Baby reidi

[Luis A M]

These are H.reidi,42 days old.They are 3cm tall,about the size of H.zosterae which they resemble.
They are beginning to take adult bs.There are 235 of them,and I expect some logistic problems to house and feed all of them!
(posted also at the seahorses and pipefish forum)

 

[Kathy55g]

Holy cow! 235!

 

[Dman]

235? 235?
When are you going to stop goofing around and get serious, you're never gonna get far with an attitude like that.

All kidding aside, that's impressive. I trust there'll be documentation at some point?

 

[FuEl]

Wow Luis, now I'm inspired by you to try H. reidi as well. The only thing that is bothering me is the feeding of the adults. I know seahorses are a pain in the *** to wean onto frozens.

 

[ediaz]

Los caballitos son criados mejor por latinos ya veo

felicitaciones Luis

They are horses Kathy not cows...

 

[Kathy55g]

LOL, finally, a joke I can appreciate!

 

[Luis A M]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8036439#post8036439 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kathy55g
LOL, finally, a joke I can appreciate!

So cows are somehow related to milk jugs?
Thank you all for the kind congrats I didn´t do anything special,other than using Ed black round tanks.It was just a blow of sheer good luck
Luck I did not find in past attempts.Baby reidi didn´t feed,and when they did,they got sick and died most of the times.

 

[Kathy55g]

LOL,

felicitaciones Luis on bringing it back around to a joke Edgar can appreciate.

 

[Luis A M]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8036931#post8036931 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kathy55g
LOL,

felicitaciones Luis on bringing it back around to a joke Edgar can appreciate.

Congrats to you for appreciating Latin humor (slightly twisted and not funny for WASP standards)

 

[ediaz]

How much they sell for there Luis?

 

[Luis A M]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8037152#post8037152 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ediaz
How much they sell for there Luis?

No way to tell.They were very cheap when they were imported from Brazil.Now that they are CITES app.II,captive raised fish can find a better price.

 

[David M]

Luis, did they take rotifers as first food or straight to bbs? I have had newborn reidi go both ways but never had this kind of success, I'm very impressed

 

[David M]

This is one of my favorite pics, 1200 fry with dad

 

[Kathy55g]

I think its only 1194. You are always exagerating, David!

Very very nice.

 

[Luis A M]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8038943#post8038943 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by David M
Luis, did they take rotifers as first food or straight to bbs? I have had newborn reidi go both ways but never had this kind of success, I'm very impressed

I´m impressed too!(with the ponies).I put rots,greenwater and even some (very few)pod nauplii along with bs the first day.But I believe they just took bbs,and not the rots.
Again,I guess I was lucky.reidi is considered hard to raise.Got the right conditions,or the right horses.

 

[David M]

It has always been my belief that rotifers just don't move enough to elicit a feeding response in seahorses. The brine shrimp gets them excited but the rots just float by. Of the (few) people I know who have managed to raise reidi most say they did it with bbs.

 

[jake levi]

Very impressive Luis, and a great photo,

please keep us updated, my few attempts with them years ago were very discouraging. I saw some captive bred at Tropicorium a few weeks ago happily eating frozen mysis. Things are looking up with them .

 

[Luis A M]

Update:
Ponies are now three months old,and growing steadily.Larger reached 5cm (2")tall,while the smaller (few)are 3.5cm.Now 8 of them are yellow,the rest remain black.Still a herd of 234.
They are now taking whole frozen mysis well,they consume a 1"square in few minutes.They still take bbs.I´m glad I have frozen mysis,as my adult bs culture is in bad shape.I couldn´t have raised them all without it!

 

[spawner]

Wow Luis, what could you do with some copepods? 500, 1000?

 

[Luis A M]

Different colours: