spot seahorse youngsters that are too young presently to breed, but hopefully in the future.
The previous posts were aimed at Calvin who was also breeding seahorses and alligator pipefish at one stage. I can't remember why I posted them in your thread.
Currently have two species of seahorses.
Dwarf seahorses that are breeding and Three spot seahorse youngsters that are too young presently to breed, but hopefully in the future.
The previous posts were aimed at Calvin who was also breeding seahorses and alligator pipefish at one stage. I can't remember why I posted them in your thread.