Raising seahorse fry!

[vlangel]

I probably should have posted sooner as my fry are now 23 days old but I honestly didn't expect to still be in the game by now. My male seahorse delivered 34 fry on Oct 29th. I knew they were coming so I had a half gallon kreisel style nursery ready for them. I also had another aquarist lined up to take some. He took 12, which left me 22. Amazingly, in spite of a lot of mistakes I still have 17 or 18. They are a tremendous amount of work.

 

[vlangel]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Glz5YvBCzU

 

[tannersmith2000]

I can't see them in the video provided.

 

[vlangel]

Since the video would not work, here is a picture of the baby seahorses a few weeks ago. They are bigger now.

 

[kizanne]

awesome! Your DT is beautiful too. I'm having trouble with my phytoplankton and I'm working on my rotifers now in hopes of babies later (of course not seahorse babies).

They are absolutely gorgeous.

 

[vlangel]

awesome! Your DT is beautiful too. I'm having trouble with my phytoplankton and I'm working on my rotifers now in hopes of babies later (of course not seahorse babies).

They are absolutely gorgeous.

Thank you for the kind words. Are you raising clownfish fry? I found keeping a rotifer culture going a challenge. I raised 7 or 8 tomato clownfish about 6 years ago, (I still have one of them). I was very relieved when they could eat newly hatched baby brine, and then ground flake food.

 

[kizanne]

I'm actually in hopes of mandarin babies.

I have a pair of mandarins, a pair of pink skunk clowns, some bangaai (hopefully a pair but time will tell), some sharknose gobies, and 2 tangs but I'm pretty sure they aren't a pair. I also have some peppermint shrimp who are occasionally releasing babies. My tank is new so I have no spawning yet (except the peppermints and a mystery spawn (not fish). I am working on fattening up the mandarins, the boy is interested but she isn't yet. The skunks need more time I think to mature the rest only time will tell.

 

[vlangel]

I'm actually in hopes of mandarin babies.

I have a pair of mandarins, a pair of pink skunk clowns, some bangaai (hopefully a pair but time will tell), some sharknose gobies, and 2 tangs but I'm pretty sure they aren't a pair. I also have some peppermint shrimp who are occasionally releasing babies. My tank is new so I have no spawning yet (except the peppermints and a mystery spawn (not fish). I am working on fattening up the mandarins, the boy is interested but she isn't yet. The skunks need more time I think to mature the rest only time will tell.

Well, I hope you have good luck with some sort of babies when the time is right!