Raising Hippocampus erectus (seahorses)!

[Woodstock]

17 days ago my erectus had a successful egg transfer!

Yesterday, the male gave birth!

CLICK on the video below to watch!!

Here are a few photos of the babies


Newborn

A few hours old and with a full tummy already!

An undeveloped/unfertilized egg

 

[Woodstock]

1 day old hunting video. Seems very selective...

 

[Corailline]

Amazing stuff, thank you for posting it.

Did you move the male to a seperate tank for the hatch ?

 

[Woodstock]

Yes, I moved the male & female to a birthing tank. The male is MUCH happier with her there.

 

[lcstorc]

Picky picky, but way too adorable for words.

 

[Corailline]

Did he appear stressed without her there ? And how did it manifest ?

Sorry for all the questions, but it has been along time since I attempted to keep seahorses (1970).

Congradualations, if must be very rewarding to see your experience and hardwork pay off.

 

[JandR]

Grats Doni!!!! That are soooooo cute!!! How old will they be before you will be able to sell them? Also how many did he have?

 

[Woodstock]

Did he appear stressed without her there ? And how did it manifest ?

Sorry for all the questions, but it has been along time since I attempted to keep seahorses (1970).

Congradualations, if must be very rewarding to see your experience and hardwork pay off.

He was pacing the tank and appeared very nervous but as soon as I added her, he courted her and hitched beside her like normal

 

[Woodstock]

Grats Doni!!!! That are soooooo cute!!! How old will they be before you will be able to sell them? Also how many did he have?

Thanks. Around 4-5 months old they will be sellable
I am not sure how many but I'm guessing 200?

 

[Mekanik]

That is so cool -
amaZing even ! makes me want a horse...
Giddyup!

 

[Reddog170]

This is so cool. I wonder about breeding our sea creatures. Doni you have a gift there. Great work, will follow along. Shaun

 

[mightyreefer 0]

amazing things you are doing.

 

[Woodstock]

Thanks everyone
Mr. Green Jeans birthed again a few days ago at 74 deg, he births every 16-17 days. He of course gets pregnant quickly within 24 hours!
I have to hatch a lot of BS daily!

 

[JandR]

Aww yay grats!! I want one eventually =} so when they hatch are you just feeding baby brine shrimp or do they eat the rotifers too?

 

[Woodstock]

They are lage enough to eat BBS although they might eat rotifers. I only offer them BBS.

 

[Dweezil]

Amazing videos! You are blessed with an amazing gift with animals. Keep up the great work.

 

[varden]

These are darling! Congratulations!

 

[kev2me]

What's your fry raising setup look like?

 

[Woodstock]

20 gallon with a trickle flow through to a larger 300+ gallon system (sump, refugium, 57watt UV).
I have also ordered a small UV filter to place inside the 20 gallon tank.

 

[Big Ray]

wow amazing, congrats

how far are you with the fry ? are they still alive ?

if they are already hitching, then its time to feed them adult Brine shrimp enriched. I find beta glucan and Dan's formula from the org site very helpfull in letting the fry mature faster and ... . you need to enrich it, for 12 hours, twice, changing the water in between to get the max proteins into the BB and fry eventually.

please post a pic of the nursery tank if you can, Im sure many would enjoy it/ learn from it. the UV will help alot specially with possible Hydroids.