Barbouri Seahorses rare or just unwanted?

[SaltBabies]

I wanted to get a pair of Barbouri Seahorses but only a few places have them and they are very expensive. I was wondering, are they rare because nobody wants them so they aren't aquacultured? or are they rare because everyone wants the big horses like kudas?

If I bred them would I get stuck with all the babies?

 

[SaltBabies]

I meant are they rare because nobody wants them so they aren't stocked and bred or are they rare because people want them and they are hard to import or something like that?

 

[rayjay]

Here in Canada they are rare mainly because we don't have any sources for seahorses of any species other than Asian imports for the most part.
The ones I have now I imported from Seahorse Australia but not having much luck with getting them to reproduce.
The ones I had about 12 yrs ago also came from Australia but from Dr Mic Payne's now closed operation.
You could always get an order together with other hobbyists so that with enough numbers the shipping cost will be minimized as for me, I only ordered 14 seahorses so that the shipping costs worked out to $44 dollars each to ship to London Ontario Canada.
If you could get about 30 seahorses of the various species they sell, you could get your shipping costs to under $10 each as distance to US is much less for most areas than to Canada.

 

[mollies123]

i used to have 4 and all of them were dead. They were too small and very hard to raise. They are beautiful though. Later on, i got some kudas and those are tough and very easy to raise