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Old 06-30-2008, 07:29 PM   #12 (permalink)
SubRosa
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Re: Hippocampus bargibanti - Pygmy Seahorses

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Originally Posted by panmanmatt View Post
H. barbiganti are not available in the hobby. They have a symbiotic relationship with the gorgonians on which they live and have not been successfully kept once removed from it.

Due to their small size it is not even known what their food requirements are as even rotifers are too large for them.

This is one of those species that are better off left in the ocean.
Bargibanti are indeed available in the hobby.Just today I received info on a variety of tropical and temperate species that are available to me as tank raised specimens.Included was H. Bargibanti.I can have them as of 7/7.Doesn't mean I will, but they are indeed available.

John
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