The Seahorse Tank

Do they want to trade fry?

Beautiful! I'm guessing H Barbouri & H. erectus......

Are they eating frozen food or ghost shrimp only???

Suzy.........

Im glad our order is still on..... That ghost shrimp business......

Next time I see them I will get a better picture of the second one.  Did you order from OR?  What is wrong with the ghost shrimp business?

This is Cody's uncle checking in.  Thanks Cody for posting these great pics. 

I've tried setting up a tank for ghost shrimp.  One batch I put in lasted several days, but no offspring, I ended up feeding them all to the horses.  The next batch all died within a couple of days.  So, we're a long way from breding them, but I want to keep working on that because as you say the twice weekly trips to the LFS get old pretty fast.  I'm trying to interest them in some frozen food too, and occasionally it looks like they are taking some in.  I just get nervous and want to make sure they are well fed, so I keep putting in the ghost shrimp too.

I think we have two females.  We'd love to try for fry, so we may look at adding two males in a bit.  46 gallon tank just for the seahorses so I think we'll be ok adding a couple more. 

Thanks.  Eric.

PS: Here's a trick my equines have taught me.

First, get them accustomed to eating from a certain place. A bowl is
hard, 'cause the shrimp just jump out of it, but a larger sided bowl
works. I got mine to reach into a small fish net for food. As soon as they
see the net, they swim over for dinner. After they start doing that, you
can start putting in the same shrimp they know as food, but you start
maiming it. I squished it in the net (YUCK). When they started eating
limping food, I totally squished it, sometimes even breaking them into 2
pieces. Now, I bring home a lot of ghost shrimps and feed them 'till they
won't eat no more. Then, i rinse 'em and put in a baggie a put them in the
freezer. I keep thinking they will make the leap to frozen mysis now, but I
guess they look so different, the horses know they aren't ghosts!
Sometimes, my 2 females will snick at frozen mysis, but not always.....

At least now, I can go to the LFS every other week and fill the freezer
instead of trying to keep 'em alive. I do have a breeding "tray" for the
ghost shrimp, that works good, but they grow so slowly that I don't think
it would really help you.. I just do it now so i can get tiny ones for my
babies!

Eric,  Great set up. You horses look very healthy. I am putting 4 in a 45 so i think you would be fine adding more. If you have WC I would not get CB as they may carry bugs and other nasties that your WC are immune to but the CB would not be and they may get very ill and even die. Suzy gave me the name of a great site for horses. Its seahorses.org. They have ton of info and great tips on how to get yours eating frozen..... Good luck....

jfinch wrote: I have some very fertile males... Pimp Daddy!

I prefer to think of it as a stud service!

I posted your pic on SH.org. We'll see what they say....

If you check out their site, take what they say with a grain of
salt.....(preferably IO)...most of them are newbies, and the ones that are
not, are just a little off...

Right now, there's a thread showing how to make fake gorgonians outta
pipe cleaners....

Eric, I don't think there is an expert! Just educated guesses!
Check out this thread: SH.Org

Thanks for all the help.  From the thread on seahorses.org it looks like h.erectus is the best educated guess. 

We would like to get two males and see if nature takes its course.  I'll let you know when we get additions to the tank.  Any and all help appreciated.