Chase21 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I bought a couple of hippocampus erectus sea horses im pretty sure the male seems to be doing great eatting all the time eatting frozen foods and copepods ,but the female doesnt touch the frozen food and i havent really seen her suck up any pods either. i have tried adding garlc extract to their food which the male loves but the female still does even show curiousity towards the food. Anyone had this problem before any suggestions? ps.both were wild caught from lfs in houston and i picked them up on the way back to austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Giving her live foods and training onto frozen is the only option I know of, as long as she's in good health. Go to seahorse.org to the forums, and there's an entire section for wild caught seahorses and their care. It's a great resource! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase21 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 thank you ill give it a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase21 Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 Went and bought live brine and mysis ,she's ratting now and getting her color back!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Awesome! Glad you got her eating. Where'd you find live mysis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Awesome! Glad you got her eating. Where'd you find live mysis? Yes, please share. I'm currently feeding live food to my two seahorses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase21 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 I got the mysis from someone who breeds I'm starting to breed my own but as its a slow process I find that love ghost shrimp work really good ,and they are very cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase21 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 Live ghost shrimp* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 I got some ghost shrimp when the store was out of live brine, but they are too big for my horses. Don't get me wrong, they immediately took off after them, but were only able to nip them. Let me know how the breeding goes, I would definitely buy some off of you. I've got mine eating live brine. I'm gonna try to train them to frozen, but I'm not sure how they will take to it. Thanks for the info! Oh and post some pictures of your horses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase21 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 My horses are large hippocampus erectus I have tried to switch them to frozen but only the male will eat the frozen and only some times. Mine eat ghost shrimp whole and I'm surprised they can actually eat something that big. And if the breeding goes well Ill deffinetly keep you updated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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