Hybrid Seahorse fry!! Day 5.

[Triggz]

Thanks guys! I will keep the thread updated every few days or so.

Ray~ They look to be a little larger than the Reidi fry, but not much. I will track down some bbs asap. The last batch I gave away only made it a couple of days. I don't think they had a sufficient food supply as he was trying to feed them pods.

[rayjay]

Don't forget to decapp the cysts before hatching so that the fry don't ingest stray empty or unhatched cysts. They lodge in the digestive tract and cause death by starvation.
If you don't remember how to decapp, e-mail me and I'll refresh your memory.

[mark]

neat, is temperature important?

[Triggz]

Originally Posted by mark

neat, is temperature important?

Actually most seahorses do better at a lower temp (68-74) so room temp seems to be ok for the fry.

[rayjay]

With the reidi fry, the lower temperatures most definitely improved the survival rates.
Again, it comes down to the seahorse susceptibility to bacterial infections and when above the 74° mark, it strongly comes into play.
I have 5 seahorse tanks and have no heaters in any of them. In fact, I'm in the process of moving them all to the same area in order to have one AC unit keep them cool enough in summer.

[whiteangelbw]

They are so cute, I plan on changing my tank over to seahorses, just a few alterations (I hope). Will be watching your thread.