Seahorses local??

[BCOrchidGuy]

Does anyone have any idea who sells sea horses locally? I am interested in getting some dwarfs.

[ron101]

I understand that all hippocampus seahorses are now on CITES endangered list. Think you'll have to look into ordering captive bred for an outfit like Oceanrider.com.

[Samw]

Not sure what the Cites deal is. Might not be a complete ban. Might just require a permit like corals. They aren't regularly stocked anywhere. However, I got my wild caught pair from King Ed about a month ago for my office tank. Still trying to get them to eat frozen food (Not easy). I've seen sea horses everywhere on occasion within the last 2 months including Big Al's, Aquariums West, Aqua Fanatics, King Ed, and J&L. J&L doesn't stock them but will special order them. The ones I saw there were the expensive Brazillian ones and they were already presold when I saw them. At the other stores, they were wild caught Kudas and Yellow Barbouris. Mine are Yellow Barbouris.

[Aquafan]

We have 3 Black Kuda right now.
They ignore dead foods but they have eaten some of my hermits.

I'd love to see them to a good home were they get the attention they need.
Normally I bring them in as a request only as well. I don't currently have the most ideal setup for them.

[Nullig]

I've seen them at Paul's Aquarium Supply - not sure of the address, but it's behind the Costco on King George Hwy and 74th.

Noel

[BCOrchidGuy]

Aquafan you have a private message.

[Diomedes]

PLEASE Don't buy wild caught sea horses. Right now wild populations are under a tremendous amount of stress from the asian folk medecine market. Just look in any Asian herb market, there are hundreds if not thousands of dried seahorses...it makes me sick to my stomach. Please only order tank-raised Sea horses. I can aquire some, but it is better to order from a dealer on line because I have to order through academic channels locally. For any other info send me a priv.

Stephen

[Samw]

BCOrchidGuy, sorry to hear about your tank disaster in that other thread.

Did you ever get the seahorses that you were looking for? I saw some big fat Kudas today that were eating frozen mysis shrimp at a store.

[saltcreep]

Seahorses have been listed as CITES appendix II as of November 2002. They will require permits to import, including captive bred, in May of this year.

[BCOrchidGuy]

Samw, no I haven't yet, I have a line on some but I haven't heard back as of yet. I have a 20 gallon and a 27 gallon tank that are free so they definately won't be going into the main tank.