Seahorse

Diane/Reg · #1 02-01-2008, 03:44 PM

I have just recently purchased a pair of seahorses and I observed them doing the mating dance the other day since then they are staying away from each other and the male spends alot of time hanging upside down. Is this normal

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #2 02-01-2008, 04:03 PM

Not really. In the past, after mating, my seahorses hung out together.

tang daddy · #3 02-01-2008, 04:06 PM

where is irricana?

Diane/Reg · #4 02-01-2008, 04:19 PM

20 min from Airdrie

tgoeujon · #5 04-07-2008, 12:13 AM

sorry to change your topic a bit but i just purchased a seahorse and he seems to have a hard time getting away from the top of the tank upside down. like hes full of air any ideas what could cause this?

howdy20012002 · #6 04-07-2008, 01:32 AM

the male's pouch is likely full of air.
you will need to manually evacuate the air.
if you don't, he will most likely die.
http://seahorse.org/ will give you the instructions on how to do this.
HTH
Neal

reefshark · #7 08-02-2008, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Diane/Reg

I have just recently purchased a pair of seahorses and I observed them doing the mating dance the other day since then they are staying away from each other and the male spends alot of time hanging upside down. Is this normal

Do you know what species they are? it depends on the species some like for example h. erectus only hang out in pairs when they want to do the deed.