How to get CHorses to eat Frozen mysis

[nanafish]

I need some help. Got 2 Great Atlantic Black Giants. They are eating fresh brine. Any ideas welcomed as to how I can get them to start eating frozen mysys. I even tried to add frozen as they were eating the fresh brine. They are currently in a tank with 2 Beghai cardinals and some B&W clowns. (I will add that the clowns are very well behaved.)

 

[crzy4reefs]

are these captive bred seahorses?

 

[nanafish]

Yes they are.

 

[rayjay]

Not much more you can do except persevere and keep mixing the mysis in with the brine at every feeding. It will eventually become an acquired taste for them.
I have the opposite problem with some of my seahorses not taking to live brine shrimp, juveniles or adults.
As for the clowns, as much as you may feel they are behaving, the seahorses may not perceive it to be so and could sometimes be stressed.
Also, if you have reef fish in the tank, that normally means warmer temperatures than is recommended for keeping seahorses.
Because of the history of severe bacterial problems with horses, temps are recommended to be below 74°F with many keeping them in the 68° to 70° range.
In any case it would be wise to have a selection of meds on hand that you can treat your horses with in a quarantine/hospital tank if/when something happens.

 

[mollymonticello]

Most seahorse keepers that I know quarantine their new seahorses in a bare bottom tank for at least a month or two. It's much easier to train them to eat frozen foods in a bare bottom tank.

 

[nanafish]

Thank You all for your pearls of wisdom. I shall take care and try to find new homes for the reef fish .