My babies! (H. Erectus Seahorses)!

skinz78 · Feb 8, 2011

WOW congrats on the new fish room! Was it your birthday yesterday? If so happy birthday!

Good to hear on the baby's eating, I can't wait to see some pic's! Can you get a vid of them eating?

LPAJ5280 · Feb 8, 2011

I have a seahorse tank of my own (h. Kellogi) but mine have never had babies. That is AWSOME that you have undertaken to raise them!

BrooksReef · Feb 9, 2011

New set up!

Excuse my shakiness. :S

YouTube - New tank! - 2/8/11

clowns101 · Feb 9, 2011

New tank looks nice!

BTW-Did you register you sucssess on any breeders site?Not many of young age(which Im assuming your young?)have bread sea horses before.

BrooksReef · Feb 9, 2011

Thanks, Clowns!

I haven't. I have been posting on Seahorse.org recently, but not really any breeding sites! And yes, I just turned 17.

btkrausen · Feb 9, 2011

BrooksReef said:
New set up! Excuse my shakiness. :S

YouTube - New tank! - 2/8/11

Those lights look super bright on that tank, or is it just the way its picked up on the camera? What size pendents are those?

clowns101 · Feb 9, 2011

No problem...

Try looking up breeders registry,becoem a member and report what you have done.Good luck

BrooksReef · Feb 9, 2011

btkrausen said:
Those lights look super bright on that tank, or is it just the way its picked up on the camera? What size pendents are those?

They aren't as bright as they appear -- it is just the iPhone I took the video from. They are PAR38 LED bulbs.

clowns101 said:
No problem...

Try looking up breeders registry,becoem a member and report what you have done.Good luck

Thanks for the information! I hadn't ever heard of it before... checking it out now.

clowns101 · Feb 9, 2011

Its a cool site,might get you out there a bit...

skinz78 · Feb 9, 2011

Sweet looking tank! How long has it been set up for? How many Sea Horses are in there now?

Mr E Wrasse · Feb 9, 2011

WoW very sweet! pretty impressive that you just turned 17 and can breed seahorses.... not bad there ATX!!

Uninja · Feb 10, 2011

oh my goodness they are soo adorable i hope things go well. i want to try this too in the future it looks nice :3 i have sooo much envy toward u right now

edit: i forgot to say... Congratulations!!!!

Supreme Reefs · Feb 10, 2011

Very very nice congrats!!

gflat65 · Feb 10, 2011

I'm quite envious of your success

. I've gotten more to live for longer each brood (two full ones and one where I overslept and only got 5 before being sucked into ph's and overflow)., but have none right now... Sat or Sunday should be my next chance. I need to get some Dan's enrichment, I think.

BrooksReef · Feb 10, 2011

Thanks Gflat! I am very surprised and excited that I've made it this far. I found one dead this morning, but all of the others are thriving. I introduced finely minced mysis this morning, and very few are taking to it. However, that is expected. It is still nice that they are eating cyclopees, though.

My next brood is coming any day now. I am expecting it in tomorrow morning sometime. My biggest male has a pouch that is about the width of a quarter (looking at the face of a quarter, not the side) at the moment. The new fry will be in a 10g tank with a sponge filter so they don't get blown away. I was very skeptical about putting the NEW fry in with the 3-4 (almost 4-5) week olds. With the success I'm having with them, I couldn't risk it.

I will post pictures in the morning if they arrive... hopefully I have time to tend to their needs before I have to leave at 6:00 AM for an all day tennis tournament!