Bifferwine
I am a girl
They look great! You may want to buy some frozen cyclopeeze from your LFS to see if they take to eating that. It may also help to turn off your pumps and stuff during feeding time since they are usually such slow eaters.
They're here!!!!!
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Piggy
Reef enthusiast
They are so cute. Great color. I would also try mysis shrimp my sisters horses eat it like crazy along with cyclopseeze.
Picasso
Seahorse Whisperer
I've offered them frozen mysis shrimp and they didn't want that. They spend all their time hitched to things looking intently, like they're fishing. I don't really see them finding much of whatever they are looking for. My LFS guy has freeze-dried cyclopeez and I'll get that today. I added more pods, can't think of anything else to do. I'm so in love with these little horsies! Fascinating creatures to watch.
PufferGuy
Reefing newb
your daughter and i have something in common, i also LOVE greek mithology... im hoping to do a semester abroad in Greece
JAG107
Reef enthusiast
those are BEAUTIFUL horses! Keep us posted, I sure hope they start eating soon. Live stuff like the pods you are supplying and mysis/brine soaked in garlic extract will be your best bet. COOL!
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
once you get your live brine remember to gut load them for atleast 12 hours before offering them to your horses
Picasso
Seahorse Whisperer
Gut load? Please tell me I don't have to kill these things! What does that mean??????? They should be here tomorrow. I read an article about making a feeding trough for them and only feeding twice a day. Every now and then they take a bite of something, I hope that's enough. They hang on to stuff and look just like a bird fishing. I love when they cuddle together. So coool!
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
gut load just means they have been feed food that will be nutritious to the sea horses since brine shrimp arent nutritious to fish. just feed them some selcon or something like that
Picasso
Seahorse Whisperer
mmmmm, I've got flakes? I've also got frozen brine and mysis shrimp? Think the flakes will do?
thanks, Catherine
thanks, Catherine
yote
In Memoriam
Brine wont eat flake foods.I think they feed more on phytoplankton.
Rushy
Reefing newb
Sadly Catherine, we are no longer young enough to know everything! Fantastic looking horses, good luck with them :D
Picasso
Seahorse Whisperer
Grrrrrr, I just put a frozen cyclops thing in and both the horses ignored them. They kept staring intently at the rocks looking for whatever it is they are looking for. I haven't seen them really eat and that's worrying me. I've got these live brine shrimp and I have no idea how to feed it to them. I turned off all the pumps and put a couple of tablespoons into the tank. Is there a better way? Oh, and how do you keep these brine shrimp alive?
thanks,
catherine
thanks,
catherine
yote
In Memoriam
It may take a while to get them to eatting the brine.But I'll bet their feeding on the pods in your tank,even if it dont look like it.
Picasso
Seahorse Whisperer
YEAH, I saw them eat some of the brine shrimp! I guess I've got to do live feeds with these guys. The shrimp weren't "gut loaded" but at least they ate something. I'm going to the LFS to see what I've got to do to make the shrimp nutritious. On a side note, these seahorses are pathetic fisherman. They are so slow! The shrimp practically had to swim into their mouth. sad. Just like babies, they better be glad they're so cute because I don't think anyone would put up with them if they weren't.
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
most seahorses have to be trained to take frozen, its a difficult process but i bet itll be worth it in the long run
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
also take a look at this http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=10692
Picasso
Seahorse Whisperer
AWESOME!!! I found a place in Hawaii that is dedicated to seahorses. Their seahorses are unreal expensive but they've got this nutritional supplement that looks interesting.
So, if I get some brine shrimp eggs:
http://seahorse.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=85
and then get the brine shrimp hatcher thing. Mix it with this stuff:
http://seahorse.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=7
then train the horses to look for their food where the shrimps swim out, then I'll have it made, right? I am so in love with these little guys! I'd do anything for them!
Catherine
yote
In Memoriam
I dont see why that wouldnt work.
Another thing will help.Give the tank a bit of DTs live phytoplankton about once a week.That'll help the smaller copepods to multiply which will give the horses more natural foods.
Another thing will help.Give the tank a bit of DTs live phytoplankton about once a week.That'll help the smaller copepods to multiply which will give the horses more natural foods.
Piggy
Reef enthusiast
What did they feed them from the place where you got them? All the ones my sister got eats mysis shrimp and brine. She has one of them brine hatching things. So she always has live ones available. They do get soaked in something but can't remember the name of the stuff.
SeattleDarko
REEFER
Very cool! and i like the names :)
