What A Cutie!

[luvabunny]

A month ago, I posted about a batch of seahorse babies which included 2 with 2 heads.

Well, I wanted to share a photo of the 1 remaining baby from this batch. He is celebrating his 1 month birthday today, and guess what?! He is already eating chopped frozen mysis! This is a first for me. I have gotten one to 3 months old before, but he was still eating cyclopeeze.

The other seahorse in the pic is a buddy I bought for him from Sloan to teach him how to eat frozen. The one I got from Sloan eats it like candy, and it didn't take 2 days for the little one to pick it up.

For size comparison, the buddy horse is a juvie kuda, approx 2.5" long. The caulerpa the baby is hitched to is regular grape caulerpa, and the airline tubing is regular sized.

Now if I can do this right - here's the pic!

 

[jcatblum]

Ok April, you are making me miss my seahorses!!!! HE is so cute!!! Looks just like his daddy!!!!

 

[kpk]

Awesome April congradulations on getting him to eat. He's tiny!

 

[Serra]

Good job April! I know you are thrilled as I would be...

 

[Lazyreefer]

April,

If I am ever re-born a seahorse..... will you please be my mother??

 

[cek1313]

Congratulations! Excellent job on raising this little guy.

 

[luvabunny]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys! I feel like I've made a huge breakthru in getting him to eat mysis so early. All the reading I've done proves they have a better chance the faster you can get them on it, but he wouldn't touch it. I've seen other horses mimics their friends, so when I found the little juvie at Sloan's, and she was eating so well, I thought I'd try it. Worked like a charm.