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meandean45 · 02-05-2007, 06:31 AM

Not one of the few, but have seahorse experience. Did you buy the exact same Mysis that the LFS was feeding? If it's a different brand, the size may be different (larger ?), and your Seahorse may be unable to suck it in. Was the LFS feeding their seahorses with a dropper ? in a bowl? Etc.? Try to feed him in a similar fasion to what the LFS was doing. Often SH can be enticed to feed from a clear glass eye-dropper by "Teasing" them with the Mysis in the dropper, before squirting the Mysis out next to the seahorse.
I'm at a loss as to why the Mysis is floating, perhaps it was frozen in freshwater, and needs to be soaked in a cup of saltwater for an hour or two? Are you soaking his food in Selcon or something? Maybe that's the cause of the floating Mysis ?!
You do need to get him to eat, ASAP. SHs should be fed Mysis to satiation 3 or more times a day. If live brine is what it takes to get a feeding response, then by all means do it. once he starts feeding, you should be able to get him on to the frozen Mysis with the teasing trick fairly easily. Do try the brine, as it's very important that you get him to feed ASAP.

Good luck, and hope that this helps!
Dean

02-05-2007, 06:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
meandean45 Ricordea Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bradford, Vt., USA Posts: 177 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New seahorse help Not one of the few, but have seahorse experience. Did you buy the exact same Mysis that the LFS was feeding? If it's a different brand, the size may be different (larger ?), and your Seahorse may be unable to suck it in. Was the LFS feeding their seahorses with a dropper ? in a bowl? Etc.? Try to feed him in a similar fasion to what the LFS was doing. Often SH can be enticed to feed from a clear glass eye-dropper by "Teasing" them with the Mysis in the dropper, before squirting the Mysis out next to the seahorse. I'm at a loss as to why the Mysis is floating, perhaps it was frozen in freshwater, and needs to be soaked in a cup of saltwater for an hour or two? Are you soaking his food in Selcon or something? Maybe that's the cause of the floating Mysis ?! You do need to get him to eat, ASAP. SHs should be fed Mysis to satiation 3 or more times a day. If live brine is what it takes to get a feeding response, then by all means do it. once he starts feeding, you should be able to get him on to the frozen Mysis with the teasing trick fairly easily. Do try the brine, as it's very important that you get him to feed ASAP. Good luck, and hope that this helps! Dean __________________ Meandean45 -RELATIVITY: "Sit on a red hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit next to a pretty Girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's Relativity". A.Einstein : "A man's got to know his limitations."- Clint Eastwood in "Magnum Force"