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03-28-2012, 12:19 AM
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Several years back, before the CITES ban on w/c seahorses, I kept a black kuda male for well over 2 years.
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03-13-2013, 01:36 PM
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I bought 5 captive bred seahorses from a breeder in Vancouver in Sept 2008. I drove from Calgary to Vancouver to pick them up, saw his set up. The last one died in October, so I had her for 4 years. I am now looking for captive bred again, preferably closer than Vancouver! Anyone know any in Alberta?
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03-13-2013, 02:09 PM
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If they were ones originating from Aquamarine International, H. reidi, then at that time the quality was pretty good, but lately the quality has been poor and they have been sold too early to be sexed which decreases the odds of success as they are too young.
The H. erectus are the only other ones that are TRUE captive bred, other than the occasional hobbyist who has some for sale, coming into Canada at this time. Sea U Marine is bringing in the erectus and they do ship. Unfortunately I would guess shipping costs would be extreme to get them out west.
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03-16-2013, 03:18 PM
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The ones I bought in Vancouver were erectus, and they were from a private breeder. He had at least a dozen tanks, and I think I found him on a thread on this board about 6 years ago. That was my first batch of seahorses ever, so I wanted to make sure they were truly captive bred and eating frozen (and coming from clean enough tanks). He had a batch born the day before we arrived, too - really neat to see
 Alas, he has since gotten out of the hobby/business. Thanks for the info.
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03-16-2013, 03:56 PM
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Then too, if you are raising fry, it is a WAY more demanding (and often frustrating), especially if the fry are pelagic like reidi or kuda rather than benthic like erectus. As for lifespan, seahorses kept under proper conditions have no problem with 5 yr lifespan, and often up to even ten years. Dwarf lifespan though is considerably shorter at 1 1/2 to 2 yrs.
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