where to buy?
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I would go with ocean rider hands down they may be a little pricey but they are amazing
Seahorse source horses are all TRUE CAPTIVE BRED seahorses. Order from them. In the long run, you will end up saving money and be much happier with the quality of your horses. Dan and Abbie are wonderful people. They not only sell you the best horses there are but they offer outstanding customer service.
I would not buy tank raised when I can buy true captive bred seahorses.
I guess it is confusing as there is no definitive naming that can ease that confusion.
After wild caught, offshore seahorses were being produced in large net pen operations in the ocean.
Following that came tank raised. The naming I think came from the fact that the seahorses were now being raised on land but in very large round cement vats or tanks. Unfortunately as I see it, they are still raised in water taken from the ocean and contains the same pathogens as wild caught seahorses have.
These culture facilities produce mainly for the medicine trade and as such, treating the ocean water properly is not economically viable. Only a small portion of what is cultured is siphoned off for the hobby.
True captive bred IMO, are seahorses raised in captivity, but the water is either made from commercial salt mixes, or, from ocean water that is sufficiently filtered and treated to take care of the pathogens in that ocean water.
I guess it is confusing as there is no definitive naming that can ease that confusion.
After wild caught, offshore seahorses were being produced in large net pen operations in the ocean.
Following that came tank raised. The naming I think came from the fact that the seahorses were now being raised on land but in very large round cement vats or tanks. Unfortunately as I see it, they are still raised in water taken from the ocean and contains the same pathogens as wild caught seahorses have.
These culture facilities produce mainly for the medicine trade and as such, treating the ocean water properly is not economically viable. Only a small portion of what is cultured is siphoned off for the hobby.
True captive bred IMO, are seahorses raised in captivity, but the water is either made from commercial salt mixes, or, from ocean water that is sufficiently filtered and treated to take care of the pathogens in that ocean water.
Mine are from ccritters, wild caught
If you are doing a sterile tank with hardier seahorses, you'll want to go with captive bred. Everyone on here recommends captive bred.
But ccritters has shipped seahorses to me twice right on time and healthy stock. So I have no complaints
they shipped to you twice? Do you still have any from the first order or was the second order to replace the first order?
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cynster
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Oh yeah I have everyone from both orders except for one that died because of a freak accident on my part (I didn't realize it was clinging on my hand when I took my hand out of the tank)
I got 6 for a 5 gallon at first, but there weren't enough for the size of the tank (and brine was going to waste) so I ordered 6 more and it's much better now.
I got 6 for a 5 gallon at first, but there weren't enough for the size of the tank (and brine was going to waste) so I ordered 6 more and it's much better now.
