Un-expected pregnancy and birth

[blood_hound]

My Seahorses got busy.
I was cleaning my seahorse tank last thursday and I notice that three of my seahorse pouch was really big, at first I thought it was nothing but still decided to put them in a seperate tank then when I was watching them today "boom" one of the seahorse exploded with babies...

Now I put up couple of brine shrimp hachery for food.

Questions.

Is brine shrimp enough for these babies?
What are the likely hood of survival for my baby seahorse?
how long would it take for seahorse to mature enough so I can relax a little bit?
Anybody want a baby seahorse?? lol

[Beverly]

Depending on the species of the fry, newly hatched brine shrimp may be too large.

For more info on raising fry visit these seahorse websites...

http://www.syngnathid.org/

http://www.seahorse.org/

[Chin_Lee]

i say this with reservation because i've never kept sea-horses but i wonder if reef-roids will be eaten by baby seahorses. seem small like rotifers and smaller than bbs. might be worth a try to try to get them onto non-live foods.

Originally Posted by blood_hound

My Seahorses got busy.
I was cleaning my seahorse tank last thursday and I notice that three of my seahorse pouch was really big, at first I thought it was nothing but still decided to put them in a seperate tank then when I was watching them today "boom" one of the seahorse exploded with babies...

Now I put up couple of brine shrimp hachery for food.

Questions.

Is brine shrimp enough for these babies?
What are the likely hood of survival for my baby seahorse?
how long would it take for seahorse to mature enough so I can relax a little bit?
Anybody want a baby seahorse?? lol

[fatpuffer]

IF ur in a bind...can u use frozen cubed rotifers they sell at LFS?


Js

[midgetwaiter]

Riverfront is supposed to be getting some live rotifer cultures this week (I think Monday), they might be just the thing you need.

[Nemo]

This link should help you

http://www.globalreefers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

What species? A lot will depend on the species. If you are able to use bbs, be prepared to set up several hatcheries (2 l bottles with a bubbler works fine) & start a new culture every day. Uneaten bbs can then be raised in a small tank (5g) to be raised for the time when/if the surviving babies get bigger & need bigger food. Only newly hatched bbs are nutritious, so older ones will need to be gut loaded by feeding with spirulina powder & Selcon vitamins or something else good.

good luck,

Anthony

[blood_hound]

Thanks for all the info. Hope this all works out.

For Anthony seahorse is a Kuda.I will see it later if they take bbs.

[Beverly]

Newborn Kuda fry are too small to eat bbs. You'll need rotifers for the first few weeks.