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Originally Posted by lcstorc  I have never heard of them changing sexes before. That is pretty cool. I really don't care if I have males, females or a mix. Someday I would love to try to raise some fry but I really need to learn a lot more first, I am nervous enough with these little girls since they are so small.
They did eat in the store before I bought them and they ate again a little while ago. I'm gonna try a feeding station again in a couple of days. Maybe you can tell me how to get the mysis to stay in the station. They always floated out when I tried it with the kudas. Not a big deal though. I quickly got used to feeding them 3 times a day. They get a mix of mysis and cyclopese, but they mostly seem to like the mysis. I wish I had a video camera. It is soo cool to watch them slurp up the mysis. |
Lynn, I posted to this in the other thread but will paste it here for all to see.
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Lynn, they don't really change sex, but they aren't born with a brood pouch, It develops as they mature. And just like humans, some seahorses are late bloomers and develop later than others.
I had a "female" erectus that I got at an approximate age of 9-11 months old. I had her for 2 months before I introduced her to my other pair of seahorse. After 2 days in the tank with my others "she" developed a brood pouch. She had been a solitary seahorse since bought from the breeder, I rescued her from near death becasue the original purchaser didn't know how to care for her. It seems that since she had never been with another mature seahorse that there was no need to mature sexual. Once put with the others "she" matured in a matter of days.
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Karma to you and the new charges.