2 headed seahorse fry!

Raf · 03-17-2007, 04:12 PM

Our Reidi seahorses spawn all the time, well one batch we noticed an unusual fry swimming around. This one had two heads!

Anyone else experience this phenomenon?

Woodstock · 03-17-2007, 04:20 PM

That's gotta be very rare!

aquaman3680 · 03-17-2007, 04:30 PM

DANG!!! you gotta raise that one!

Dentoid · 03-17-2007, 04:47 PM

That is unbelievable!

Is it still alive! Siamese seahorse, submit to Ripley's Believe it or Not.

murkywaters · 03-17-2007, 05:00 PM

cool.

btw when I read the title first thought was:how gross he's cooking seahorses . lol

Raf · 03-17-2007, 05:20 PM

LOL!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dentoid

That is unbelievable!

Is it still alive! Siamese seahorse, submit to Ripley's Believe it or Not.

It lived surprisingly for three days! In general though, we have yet to raise a baby reidi....they are VERY hard!

boozeman · 03-17-2007, 05:20 PM

cool

lcstorc · 03-17-2007, 05:36 PM

Great that you were able to take pics. The fry are just so tiny. I wish it would have lived. That would have been seriously neat to have.

panmanmatt · 03-17-2007, 06:10 PM

It is a very rare occurance. I have seen pics of it only 1 other time in the 3 years I have been keeping seahorses. From what I've heard their survival is almost non-existant. Seahorse fry need lots of nutrition to support themselves let alone a siamese sibling. With them having no real stomach, I can see them starving to death even though both mouths are actively feeding.

Great pics btw.

blue_eyes53813 · 03-17-2007, 06:15 PM

Wow Very cool...

aquaman3680 · 03-17-2007, 06:22 PM

I have only had one baby seahorse live... It was a redi and surprisingly it was out of our first batch, but after three years we had to give it up because, all the tanks, we had 7 at the time, were becoming too much!

Matt

Frankie · 03-17-2007, 09:51 PM

Way cool on the pictures dude!

Raf · 03-18-2007, 12:57 AM

Thanks guys!

cheeks69 · 03-18-2007, 01:05 AM

Wow that is very cool and wonderful photos as usual

MarkTheShark · 03-18-2007, 10:59 AM

Thats amazing! Great photos too

03-17-2007, 04:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Raf Scopas Tang Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N. Vancouver, BC Canada Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	2 headed seahorse fry! Our Reidi seahorses spawn all the time, well one batch we noticed an unusual fry swimming around. This one had two heads! Anyone else experience this phenomenon? __________________ Our Photos: Nikon D70 w Nikkor 60mm 2.8d micro http://www.aquaticescapes.ca Check out our Malawi site: http://www.malawimayhem.com Cheers Raf & Diana

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panmanmatt Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Waretown, NJ Posts: 2,255 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: 2 headed seahorse fry! It is a very rare occurance. I have seen pics of it only 1 other time in the 3 years I have been keeping seahorses. From what I've heard their survival is almost non-existant. Seahorse fry need lots of nutrition to support themselves let alone a siamese sibling. With them having no real stomach, I can see them starving to death even though both mouths are actively feeding. Great pics btw.

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Raf Scopas Tang Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N. Vancouver, BC Canada Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: 2 headed seahorse fry! Thanks guys! __________________ Our Photos: Nikon D70 w Nikkor 60mm 2.8d micro http://www.aquaticescapes.ca Check out our Malawi site: http://www.malawimayhem.com Cheers Raf & Diana

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