Pics of Seahorses BREEDING!! Male is now eating!

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Well, I'm assuming that the male seahorse is fine now because I just saw them making mad passionate seahorse loving. He inflated & spread his pouch opening & her ovipositor (egg depositing tube) is extended. Tried taking pics but they're doing it in the dark (a cave) so the flash is too invasive & I stopped after 1 try.

Will update soon.

Anthony (breathing easier (also because I finally have a day off!!!! - great timing))

[cpenner]

Haha,

That's awesome. What size of tank do you have for your seashorses?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

It's a 33g tank. Here's some photos:


Doing the Nasty with Yellowheaded Jawfish Voyeur


Now both Jawfish are drooling


Here's Mr. Two-Spot Tang looking for some hot SH loving

Old pic of Jawfish spying on the seahorses before all this Horsing around got started.

Now to go look some more. (SH porn )

Anthony

[inspector]

Great to see that he's back in the saddle and healthy

[vanreefer]

I thought this was a G rated forum

Glad to hear your SH is doing better... Nothing better than a little lovin' following a traumatic event.... always makes me feel better
Dano

[Beverly]

Kudas give birth to very small fry. Gestation is about 14 days. Newly hatched brine will be too big for the kuda fry to eat. NOW is the time to set up your green water/rotifer hatchery so the fry will have food to eat.

Here are a few resources from Google:

http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/rotifers.shtml

Phytoplankton:

http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/phyto.shtml

http://www.worldofseahorses.com/feedingfry.htm :

Rotifers are the smallest of the usual foods and are required for smaller fry (such as H. reidi and some H. kuda) which might not be able to eat BBS. For smaller fry, rotifers are generally recommended for the first 7-10 days with larger foods gradually replacing the rotifers.

http://www.reefs.org/library/aquariu...97/0397_5.html

Long, but informative article on rearing fry (and just about everything else about SHs):

http://www.ipaq.org.br/modules.php?n...rticle&sid=174

Good luck

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I saw the male suck down some PE Mysis today so now I think the bristleworm episode is over.

Whew.

Thank you everybody for your concern & prayers during this whole SH soap opera.

Anthony

[hockey nut]

Anthony is going to be a Grandpa.

Congrats!!!!!!!!

[Tom R]

Congrad's have you thought of names for the young???

Tom R

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Yes I have Tom.

I'm naming them after Canreefers.

So there will be a:

Tom
Tomm
Chin
Steve
Callum
Cindy
Deb
Christy
Marie
John
Ivy
Michael
Robert, Robert2, Robert3, Robert4.......
Brad, Brad2, Brad3, Brad4, Brad5..........



I'd be ecstatic if any of this batch survives, assuming the eggs are fertile to begin with. Gonna hope for the best, prepare ahead of time, and be willing to accept whatever happens.

By the way,

anybody know where I can buy pin-head sized diapers

Anthony