OK, before you laugh me off the board, I am an experienced seahorse keeper, and have even raised a batch or two of babies, however, I've never run across this before.
My male erectus no longer has the "square" shape to his tail, with the prominent bumps. In all actuality, it appears the bumps are being surrounded by fat.
His tail has gone completely round. If you didn't know better, you would swear there was an earthworm in the tank, wrapped around his favorite hitch. I tried my best to take pics, but failed miserably.
There are no obvious signs of trauma with his tail. He is using it perfectly. No marks, no apparent pain of any kind. It bends every direction and he flirts with the girls continually. He is eating like a pig, as always, which leads me to believe it is fat. I feed cubed frozen mysis 1 time daily, usually skipping at least 1 day and sometimes 2 in a week. At least 1 day per week I feed frozen brine shrimp.
The tank is a 75g with "natural" aquascaping....live rock, some corals, caulerpa's and algaes. There are pods, but not an overabundance. There are 3 other seahorses in the tank with him. All are healthy and full, but their tails are normal. I've never run across this before. Anyone have any knowledge of why this may be happening? I don't think it's a bad thing, just odd.....
My male erectus no longer has the "square" shape to his tail, with the prominent bumps. In all actuality, it appears the bumps are being surrounded by fat.
His tail has gone completely round. If you didn't know better, you would swear there was an earthworm in the tank, wrapped around his favorite hitch. I tried my best to take pics, but failed miserably.
There are no obvious signs of trauma with his tail. He is using it perfectly. No marks, no apparent pain of any kind. It bends every direction and he flirts with the girls continually. He is eating like a pig, as always, which leads me to believe it is fat. I feed cubed frozen mysis 1 time daily, usually skipping at least 1 day and sometimes 2 in a week. At least 1 day per week I feed frozen brine shrimp.
The tank is a 75g with "natural" aquascaping....live rock, some corals, caulerpa's and algaes. There are pods, but not an overabundance. There are 3 other seahorses in the tank with him. All are healthy and full, but their tails are normal. I've never run across this before. Anyone have any knowledge of why this may be happening? I don't think it's a bad thing, just odd.....
