Originally Posted by Ripwoop (Post 544118)

JL is a little closer to ya i would have a look there.

Originally Posted by Milad (Post 544233)

if you are that lazy to go to JL then I would not buy a seahorse. They take alot of care.

Originally Posted by ReefOcean (Post 544235)

Theya re talking about J&L aquatics. If you plan on keeping marine animals I suggest you become familiar with the store. It is in Burnaby.

Also, I wouldn't suggest having seahorses shipped if you can avoid it.

You should always inspect seahorses before you buy them because if they aren't healthy, they are as good as dead.

Originally Posted by DChan (Post 544246)

AHhh thanks got it. yeah i read a lot about them through the internet and most place do not have alive gaurantee on delivery. I called them but they do not have any instock cause not many people look for sea horses and they order them when they have a certain amount of interests. thanks guys any where else? I know shipping sea horses isn't the best thing but if its the only thing i can do to get one that i will have to do it. Sea horses do take a lot to maintain but im willing to do it. Thanks guys

Originally Posted by ReefOcean (Post 544248)

I wouldn't go by the live guarantee. The seahorse will arrive alive, but the things is, for how long. If they stop eating or are sick it could take a week or more for them to die thus negating any 48 hour- a week (or whatever the store offers) alive guarantee. JL will order them if you want. Most fish stores will order whatever you want as long as you put money down. For the sake of your wallet and for the sake of the seahorse I would again strongly advise against having them shipped.

You could also try ocean aquatics (in abbotsford).
I think there might be a few breeder on this forum as well that might see this thread and respond.

Best of luck.

Originally Posted by snow1 (Post 544334)

Didn't ocean aquatics go out a while back? I thought they were not around anymore. I know there was a store to before them, hidden reef that also went bankrupt.

Originally Posted by rayjay (Post 544366)

The problem with buying locally is that most local product is "tank raised" or "net pen raised" and as such have a much lower success rate than if you buy true captive bred seahorses.
There is a lot of misinformation about seahorse keeping but I have links to a lot of excellent information listed at the bottom of "MY THOUGHTS ON SEAHORSE KEEPING" page.

True captive bred are hard to find in Canada.
Seahorse Sanctuary has now stopped selling seahorses so that wiped out a lot of species right there that were coming into Canada.
However, Blue World Aquatics has been bringing in true captive bred reidis from Aquamarine International, and is waiting on paperwork to bring in true captive bred erectus and dwarfs from Seahorse Corral.

Originally Posted by BlueWorldAquatic (Post 544367)

And still awaiting Cites for them, should be any day now. Gotta love slow moving govenment departments.

Should be any day now.

Our next order of Reidi's will be in about a week.

Ken - BWA

Originally Posted by BlueWorldAquatic (Post 544367)

And still awaiting Cites for them, should be any day now. Gotta love slow moving govenment departments.

Should be any day now.

Our next order of Reidi's will be in about a week.

Ken - BWA

Originally Posted by DChan (Post 544812)

anyone out there with sea horses?

Originally Posted by Madreefer (Post 544837)

Sorry dude but not trying to put a downer on your plans. I had seahorses for a couple of years. They are really boring to watch, too much care is needed and there is too many things that they ARE NOT compatible with. Actually a real pain in the ass. Just speaking from my experience with them. If you do get some good luck though.