Seahorse help

[parkpark]

I have had 2 Southern erectus since July 5th in quarantine. The male eats roughly 1/2 of what the female eats and not as active, lately he just lays on the bottom of the tank sometimes attached to something but often just laying there, is there anything I can do to save/revive him? He has definately been different from her from the beginning but I thought as long as he was eating something he would eventually pull out of his stupor...

 

[JennyL]

Could you please provide more information?
What are your water perameters? Temp,PH,ammonia,Nitrite,Nitrate.

What kind of setup do you have them in?
What tank mates?
Wild caught or Captive Bred?

Is the horse's respiration increased ?
Any signs of injury?

 

[Lightsluvr]

Pregnant?

Pregnant?

I agree with Jenny - check your water parameters very often...

Just one possibility. Is his pouch "swollen" ? He might be in a family way... my pregnant males often lounge around when they're carrying a load of fry...


LL

 

[parkpark]

here are pics I just took when I fed, of him "shuffling" around, he gets up long enough to move closer to the mysis then lays back down to snick whatevers in reach then moves on again, I guess his pouch does look swollen but just a little by that fin "down there" I really dont have much experiences with seahorses at all so that might be normal, sal 1.0245 0 am 0 nitrite <15 nitrate they are in a 26g bowfront bb no tankmates

 

[parkpark]

tried to get some closeups of his pouch

 

[parkpark]

bump

 

[pledosophy]

pH? Morning and evening readings preferably
alk?
How much flow?
How much water on the surface is being aggitated?

 

[parkpark]

not sure what Ph is with this test kit....., there is plenty flow, koralia 1 and HOB filter, I turn off the pump/filter when I feed today he didnt eat anything just lays there, he acts like his swim bladder isnt working, can only get upright when he is activly swimming

 

[pledosophy]

It is possible it there is a bacterial infection or parasite affecting the swim bladder. Before putting the seahorse through the stress of medication in would be best to make sure that is what is going on.

To help you, knowing your pH, temp, and alkalinity would help tremendously. Having enough flow does not mean you have a good pH or that your alk is where it needs to be. There is a direct correlation between pH, alk, and amount of CO2 in a tank. Having higher O2 levels is helpful, but most don't have O2 test kits, where alk and pH are pretty standard.

If you could answer the other questions it would help as well.

There is nothing from the picture that shows any build up of gas, but there could be a gas in pouch issue.