Seahorses all grown up

[DorothyShelley]

how beautiful this is but how many more are there going to be ?mythras90x

[Randomaccounttable]

sell em for 5$ each

[SillyLetters]

when i get rich and live in a mansion im going to have a tank of these :D

[Dangerous2099]

Creepy little things...

[greathousefarm]

When will you have more to ship and where do we find you?

[strangeAngel305]

are u still selling some??if so im interested i love in florida

[Hagermanly]

Such amazing animals.

[slimshady0810]

so cute

can i buy some?

[urwack123]

have u ever thought of selling some?

[JujixFruit]

They're such beautiful animals. There was one being strangled at 0:58 :(

[pinkspeeder]

WOW what a GREAT job you did!!!!

[jabajabamaster]

Are they thoroughbred?

[ruckaisawesome]

u should put some live plants in there,

[bogdanpopa23]

If you don't mind me asking, what equiptment did you invest $10,000 into?

I currently have a small 30 gallon reef tank set up and have been researching seahorse breeding for a little while now. If you could give me a bit of a better idea as to what was involved in running your system, I would really appreciate that.

[rsatov]

Lets see, 22 tanks, drilled, live rock, sump, skimmer, uv sterilizer, plumbing . . .lots of plumbing, lights, the list is almost endless from the obvious to the less obvious like tools to fabricate things out of plastic that don't exist. Check my other vids, the Ranch shows most of the setup. Breeding on a small scale I imagine would be simpler but I wanted to save all 800 born every 2 weeks.

[CoreyTheHorse]

Will a 0.5 gallon do?I don't want to waste no more money to buy a new tank....Oh well,who cares?I'm not getting a seahorse so soon...I could buy a new tank... :) I've never seen seahorses in an aquarium before..

[rsatov]

I wouldn't recommend anything smaller than 20 gallons. A mature bio filter (preferably some live rock) and really bright light to have nice colourful seahorses.

[inkster]

this is the scariest thing i have ever seen

[rsatov]

I stopped breeding almost 2 years ago so I don't sell any.

[PHYTO4LIFE10]

What temp are you keeping them at?

[rsatov]

If I remember correctly, water temp was 74F

[marcin12566]

I like the close ups at the end. do more close-ups....:)

I'm getting twelve dwarf sea horses and putting them in a ten gallon. I'm gonna use a ehiem canister filter. Sure it may be overkill for a ten gallon but I want the sea horses to be happy. It's also going to be a bare tank except for live rock which I wil add later after everything is set up. I won't need to change the canister filter pads for awhile as well, so it's less work for me.

[marcin12566]

I can't wait to get a breeding pair.

[PHYTO4LIFE10]

Why not set up a dual x4 t5 H.O algae turf scrubber 3" from screen for the nitrate/phosphate?

[rsatov]

As nitrate even at normally acceptable levels can kill the fry, that would have been a great idea.

[PHYTO4LIFE10]

So all that you do is large water changes?

[Kiittii3]

you're rich bitch! lol

[rsatov]

In the end, I made less that $2 an hour and suffered a heart attack from the 14 hour a day, 7 day a week commitment. I am still alive, enjoyed the experience like no other and I didn't lose the over $10,000 invested so I consider myself a very lucky bitch . . . still nowhere near rich, but I tried.

[tucker123454]

Lol they look so funny just chilling out and going with the flow (literally it seems)

[rsatov]

They are so much fun to watch, many hours can be wasted just enjoying them. I think they are the true sea monkeys.

[estherkwanwenjin]

wow... Alot... cool... I wanna keep one too!!

[KHoff777]

Me too!

[heavyboxes]

rsatov, good work breeding these crazy creatures. I don't want to say anything bad because I know you'll lay the smack down on me.

But seriously, good work. Seahorses are fascinating. I would stare at this tank for hours and hours.

[rsatov]

Your ignorance is showing. Lets see. 70% survival rate compared to less than 1% in the wild. Having nothing in the tanks allow them to be cleaned 3 times a day to prevent them from being poisoned by their own waste. 14 hours a day 7 days a week to care for them. Over $10,000 invested in equipment to keep them alive vs. 100% death rate for EVERY OTHER seahorse owner in the world. Your cost to show the world how brilliant you are . . . zero.

[KUPHSER]

i feel sorry for those seahorses for being in such a lame tank. give them some sort of environment at least instead of straight up water and nothing else.

lash out on em u cheapskate, its the least u can do.

[13angels]

HAHAHA it's soo funny how everyone is an expert!!!

[rsatov]

reply part 1:

When doing my initial research to see if breeding in captivity with synthetic sea water was feasible, there was a lot of misinformation provided by "experts". As an example, although it may apply to other species, it was generally accepted seahorses color was related to the colors around them - green grasses, colorful coral etc. After many attempts to manipulate color with different surroundings I determined that color was only controllable through light.

[rsatov]

reply part 2:

High intensity light produced the best color in h.kuda. I proved this at my local fish store where all the seahorses were black. I "forced" them to change to high intensity lighting and within a couple of weeks they were all yellow . . . much easier to sell yellow seahorses than black. There were many other instances that the experts werent right - at least in my experience.

[longballz84]

the average person doesnt know how much the hoobyist contributes to the science...

[xbox360dn]

They are amazing, I could watch them all day. I'm sure you put a lot of work into taking care of them.

[rsatov]

14 hours a day, 7 days a week . . . which in part is why I no longer breed them although I do miss them greatly.

[mythreekitties]

Oh, they are so adorable!!!!

[jg271]

disgusting

[magrelllo3]

help me please

I´m fron Brazil, and I have a cuple of seahorse and they had babies every month, but I dont have sucess if de babies..

help-me

TANK´s

[lizardbrothers]

nice try to sell the babies you faggot

[magrelllo3]

I guess I dont understand you

[lizardbrothers]

you dont need to, I said I want areef tank when I'm older and to have a seahorse.

[rsatov]

You would want a smaller tank for seahorses as they can't live with too many other species becasue they are very timid eaters - most other species would eat all the food and htey would starve to death. On the other hand, there is nothing as incredible as a reef tank.

[walkalonetraveler]

I think what you are doing is wonderful!!!

Conservation through Commercialization.

I am setting up a seahorse breeding mini

farm.Could use your expertise as you have the hands on and know what mistakes to avoid.

Please contact me when you have a chance.

Best Regards

[rsatov]

Time, money and being very "handy" along with a bit of knowledge is all it really takes. If you can't do thing's like plumbing, electrical, perhaps some plastic manufacturing, breeding would be cost prohibative. The biggest mistake I can think of is NEVER let the nitrate level climb :) Any specific questions?

[txia28]

OH I C, You breed babies for MONEY you asshole

[rsatov]

If you would take a momment to see just a little beyond your own limited field of vison you might ask a question or 2 before passing judgement. The reality is, it cost me more than I made and I did it because the babies are born and die within 2-3 days. Rather than watch them die I invested over $10,000 and 14 hours a day seven days a week with a net loss overall of $4,000, thousands of hours and a heart attack from exhaustion. Now who's the asshole?

[mickboe1]

i just got 1 qeustion is a seahorses able to hurt an human in anny waY?!

[pinkcookie030188]

No,they can't. I had them as pets as a child. In some parts of Asia they are used as medicine.

[rsatov]

Seahorses are the most docile fish in the ocean. The only thing that needs to worry about them is their food :-) When I put my hand in a tank full of them, they all race over to wrap their tails around my fingers and I can drag them back and forth across the tank.

[lizardbrothers]

thats so frickin cool dude, I would like a 200 gallon reef tank when I'm older.

[2jadeeye]

They are sooo pretty, it's like a water dance.

[Anthonyve2]

i thopught they were bigger, they look weird, i love then, they has no stomach by the way, they need to eat a lot to survive

[Rafael3432]

Are they salt or freash water?

[pinkcookie030188]

Salt water

[bluexjenn]

they kinda look freaky!i thought they would look bigger!

[xPinkCherrix]

Can they bite? Just wondering..

[rsatov]

Nope. They have a unique mouth with a flap, kind of like a step on garbage can turned on its side. They suck their food in and it has to be small enough for the whole thing to fit in their mouth. Oh, and no teeth.

[BedazzleGlitterGal]

Seahores are sadly going endangered. In China they eat them and sell them as novelty. I cant fathom or understand hurting a creature, especially one that has no self defense mechanism! Sea horses are adorable and wonderfully calming to watch! Colleen Phoenixxxooo

[cryptdoll]

they're so cute, I've always loved seahorses..for as long as I can remember :)

[rsatov]

I just saw a telus phone with these seahorses as the background picture. Very cool :-)

[theamster]

wow, they are all grown up now! I checked out the birth vid again first before checking this one.

[ixivietqtixi]

that doesn't look like 184 =(

what happened to the others?

[skittleslicker666]

What adorable fish you've got there.

[beckigreen]

I LOVE seahorses. my 13 year old daughter has been obsessed with them since she was a toddler.She has seahorse everything,shirts,stuffed animals,statues.Anything with a seahorse on it we have to buy!We have taken her to the aquarium in Chattanooga twice to see them.

[ArizonaMtKingsnake]

Why not set her up a tank with them they arent hard . I keep dwarf sea horses several in 10 gallon tank they eat live brine shrimp which are easy to breed. at 13 seahorses will keep her interested in a good hobby as thats a pain age for parents

[MiSZTANYA]

i love this!!!

this is soo beautiful.

great, now i want a seahorse!

[Content2B]

Are they hard to take care of? What do they eat?

[Opal2424]

lol, very hard. There needs can get expensive too over $1,000

[somethingspecial14]

I have one take a look on my profile and watch him.

[FlamingoFinatic]

I had a seahorse once.. we left it with my aunt and she didn't take care of it for a month, so it died. D:

[tedoloverbaby]

i want a seahorse!!

[mileyfan928]

i dont want them to leave!!!

[high7cloud]

Cool creatures. Don't they like sand and more lives plants and such? I'm guessing that they like to hide behind shrubbery once in a while like many other creatures.

[JSoccorso28]

i love seahorses!!!!

[kanatlisair]

Beautiful creatures, but the tank is unnatural and distressing. More plants and rocks and we r ur biggest fan!!

[rsatov]

unfortuneately, with such high volumes of animals in such small places, having more rock and macro algae makes it impossible to perform the 3 times daily cleaning of the bottom that is required to avoid amonia spikes and death. Since this is what the horses know from the day they are born, it is natural to them.

[crpederson]

wish I could embed this, i love this video. thanks

[marcusdangel]

hey if i were to get some and breed them could i sell them to the pet store like petsmart or petco or petland? just a thought

[rsatov]

I sold all of mine to a wholesaler who then sold to all the stores. At 800 every 2 weeks you would have to get a lot of stores to buy from you.

[marcusdangel]

cool thanks it was just a thought that was bugging me so thanks

[Britishbush]

Fantastic! I have always loved these marvels and you have done so well in raisig them! Does it have to be difficult to feed them or can they be trained to eat frozen shrimp ect with lil detriment to them? Thanks for the update! kev

[CherryPie1983]

ummm rsatov, were they old enough to mate?

[rsatov]

The ones in this video were about 4 months old when i shipped htem if i remember correctly. h.kuda generally start to mate at 6 months.

[CherryPie1983]

oh well it looked like they where lol

[Jckojcko]

what beautiful creatures! So Majestic! I wish there was sound with this, but I gave you 5 stars anyways! I wish i had some for pets! thanks for keeping us updated!

[gfoneill]

What amazing creatures! I remember watching a tank of them at an aquarium once. One of their tankmates was sick and dying and they seemes to circle the dying seahorse as if they were holding vigil or something, occasionally gently nuzzling or caressing it. It really was one of the most remarkable things I've ever seen!

[Arianbrightside]

Daww, all growed up!

[marinezen]

Nice work!