How Do I Breed Seahorses

[lowther11]

Has anyone out there had any luck raising seahorse fry? If so I would be grateful to here of your strategy-Cheers.

[JasandJules]

www.seahorse.org (http://www.seahorse.org)

There are a few bits and bobs on there..

Good luck

Jas

[P.A.D]

Has anyone out there had any luck raising seahorse fry? If so I would be grateful to here of your strategy-Cheers.

Hello Mate

I have a pair of Reidii which mated a couple of days ago. The males pouch is quite swollen and gradually getting bigger. Expecting the offspring in about 3 weeks. I have a small tank that I am cultivating copepods & rotifers in and will probably transfer some of the fry to this. The rest will have to take their chance in the parents tank.

It will be my first attempt at it but am going to try my hardest to raise some of them when they arrive.

Cheers Phil.

[craigyi]

a back issue of coral magazine had an indepth guide as to how to raise the fry, might be worth a look!

craig

[stm]

HI
Reiidi are about as difficult as it gets with seahorses , you will need copious well fortified rotifers to get started and even then there is no gaurantee that without the correct nutrient profile in the rotifers that they will not keel over at day 7.


Worth talking to somebody on seahorse.org who has completed Reidi with good results as they are not the seahorse to just have a dabble with.

regards Jez

[JMC]

Hi I have been breeding seahorses for the last 5 years Reidi is the most difficult, I have 307 reidi fry about 6 weeks old that was out of 2000, you have to put alot of work into seahorses, go to seahorse.org you will get a lot of help there regards john

[lowther11]

A big thanks to you all for taking the time to advise me. Cheers!

Chris.