Is my seahorse pregnant?

[ChrisBuono]

He's only a few mobths old.

 

[hydroid]

Yup

 

[jallard]

yea

 

[LisaD]

surely, you mean you've only had him a few months? that doesn't look like a juvenile seahorse to me.

 

[ChrisBuono]

I only got them during the first week of November and they were barely sexable at that point.

 

[hydroid]

He looks sexually mature ... he's likely about 6 months old or so.

6 months is when they start becoming sexually mature ... but he certainly didn't waste any time. Handsome reidi by the way.

 

[seacraze]

Very prego - bueatiful horse!

 

[seacraze]

Very prego - beautiful horse

 

[filippo]

my brother currently has 5 seahorses and 1 of them looked just like yours. and yup, he's pregnant! he delivered this AM

see pics here:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1279950

when my bro find out he was pregnant we were told that his seahorse wasn't gonna deliver for at least one more month - what a lie!

my advice - be prepared!

 

[LisaD]

while gestation varies a bit, it usually takes just two weeks for a pregnant male to have babies.

 

[ChrisBuono]

Nothing yet, but he's still big.

 

[Rays]

Are you going to try and save the fry, if so what steps are you taking?

 

[ChrisBuono]

I think he's giving birth right now. I see no fry yet, but he's jerking around.

 

[hydroid]

Did he have them? You're on day 15. My reidi give birth on day 15 almost every time.

 

[ChrisBuono]

Yep. It was wild to watch. I think I got a bit of video. I'll try to post it later today.

 

[LisaD]

reidi can be tough to raise. some hobbyists have had success with kreisel systems and feeding marine rotifers and/or newly hatched BBS of the smallest type (SF, I think?) regular BBS is too large for reidi fry. if you aren't ready with nursery tanks and live food, they usually don't make it.

 

[ChrisBuono]

As of this morning I couldn't see any. In retrospect, I wish I would have at least moved them to my fuge to give them a fighting chance. I did feed baby brine shrimp (I think Instant Ocean makes it. It comes in a small jar.) Now that I've been through it once, I'll be better prepared next time.

 

[ChrisBuono]

Question... It's been nearly two weeks since the birth. Right afterward, the male's pouch looked floppy and deflated. Now, two weeks later, the same male's pouch looks all big and full again. Is this normal? Will his pouch be big forever? Could he be pregnant again? TIA

 

[ReefNutPA]

The male can accept eggs again within hours of giving birth, so yes...it's possible he's pregnant again.

Tom

 

[ChrisBuono]

Update: Yes he was preggers again. I woke up to babies this morning. I was able to collect about 20 and put them into my refugium.