Mantis & Seahorse
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CoMMaNdeR
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Thank you,
I was not sure about it but thought that this will be the answer.
Another think guys, I have a 30g reef tank, about 4 months old, only with some leather.sp and zoanthid species and a 10g sump/refugium setup. I am still not sure what I am going to keep in it, but my choices are cuttlefish or seahorse.
I found 2 hippocampus reidi brilliant yellow, and I was going to buy them. They are tank raised and the LFS told me that they eat frozen mysis.
What is your opinion or suggestion guys?
I was not sure about it but thought that this will be the answer.
Another think guys, I have a 30g reef tank, about 4 months old, only with some leather.sp and zoanthid species and a 10g sump/refugium setup. I am still not sure what I am going to keep in it, but my choices are cuttlefish or seahorse.
I found 2 hippocampus reidi brilliant yellow, and I was going to buy them. They are tank raised and the LFS told me that they eat frozen mysis.
What is your opinion or suggestion guys?
ann83
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The other thing is that the "tank raised" reidi seahorses are typically coming out of Asia where they are raised in net pens in the ocean, and are therefore exposed to the same sorts of problems (sometimes more) than wild caught. I would ask your LFS where they got them/who the breeder is. Last I checked, ORA wasn't even raising their reidi in-house and was importing them, so reidi is one of the species that I would especially recommend knowing exactly where they come from. Usually only possible by getting them from a private breeder or ordering directly from a reputable breeder like www.seahorsesource.com
CoMMaNdeR
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Thank you guys.
They are raised by this farm or LFS, based in Holland... http://www.dejongmarinelife.nl/
They are raised by this farm or LFS, based in Holland... http://www.dejongmarinelife.nl/
ann83
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Oh, duh, I ought to look at someone's location before I talk about sourcing species 
I took a look at the site, and it looks like a wholesaler operation, not an aquaculturing facility. Are you sure they raise the seahorses themselves, and don't import them like they do the other fish species they provide?
I took a look at the site, and it looks like a wholesaler operation, not an aquaculturing facility. Are you sure they raise the seahorses themselves, and don't import them like they do the other fish species they provide?
CoMMaNdeR
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To be honest I do not know if they have an aquaculturing facility or not, but when I asked them if their seahorses eat frozen food they assured me that they feed them frozen mysis.
I am going to try 2 reidi brilliant yellow, male & female and then I see along. Never kept seahorses, but in reef aquaria I have expeiance.
In their stocklist they have two different of yellow reidi,
- Hippocampus reidi yellow
- Hippocampus reidi brilliant yellow
What is the difference guys? The brilliant yellow is half price of the other yellow. I do not know why, maybe differenmt sizes or what?
I am going to try 2 reidi brilliant yellow, male & female and then I see along. Never kept seahorses, but in reef aquaria I have expeiance.
In their stocklist they have two different of yellow reidi,
- Hippocampus reidi yellow
- Hippocampus reidi brilliant yellow
What is the difference guys? The brilliant yellow is half price of the other yellow. I do not know why, maybe differenmt sizes or what?
ann83
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No. They are just pricing based on color, which is silly, since seahorses can and do change color at will. Don't buy based on color.
As for eating frozen mysis, thats not what I'm worried about. If they're imported from the net pens in Asia, they'll have parasites, cilliates, and possibly really nasty bacterial isues that are expensive, if not impossible, to treat.
As for eating frozen mysis, thats not what I'm worried about. If they're imported from the net pens in Asia, they'll have parasites, cilliates, and possibly really nasty bacterial isues that are expensive, if not impossible, to treat.
ann83
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Depends. Sometimes nothing. But symptoms could be any of the following:
*disinterest in food
*trying to eat but "missing" the food
*inability to get the food down/spitting out food
*"coughing"/flexing of the trigger
*itching/twitching
*not putting on weight even if they are eating
*white, stringy feces
*heavy breathing
*lesions, lumps, granulomas, white spots, bubbles, and other external manifestations of parasitic or bacterial infection
*whitening of the tail, whitening of the snout, erosion of the tail and/or snout
*erosion and/or fraying of the fins
*lethargy
*buoyancy issues (either sinking or floating)
*webbing of the skin/on the skin
*death, could be sudden and without warning
But, of course, some of these things could manifest later down the road. What I'd look for in the seahorses when you purchase them is having good size to them, no smaller than 3 inches, broad chests, filled out abdomens (space between body rings should not be concave), and high activity level, especially when feeding.
*disinterest in food
*trying to eat but "missing" the food
*inability to get the food down/spitting out food
*"coughing"/flexing of the trigger
*itching/twitching
*not putting on weight even if they are eating
*white, stringy feces
*heavy breathing
*lesions, lumps, granulomas, white spots, bubbles, and other external manifestations of parasitic or bacterial infection
*whitening of the tail, whitening of the snout, erosion of the tail and/or snout
*erosion and/or fraying of the fins
*lethargy
*buoyancy issues (either sinking or floating)
*webbing of the skin/on the skin
*death, could be sudden and without warning
But, of course, some of these things could manifest later down the road. What I'd look for in the seahorses when you purchase them is having good size to them, no smaller than 3 inches, broad chests, filled out abdomens (space between body rings should not be concave), and high activity level, especially when feeding.
