Failed Spawning maybe?

[RichConley]

I just found these in my seahorse tank, theyre definitely eggs, and theyre orangish with a red dot on them. THeres a hermit in the picture for purposes of scale.

Could this be a horse mating that didnt work?

 

[TamiW]

Yup. Or a female that decided to drop eggs if the male wasn't ready. I've seen it a few times.

 

[ReefNutPA]

Yep... looks like dropped eggs to me. On a good note though Rich, it doesn't look like there is enough on the substrate to be the whole batch of eggs. When my horses missed the transfer, there was a HUGE glob of eggs. It's quite possible some/most of the eggs did transfer successfully and only some were dropped.

That's happened to my Kuda pair a few times, the male pulled away before the female was finished depositing the eggs and there was a string of eggs hanging from his pouch which dropped off onto the substrate. He still delivered a brood of about 50 fry three weeks later. Keep an eye on the male....only time will tell. Best of luck!

Tom

 

[RichConley]

There were a couple eggs in another spot in the tank, not a lot though, and I have a couple of peppermint shrimp in there, so they could have eaten, but i'll definitely keep an eye on them.

 

[RichConley]

One male looks knocked up today. His pouch is completely obvious today.

Should it be a concern that he is an erectus and she is a reidi? What kind of mutant mongrels will this produce?

 

[TamiW]

Probably oceanrider Sunfires. There is a lot of speculation that is what they are.

 

[RichConley]

I was hoping for frankenhorses.... instead I get LEs (Limited Editions). SWEET.

 

[hydroid]

Erectus fry hitch at birth and Reidi don't hitch for about 5 weeks. It will be interesting to see what your fry do.