seahorse diet

MRETTIN283 · 07-21-2008, 02:42 PM

I have my seahorses eating brine. Should I add anything to their diet? Or are they all right eating the brine?

lcstorc · 07-21-2008, 02:44 PM

Absolutely.
Brine has almost no nutrition. It is often compared to popcorn for humans. You can gut load the brine with vitamins etc if that is all they will eat but mysis is a far better choice. I never had any problem getting mine to eat mysis plain or soaked in garlic.

SeahorseBT · 07-21-2008, 04:47 PM

What Lynn said.

laracrofe · 11-05-2008, 07:24 AM

Seahorses feed on brine shrimp, tiny fish and plankton. A seahorse sucks in food through its long snout, and is continually feeding. Seahorses have no teeth and swallow live food whole.

jski711 · 11-05-2008, 12:31 PM

Live mysis. A lot of people with mandarins have the same problem because they too are slow and methodical eaters. Mysis is a much much better choice. Is there anyone that has horses trained on pellets?

Jake

jski711 · 11-05-2008, 12:39 PM

Sorry I didn't mean live mysis, I ment frozen. My brain was thinking but my fingers weren't following.....

panmanmatt · 11-05-2008, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by laracrofe

Seahorses feed on brine shrimp, tiny fish and plankton. A seahorse sucks in food through its long snout, and is continually feeding. Seahorses have no teeth and swallow live food whole.

Sorry but seahorses don't feed on brine shrimp. Seahorses feed on shrimp and shrimp larvae along with pods but their main staple diet is shrimp.

Brine shrimp come from saltwater lakes and seahorses come from the ocean. No way can they feed on brine shrimp.

panmanmatt · 11-05-2008, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jski711

Live mysis. A lot of people with mandarins have the same problem because they too are slow and methodical eaters. Mysis is a much much better choice. Is there anyone that has horses trained on pellets?

Jake

Pellets are not recognized as food by seahorses. A few breeders have tried with their younger horses but no luck so far.

DendroGuru · 11-14-2008, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by panmanmatt

Sorry but seahorses don't feed on brine shrimp. Seahorses feed on shrimp and shrimp larvae along with pods but their main staple diet is shrimp.

Brine shrimp come from saltwater lakes and seahorses come from the ocean. No way can they feed on brine shrimp.

that aint no proof! i feed my shark beef. i've never seen a cow in the ocean. lol

yungreefer2410 · 11-14-2008, 06:53 PM

do you really feed him beef? that would be cool to watch

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lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: seahorse diet Absolutely. Brine has almost no nutrition. It is often compared to popcorn for humans. You can gut load the brine with vitamins etc if that is all they will eat but mysis is a far better choice. I never had any problem getting mine to eat mysis plain or soaked in garlic. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

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laracrofe Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: seahorse diet Seahorses feed on brine shrimp, tiny fish and plankton. A seahorse sucks in food through its long snout, and is continually feeding. Seahorses have no teeth and swallow live food whole.

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jski711 Torch coral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NW Burbs of Chicago Posts: 571 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: seahorse diet Live mysis. A lot of people with mandarins have the same problem because they too are slow and methodical eaters. Mysis is a much much better choice. Is there anyone that has horses trained on pellets? Jake

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jski711 Torch coral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NW Burbs of Chicago Posts: 571 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: seahorse diet Sorry I didn't mean live mysis, I ment frozen. My brain was thinking but my fingers weren't following.....

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