Day 8
So, I tried something a little different today. Since it looked like the smaller seahorse was eating the live brine, but the bigger one wasn’t, I stayed away from the frozen food today and sporadically fed small amounts of live brine at one feeding, then when the live brine was cleared out, I fed a small amount of amphipods. I alternated feeding the live brine and the amphipods about 3 times each, looking to see if the seahorses responded or tried to eat. What I found was that when I fed the live brine, the smaller seahorse would actively eat in front of me, but the larger one would just follow the live brine but not eat it. When I fed the amphipods though, both seahorses would jump down from their peeves and chase after the amphipods, eating about 3-4 medium sized amphipods each, and then ignoring the rest and then going back to the perch. So amphipods seemed to be a more successful staple for the two of them. So I’ll have to make sure to feed at least a little of the amphipods daily to make sure they eat a little between the frozen food feedings. I did the tank transfer again and formalin treatment as usual since I still have 2 more days to go.
So, I tried something a little different today. Since it looked like the smaller seahorse was eating the live brine, but the bigger one wasn’t, I stayed away from the frozen food today and sporadically fed small amounts of live brine at one feeding, then when the live brine was cleared out, I fed a small amount of amphipods. I alternated feeding the live brine and the amphipods about 3 times each, looking to see if the seahorses responded or tried to eat. What I found was that when I fed the live brine, the smaller seahorse would actively eat in front of me, but the larger one would just follow the live brine but not eat it. When I fed the amphipods though, both seahorses would jump down from their peeves and chase after the amphipods, eating about 3-4 medium sized amphipods each, and then ignoring the rest and then going back to the perch. So amphipods seemed to be a more successful staple for the two of them. So I’ll have to make sure to feed at least a little of the amphipods daily to make sure they eat a little between the frozen food feedings. I did the tank transfer again and formalin treatment as usual since I still have 2 more days to go.