relased seahorse

[riki_lh]

Hello everybody

I have a friend who are a fisherman. As I'm planning to start a reeftank I told him to bring me some nice pieces when he take them (corals, snails.....).
Some days ago he brought me a seahorse.. (he usually let them for his daughter who sells them to turists as souvenir - dried out ones) and I wanted to turn it back because my tank isn't ready, but decided to save his live. I relased the seahorse back in sea and gave the little girl her money she should get from a tourist.

here are the photos of the place where I relased the seahorse, and a picture of him (or her).

I will now continue to get these seahorses from time to time and let them go...
But ones I would like to add one to my tank.

Here in Croatia can I get frozen plancton... will he eat that.. or what should I do?


:rollface:

 

[Animal Mother]

You should try to find a place to buy marine fish foods and get mysis shrimp, when you are ready.

 

[David123]

a very noble gesture.

Seahorses eat zooplankton, so depending on what size plankton you can get, this is the food they require.

Food in the sub 5mm size is about the go, this of course depends on the size of the seahorse, and age.

Most all seahorses require cooler temps than reefs, and about the max temp for tropicals is 24°c.

Hope all goes well for you.

 

[aquasena1]

Most wild caught seahorses will only eat live food and starve to death in aquariums. Unless you can find a constant source of live food [small shrimp, copepods, etc] they are best left in the ocean. You did right by that creature, I hope she [it's a female] thrives in that beautiful setting.

If your fisherman friend comes across a very pregnant male you might keep the male until it gives birth and then release him back into the ocean and try raising the babies. Captive raised seahorses can be trained to eat frozen food more easily.

 

[riki_lh]

Thank U all for your nice feedbacks :rollface:


Animal Mother
Those will not be problem to find. Mysis shrimp can be bought even down here.

David123
Thank for the temperature information... even here he in the mediterean he lives on 13'C... that could really be the biggest difficulty.

aquasena1
That is a really brave idea! My question is now, are seahorses compatible with reeflife or with other fishes? Would not this fishes eat the small creatures?



I hope to have occasion to use your advices

ciaooo!

 

[saltprincess]

just wanted to say that i was touched by how u saved that seahorse. u did the right thing in my opinion

 

[pledosophy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11831556#post11831556 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aquasena1
Most wild caught seahorses will only eat live food and starve to death in aquariums. Unless you can find a constant source of live food [small shrimp, copepods, etc] they are best left in the ocean. You did right by that creature, I hope she [it's a female] thrives in that beautiful setting.

If your fisherman friend comes across a very pregnant male you might keep the male until it gives birth and then release him back into the ocean and try raising the babies. Captive raised seahorses can be trained to eat frozen food more easily.

I would strongly urge you not to release any seahorse back into the wild after keeping it in your system. Different bacteria's different strains, it's a pretty bad idea.

There are a few scientist who do similar things, however you really have to take great care in these and it's better left to the pro's.

Releasing things back into ecosystems after being kept in captivity can actually crash the ecosystem. Not a good idea.

WC seahorses can be trained to frozen foods. They can be kept in aquariums. It just takes more care and preventative treatments IME. I've kept a WC reidi with me for 5.5 years. It's doable, training to frozen foods will save you a lot of money and time.

HTH

 

[riki_lh]

The seahorse was in my possession for few hours, and went never in my tank......

But U're right about what U wrote...

 

[rob1991]

thats a good thing to do, sea horses are awsome!

 

[Rays]

WC seahorses can be trained to frozen foods. They can be kept in aquariums. It just takes more care and preventative treatments IME. I've kept a WC reidi with me for 5.5 years. It's doable, training to frozen foods will save you a lot of money and time.

Absolutely true, we have over 20 WC (wild collected) northern erectus which we collected last Aug/Sep, all were eating frozen mysis within 24-48 hrs. All are still thriving and eating like pigs.
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