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Old 03-25-2011, 02:20 PM
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Default Seahorse yellow/black Kuda, Coming tmrw

100 of them tobe exact, 80 yellow and 20 black Kuda captivebred seahorses, $29-$45.

also lots of fish, maybe cleaner shrimps, 100 new mini carpets.

thanks for looking.
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Old 03-25-2011, 02:36 PM
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Who is the breeder?

What is the difference between the $29 seahorse and the $45 seahorse?
Do you ship to London Ontario?

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Old 03-25-2011, 04:45 PM
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Who is the breeder?

What is the difference between the $29 seahorse and the $45 seahorse?
Do you ship to London Ontario?

sorry we will not tell you who the breeder is.

$29 to $45 depending on how well they do on arrival, color and qty you buy.

I think small box to London $30-$60 fedex next day, thanks.
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Old 03-25-2011, 05:26 PM
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Well I'm sorry too as I'm looking to buy 8 kuda to add to my stables.
Unfortunately the term captive bred is too often misused and misunderstood in the seahorse trade, and not knowing the breeding source makes this proof unable to attain.
I'd like to explain, just in case you are not in the know.
Most seahorses brought into Canada in the last few years are considered to be tank raised or net pen raised. These are seahorses bred mostly offshore, but sometimes on this continent, but are basically raised in ocean water that is not sufficiently treated and filtered for pathogens naturally contained in that ocean water and as such, need to be put through a 3 drug, nine week protocol to remedy this and make the chance of success much greater and comparable to, seahorses that are truly considered to be captive bred.
Unfortunately, some seahorses don't survive the deworming protocol.
True captive bred seahorses come from breeders using properly filtered and treated ocean water, or, using water prepared from commercial salts, and as such, are much more expensive than the tank/net pen raised seahorses.
The cheap price of the tank/net pen raised seahorses is made possible because the breeders are primarily breeding for the Chinese medicine trade, where there is no need to take care of the pathogens the seahorses inherit from the ocean water. They simply siphon off a very small percentage of the hatch to sell to the aquarium trade.
Stores here in Canada, including sponsors of Canreef, who are selling true captive bred seahorses, like ones from Aquamarine International, benefit from advertising the breeding source because it speaks of better quality and better chances of success for the hobbyist.
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I hear you but I still cant give out any other info, even if you bought all 100.

lets see how they do as I havent got them yet, if supplier says they are captivebred thats the information I have to share, if they were wild whatever, I will sell them as wild.

However, he did mention they were eating frozen shrimp and beef.
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Old 03-26-2011, 12:14 AM
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Yes, most tank/pen raised seahorses in the trade are trained to eat frozen.
Please post when you know condition and size of these and I may still get some and put them through the deworming process.
 


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