New Baby Reidi seahorses
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Just wanted to show off one of my babies. They are 5 days old, and I have about 50-75, doing well. I pulled this guy out into a shot glass for a picture cause he was almost all white/clear/gray where the others are mostly black. They are tooooo cute
nice job!
think you could post some details? feeding schedule, etc.
AnayaReef
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Hello all,
I have them in a Kreisel (Yes, Peka, the Kreisel was from Ruth as my Seahorse gave birth the morning I picked him up!) with live rock, chaeto and a small power filter. No heater at this point, stays at 72 degrees. Partial water change (about a gallon or so) every day and a half at this point (basically the water in their bowl), along with siphoning the bottom of the kreseil daily. I feed them rotifers several times a day. I give them a turkey baster full straight from the culture (green water and all).
I had an initial die-off of around 20 babies and maybe 5 more throughout the last few days. I'm kinda winging it at this point. I don't have a rotifer seive, so they are getting everything from the culture. Placing an order today for a set of seives. I will be hatching them some BBS starting this week as I beleive they are big enough to handle it at this point. Pretty big little babies, averaging around 1 cm. I did not cull any at this point. I have not seen anyone that sticks out as needing culled at this point. Perhaps once they stop spinning in the kreisel I can take a better look.
I have been doing lights off at night only because I am out of plugs in the fishroom. I need to pull another power strip down there and then I can give them light 24/7. I need the power strip setup to hatch my BBS anyway. At this point they get light from 6:30 in the morning until about 11pm at night, from the other tanks in the fishroom.
I have 2 rotifer cultures going, one I just started and one was established from Ruth. Will be setting up a few more as I may be expectin more babies soon...also setting up a copepod culture too. Just getting organized for raising babies as you can tell.
I am also planning on building an in-tank Kresiel for my display tank as this will keep future babies fully filtered with skimmer and all and I can see them easier as they will be at eye level.
I have to admit it is captivating watching these little guys...scratching their heads with their tails...frolicking around...and even seem to 'buck' like a real foal when others get to close
Yes, Sammy, I will likely sell any babies I raise to maturity. I will probably keep a couple for breeding with traits I find interesting.
And these babies are from the pair Ruth (TiaBabyGirl2) uses in her Avatar (Peka, these came from you), my dream poines. Very excited to see these babies at maturity. I am in love with the parents. They are so sweet.
More to come...
I'll post my own pics of the parents when I'm at home. Picasa and Facebook are both blocked at my office, lol.
I have them in a Kreisel (Yes, Peka, the Kreisel was from Ruth as my Seahorse gave birth the morning I picked him up!) with live rock, chaeto and a small power filter. No heater at this point, stays at 72 degrees. Partial water change (about a gallon or so) every day and a half at this point (basically the water in their bowl), along with siphoning the bottom of the kreseil daily. I feed them rotifers several times a day. I give them a turkey baster full straight from the culture (green water and all).
I had an initial die-off of around 20 babies and maybe 5 more throughout the last few days. I'm kinda winging it at this point. I don't have a rotifer seive, so they are getting everything from the culture. Placing an order today for a set of seives. I will be hatching them some BBS starting this week as I beleive they are big enough to handle it at this point. Pretty big little babies, averaging around 1 cm. I did not cull any at this point. I have not seen anyone that sticks out as needing culled at this point. Perhaps once they stop spinning in the kreisel I can take a better look.
I have been doing lights off at night only because I am out of plugs in the fishroom. I need to pull another power strip down there and then I can give them light 24/7. I need the power strip setup to hatch my BBS anyway. At this point they get light from 6:30 in the morning until about 11pm at night, from the other tanks in the fishroom.
I have 2 rotifer cultures going, one I just started and one was established from Ruth. Will be setting up a few more as I may be expectin more babies soon...also setting up a copepod culture too. Just getting organized for raising babies as you can tell.
I am also planning on building an in-tank Kresiel for my display tank as this will keep future babies fully filtered with skimmer and all and I can see them easier as they will be at eye level.
I have to admit it is captivating watching these little guys...scratching their heads with their tails...frolicking around...and even seem to 'buck' like a real foal when others get to close
Yes, Sammy, I will likely sell any babies I raise to maturity. I will probably keep a couple for breeding with traits I find interesting.
And these babies are from the pair Ruth (TiaBabyGirl2) uses in her Avatar (Peka, these came from you), my dream poines. Very excited to see these babies at maturity. I am in love with the parents. They are so sweet.
More to come...
I'll post my own pics of the parents when I'm at home. Picasa and Facebook are both blocked at my office, lol.
Don't get discouraged. reidi are one of the hardest seahorses to raise. I would start giving them brine now and not wait. Continue with the rots but add some brine in. I would not recommend taking directly from the rot culture (water and all) but I understand why you are doing it. I would also not recommend the live rock and cheato due to the possibility of hydroids. Your best chance of survial is to keep the tank clean and lots of water changes. The intake kreisel is a nice idea but you will have the hydroid problem in your DT if you do that. Just a couple of suggestions.......good luck!
AnayaReef
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Thanks Beth. I am starting my bbs tonight, so they will have it shortly, thanks for confirming they need it now.
I will watch for the hydroids and keep an eye on it. At this point it would be too late as the LR and chaeto have been in there since day one. I'll do a serious once-over on the tank and see what I can see in there.
Thanks and I'll keep this thread updated
I will watch for the hydroids and keep an eye on it. At this point it would be too late as the LR and chaeto have been in there since day one. I'll do a serious once-over on the tank and see what I can see in there.
Thanks and I'll keep this thread updated
tiababygirl2
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Well, the baby looks awesome ...Your doing great ,but keep feeding them the rotifers for the 14 days , the green water will not hurt them ,as long as you keep up with the water changes.infact its works better ,thats why you still have so many babies left,then start with the BS /rotifers combo.... you'll see more die off when there given BS..
you'll do find ,I started with 1 day old babies also.and now your breeding them !!!
Ruth
Peka/beth..yes i did give her the kresiel,last we spoke you didn't want it back or any money.plus you haven't contacted me when you heard i was getting out,i did try to call you also.. sorry..
you'll do find ,I started with 1 day old babies also.and now your breeding them !!!
Ruth
Peka/beth..yes i did give her the kresiel,last we spoke you didn't want it back or any money.plus you haven't contacted me when you heard i was getting out,i did try to call you also.. sorry..
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Ruth, I didn't want it it back. I just wanted to make sure she was prepared with a kresiel that's why I asked the question. I didn't realize that I was supposed to call you, I don't remember a message from you but honestly, I have been so busy that I may have missed it. I'm sorry to hear you are getting out. I hope you are enjoying your free time, you deserve it!
SaylorsReef
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You are not too far from me. I am also raising fry. Let me know if you need anything. I have all kinds of extra stuff, including some meds on hand if you should need anything.
Good luck with the babies!
Good luck with the babies!
SaylorsReef
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Sent you a PM.
tiababygirl2
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Thats great ..someone close to help and then to share each other experiences.. kinda like what Peka and I did..Hope it works out !
I'm available when ever need me . of course calling me is the best..
I'm available when ever need me . of course calling me is the best..
AnayaReef
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Thanks Ruth, I medicated them tonight for the scratching. Unfortunately I came home to find quite a few that appear to be dead 
So I will see how many make it to tomorrow.
Looking forward to having some close by folks Saylor and Dana are both very close. It will be nice for sure!
So I will see how many make it to tomorrow.Looking forward to having some close by folks Saylor and Dana are both very close. It will be nice for sure!
SaylorsReef
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Fry are tough! Reidi are really hard. Hang in there you'll get it right. Sometimes it takes a few times before you get it right. Each time you learn more and more.
