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AndyL
08-07-2005, 01:33 AM
Just since I know there are a few of us who have been looking...

Big als has a dozen or so Hippocamus (?? Think it was erectus ?? You'd think with having to obtain CITES permits, they could at least put the proper latin name) in stock.

Andy

SeaHorse_Fanatic
08-07-2005, 02:08 AM
They have them in the Lower Mainland Big Al's too.

Don't mean to be a downer but....

Just make sure they're eating frzn mysis before purchase (the ones I saw weren't) or you've just bought a seahorse (H. kudas & hystrix "thorny or spikey seahorse") that you'll watch starve to death in your tank. Hopefully people buying them will have their seahorse tank already set up because these are among the hardest fish to keep & they really don't survive new tank syndrome. They need mature, stable systems, hopefully overrun with live pods & mysis.

Anthony (aka SeaHorse_Fanatic)

Beverly
08-07-2005, 02:14 AM
I concur with Anthony. Wild caught seahorses often do not ever accept frozen mysis as a food source. A mature tank is a definite must.

Research for seahorse keeping:

http://www.syngnathid.org/

http://www.seahorse.org/

Nate
08-07-2005, 06:07 AM
yep, we have kuda's and barbouri...The names were posted on the tank!

Thanks putting our name out there...

Big Als
Nate

Edit: several of them were eating mysis the first day!

AndyL
08-07-2005, 06:24 AM
yep, we have kuda's and barbouri...The names were posted on the tank!

When I was in this afternoon, the tags simply said "Seahorses"

Andy

Nate
08-07-2005, 05:51 PM
Ya, the tag beside it has the names....

And it is confirmed...hippocampus kuda, hystrix and barbouri....


as far as the tages go, they say...

Tag 1
ASSORTED
All the names

tag 2
SEAHORSES
The prices


I can understand the confusion


Nate

blood_hound
08-08-2005, 07:22 AM
Is it still available?

Nate
08-08-2005, 04:50 PM
I think there are around 15-20 left.

Nate

wayner
08-08-2005, 04:51 PM
what else is in?

wayner
08-09-2005, 03:02 PM
I guess all that's left is horses.

Nate
08-22-2005, 04:40 PM
Feel free to stop by and take a look!

Our stock is always changing.

NAte