Stevenliu9
New member
Hi,
I got four tank born and raised erectus last October, they have grown from 3" to 4-5ish" today. Initially I thought all four of them were girls for birth control. Turned out, one of them began to develop a pouch about a month ago and recently the pouch began to expand as I suspect it is holding babies. The tank dynamic seems to have changed ever since the boy got "pregnant". The boy, along with another darker colored girl retained their appetite when fed. The other two higher color female however, seems to have fallen into a "depression". One would still occasionally come out for frozen PE mysis but I have not seen the other one eaten for over two weeks now. The strange thing is neither of them are getting any slimmer.
And to set the stage, the tank has been up and running with a lot of macro algae for a while and also have two peppermint shrimp that are constantly pregnant and releasing shrimp babies. The tank is also filled with pods that's visibly crawling all over the glass as well as swarming near the sandbed.
So my question is, have anyone experience your seahorse who's been eating happily to suddenly stop eating what you feed? And if they have stopped eating what you are feeding, do you suppose they are not eating simply because they have enough pods to chaw on?
Thanks!
I got four tank born and raised erectus last October, they have grown from 3" to 4-5ish" today. Initially I thought all four of them were girls for birth control. Turned out, one of them began to develop a pouch about a month ago and recently the pouch began to expand as I suspect it is holding babies. The tank dynamic seems to have changed ever since the boy got "pregnant". The boy, along with another darker colored girl retained their appetite when fed. The other two higher color female however, seems to have fallen into a "depression". One would still occasionally come out for frozen PE mysis but I have not seen the other one eaten for over two weeks now. The strange thing is neither of them are getting any slimmer.
And to set the stage, the tank has been up and running with a lot of macro algae for a while and also have two peppermint shrimp that are constantly pregnant and releasing shrimp babies. The tank is also filled with pods that's visibly crawling all over the glass as well as swarming near the sandbed.
So my question is, have anyone experience your seahorse who's been eating happily to suddenly stop eating what you feed? And if they have stopped eating what you are feeding, do you suppose they are not eating simply because they have enough pods to chaw on?
Thanks!
