The Seahorse Story

[YanmingYuMusic]

I wanna buy seahorses :O!

[zzangelzz60]

Thankyou so much... Lovely!!

[CoreyTheHorse]

OMG!I never saw that tiny seahorses before and I did not know sea horses had a pouch!

[rsatov]

About as many people believe seahorses are a myth as know that it is the male that births the young. The pouch is only on the male - thats how we tell tehm apart.

[HanakoFujita]

WAHH!!! 1:20 That seahorse is like... pooping! XD

[leesawford]

wild sea horses couldn't drag me away..lol

[marcin12566]

fry heaven..lol...:)

[zelda1ftw1imo]

holy crap amazing how much came out of that dude!

[mikisnutmeg]

@zelda1ftw1imo That's what she said. lol  Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

[rr473]

i loooove this song soo much - it is sooo sweet

[brooklynborn10]

omg i cant believe how many fry came out at one time!

[rsatov]

Before you buy them, ask to see them eat frozen mysis. If they aren't eating it now they will likely die before you can train them to eat it.

[charzarg]

I've just noticed something! :o

How come the parents are brown but nearly all of the fry are orange/yellow?

Surley their genetics would mean that most are brown?? ;/

[rsatov]

Most information suggests that they need a colorful background, green, orange, red to enhance their color. I tried a variety of backgrounds and colored things in the tank but the parents stayed dark. When I set up the baby tanks I used VERY bright lights and soon discovered that hte light intensity is really what gives them color. The seahorses in the higher tanks closer to the light are always bright yellow and the lower tanks they are darker.

[charzarg]

thats interesting to know, thanks, i saw a pair of seahorses on the LFS recently, i might get them if they're still in stock (bearing in mind i haven't even got water in the tank yet)

But if i ever do get seahorse babies, i'll be sure to intensify the tank lights and BG thanks ;)

[SmileyConnor]

hi

Just watched your video it was fantastic, I have seahorses and keep getting babies but struggling to get past 7 days before they all die, what do I do and what do i feed them plse

[futurevet145]

Its nice to know other canadians love sea horses too.

[hippyyippyhippy]

wat r u going to do with the babies???

[rsatov]

Every baby that survived (about 70%, compared to less than 1% in the wild)was sold to the aquarium industry. I am no longer breeding due to health reasons.

[charzarg]

wow, I'd love to raise seahorses, you must put so much time into these creatures. What species of seahorse is it you raise? and where abouts in the world are you, I may buy a pair of seahorses for my tank.

Those huge tanks for the young must cost thousands!!!

[rsatov]

These guys are h.kuda, this scale of operation requires 14 hours a day, 7 days a week. I'm in Ontario Canada. The entire setup not including time was about $10,000

[charzarg]

:o

wow....

your miles away, so i can't get any lol, im in the UK.

15 hours 7 days a week?!?!? Do you HAVE a social life??? XD only joking!

[Jackiesguineapigs]

A wonderful video, amazing how many little ones they have. Thank you for sharing.

[jlogan2664]

That was so cool! I love seahorses. I had H reidi that gave birth a couple of times but the babies only survived a week or so and then died. I fed them newly hatched brine every day so I'm not sure what went wrong.

[rsatov]

Water quality and appropriate food is all it takes. Brine shrimp are good but have to be decapsulated to eliminate shells and bacteria.

[MysticalLucie]

Absolutely awesome! I was completely transfixed & couldn't stop watching. The music you choose is perfect for this video too. Congrats!

Lucie

[Xoiboi]

EXCELLENT JOB! Not only on the vid., but on successfully raising that many seahorses from one birthing!!!!!! I tried that with my H. reidi with no success. I raised the artemia and did all that I was supposed to, but somewhere along the lines something kept happening. They would always be up at the surface (which is normal), but then they'd gulp air. Once they did this, they would spin out and not be able to eat. This would obviously lead to their death. Great job! Thanks for the vid..

[mortizmortiz]

whats the name of the song??

[renaud68]

wild horses- rolling stones

[Maromi13]

Fry need a special kind of algea feed because they are so small, right? I love Seahorses. ^_^

[rsatov]

Almost :-) They only eat live, moving things - but their food does have to be pretty small. Rotifers, copepods but mostly newly hatched baby brine shrimp - the sanfransico strain is small enough.

[DkOmbres]

I have always loved Seahorses and have a tank for my two. I'm hoping to be able to raise the fry as well as you have in the video.

You have done an awsome job and I love the song.

[CrashNancy]

This was fascinating! Thank you for sharing this.

[Laurzieluvsutube]

Amazing! I've had seahorses give birth in my tank, but I've never been able to successfully raise the fry. Good job!

[Splash227]

Wow all those baby seahorses!! Incredible! Jeez those big tanks must be expensive. How many do you have?