Hey anyone know a good place to get SH

[gtstylez87]

I had a pair of female erectus and one caught IGD. I did my best to save her but she still ended up dying. Now my other female her sister is in my tank alone and i need a companion for her because she is depressed. she doesn't eat as much as she use to and it getting skinny. does anyone know where i can get a tank raised SH for a reasonable price(under $50), and does anyone know of a good place near Ft lauderdale, florida? I dont like to buy fish online because i like to see and inspect if before a buy it. I can get a WC one for $20 from a local diver i know, but i dont want to have to got through the whole deworming protocol for the next 3 weeks.

- Thanks
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i couldn't figure how to got one picture out of the album but here enjoy. in picture the one that died is the yellowish one the living is the purpleish one

 

[timinnl]

It is 9 weeks for the deworming protocol. You can try hanging a mirror on the outside of the tank for her.

 

[rayjay]

It is also not recommended to mix seahorses that come from different breeding sources so it would be best if you replace it with one from the same source as the dead one.
It would have been better to get a true captive bred seahorse as what are known as tank raised, are normally grown in large containers, many of them round cement tanks, but the water used is ocean water that has been insufficiently treated and filtered to remove pathogens from that water.
True captive bred would be raised in commercial salt mix water, or in ocean water that is properly filtered and treated for pathogens.
If the remaining seahorse is getting skinny then I would suggest you buy some live adult brine shrimp from an LFS or from livebrineshrimp.com and enrich them with Dan's Food with/without Beta Glucan (seahorsesource.com) before feeding them to the seahorse.
Feeding like this once or twice a week is extremely helpful to boost seahorse health, especially if they are not too partial to the frozen foods.

 

[gtstylez87]

sorry i meant captive bred. she like pe mysis and is afraid of live brine. its the funniest thing one time i put some in and she swims away from them. also i think this is the right protocol.


FENBENDAZOLE (liquid) Dosage and Preparation Instructions for Deworming
Active Ingredient: 10% Fenbendazole
Indication: worms and other internal parasites
Brand Names: Panacur, Safe-Guard
One day each week, feed two meals of adult brine shrimp gut-loaded with Fenbendazole to the Seahorse. Repeat for a total of 3 weeks.
"¢ Add ~250mg (2ml or ~1/2 tsp) of the Fenbendazole mixture to one gallon (~4 liters) of water and mix thoroughly.
"¢ Place the amount of adult brine shrimp needed for one feeding into the mixture. Leave them in the mixture for at least 2hrs.
"¢ Remove the adult brine shrimp from the mixture and add them to the quarantine tank.
"¢ Observe the Seahorse to be certain it is eating the adult brine shrimp.

METRONIDAZOLE Dosage and Preparation Instructions for Deworming
Active Ingredient: Metronidalzole
Indication: flagellates and other internal parasites
Brand Names: Metro+, Metro-Pro, Metronidazole, Metro-MS, Flagyl
One day each week, feed two meals of adult brine shrimp gut-loaded with Metronidazole to the Seahorse. Repeat for a total of 3 weeks.
"¢ If using tablets, crush one tablet into a fine powder. If using powder, dose 1/4tsp.
"¢ Add the Metronidazole to one gallon (~4 liters) of water and mix thoroughly.
"¢ Place the amount of adult brine shrimp needed for one feeding into the mixture. Leave them in the mixture for at least 2hrs.
"¢ Remove the adult brine shrimp from the mixture and add them to the quarantine tank.
"¢ Observe the Seahorse to be certain it is eating the adult brine shrimp.

PRAZIQUANTEL Dosage and Preparation Instructions for Deworming
Active Ingredient: Praziquantel
Indication: worms and other internal parasites
Brand Names: PraziPro, Praz-Tastic, Praziquantel
One day each week, feed two meals of adult brine shrimp gut-loaded with Praziquantel to the Seahorse. Repeat for a total of 3 weeks.
"¢ Add 10ml (~2tsp) of Praziquantel to one gallon (~4 liters) of water and mix thoroughly.
"¢ Place the amount of adult brine shrimp needed for one feeding into the mixture. Leave them in the mixture for at least 2hrs.
"¢ Remove the adult brine shrimp from the mixture and add them to the quarantine tank.
"¢ Observe the Seahorse to be certain it is eating the adult brine shrimp.

 

[rayjay]

If they won't touch live adult brine shrimp, (not NHBS or very young juvies) then try live mysid shrimp.
If you can't get those, try small ghost shrimp or cherry shrimp as they will live a little bit in salt water.