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[alprazo]

I caught this little guy/gal yesterday in the Delaware Bay. What species is it and is it possible to keep it alive. Started a brine culture already but any info would be helpful. In the 36 years I've been fishing the bay,it is the only one I've ever seen. I usually catch weird stuff during / after a hurricane and this weekend's storm brought this one in.

 

[nutbar29]

Looks like a lined seahorse (hippocampus Erectus)


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[nutbar29]

It is possible to keep but has to start eating asap you can try live brine and copepods. Looks to be 1 months old maybe 2.


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[DanU]

Agree with H. erectus. They are native to Delaware Bay. Even found further north.

Dan

 

[alprazo]

Thx. Everyone. It is taking live brine. Even ate a dead one I think.

 

[nutbar29]

That's great in a couple of weeks you can try frozen mysis shrimp they have some big mysis shrimp and small I would get the small one cuz he is still small


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[nutbar29]

this is a picture of the small kind


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[lifeoffaith]

Keep the temps down in the tank to avoid bacterial infections, FYI. Temps should stay 72 or lower preferably.

 

[alprazo]

Wow, it came out of 82 F degree water. I have a small chiller. Should I really cool the temp down., It's 76 f right now.

 

[nutbar29]

I keep mine at 70-72


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[vlangel]

Wow, it came out of 82 F degree water. I have a small chiller. Should I really cool the temp down., It's 76 f right now.

Its not the heat in the water that they don't do well in, its the fact that our aquariums breed a lot more bacteria than the ocean. Seahorses are very vulnerable to bacteria infections. Keeping the water at 74 or below helps control the bad bacterias and most keepers who have long term success keep their tanks 70-74°.

 

[alprazo]

Does UV or ozone have a roll in keeping bacteria counts down?

 

[rayjay]

Can't answer for ozone, but with UV, to kill it has to have the bacteria pass through the UV filter so it can help with pelagic pathogens, but doesn't help much with benthic which for the most part are NOT going to pass through the UV.

 

[alprazo]

Ozone works the same way. Thx for info. Unfortunately it died. Ste well last night and dead this AM. Not sure what happened. There was also a very very small 3/8 inch naked goby in the tank that is doing fine.

 

[nutbar29]

Sorry to hear that he died


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