no suction

[Amber420]

my seahorses mouths don't work anymore! when they go to get the food they do the movement but there is no suction. Ever heard of this? anything I can do?

 

[Samala]

It commonly called 'weak snick'. Best bet for you is to post to the disease forums of seahorse.org or syngnathid.org. Post the age of the horses / or how long you've had them, whether they are CB or WC, what species, the size and filtration used on your tank and what you feed. All the water quality values you can think of will also help.

Best of luck. I really cannot remember if this tends to become something more serious. You can also try searching the disease forums of both those above websites with the phrase 'weak snick' to see what you can turn up.

>Sarah

 

[DanU]

I agree with Sarah. Weak snick can be caused by parasites or mechanical injury. Most commonly with parasites. A FW dip of 8 to 10 minutes will often get them eating the next day. That needs to be followed up with either a formalin prolonged bath or a 6 week hyposalinity treatment.

Getting your seahorses back to eating is critical!

Dan

 

[Amber420]

Thank you so much! I'll dip them now and research more.

 

[Samala]

Glad you stopped by Dan! Its wonderful to still have some experts here.

>Sarah