h. kellogi??

divewsharks

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I picked up a pair of these about a month ago from one of my LFS's. He told me that they were captive bred h. kellogi, they are each about 4-5" long. I'm looking for confirmation that they are indeed kellogi. They are eating mysis but only barely.

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Looks like it to me. And it sounds like them too, they tend to be a lot more fragile than most other species. I don't know how much reading you have done, but they are usually raised in pens in asia and then called captive raised. This results in seahorses that seem more like wild caught, because that is basically what they are. I have two in with my other seahorses and they seem to like mysis, but if yours arent going for it, I would just start experimenting with whatever is available locally. They probably will get used to the mysis eventually, but you dont want them to starve first. Live brine might be OK short term because they will probably go for it, but long term you will need something more healthy.
 
thanks for the info. I couldn't find alot on them. I kind of bought them on an impulse as the LFS told me that they were CB and eating mysis in his tanks.
I have been wanting either a pair of Erectus or Reidi from seahorseresource; but they didn't have any available a few months back.

I lost one of the kellogi, just wouldn't eat anything.
 
You need to treat them like a WC one & deworm then. Double check again with the store. But I think they are tank raised. What is the temp , tank size & tankmates you have them in with?
 
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