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Beverly
09-12-2003, 03:27 PM
Hard to get good photos of itty bitty fry, but here's one of three already hitching to macroalgae. One fry is in the top circle, two fry are in the bottom circle:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/hh-bw-28gal-sept11-fry-1.jpg

I was caught off guard by their birth, so I'm scrambling to hatch brine shrimp for their first meal. They were born yesterday morning :cool:
Wilty
09-12-2003, 03:30 PM
Very COOL!
Jason McK
09-12-2003, 04:48 PM
Congrats thats amazing. you must be a very proud Mom.

J
Beverly
09-12-2003, 04:57 PM
It's not as amazing as you think. Once they get breeding, it's fry every two weeks. Looks like I've got two breeding pairs, so I might be up to my eyeballs soon in fry :eek:

The biggest problem is feeding them. When very young, the need bbs. As they get older they need enrich bs, then after that they need something else and I don't know what that is yet :rolleyes:

But, yeah, I'm very happy about these fry, but the bbs haven't hatched yet :evil:
sumpfinfishe
09-13-2003, 06:44 PM
Congrats Bev, that's wonderful news :cool:

Have you got some names picked out yet?

For help with these little guy's you may want to try contacting someone at the Vancouver Aquarium. I'm pretty sure they were the first Aquarium to breed seahorses, maybe someone there may be able to assist you with questions or concerns that you may have.

Goodluck :exclaim: and keep us up-to-date :biggrin:

cheers, Rich
Beverly
09-13-2003, 09:02 PM
Congrats Bev, that's wonderful news :cool:

Thanks, Rich :biggrin:

Have you got some names picked out yet?

Fry have a high rate of mortality at certain periods of growth, so I don't have names for them. Heck, I can't even tell them apart, they are so small :eek:

For help with these little guy's you may want to try contacting someone at the Vancouver Aquarium. I'm pretty sure they were the first Aquarium to breed seahorses, maybe someone there may be able to assist you with questions or concerns that you may have.

Best support for caring for seahorses is www.seahorse.org. I'm an active member on that board and there are scads of people who have experience raising fry willing to help me :smile: