First pregnancy in the new tank

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I have raised several hundred erectus and I tried to raise reidi but could not get them past 6-8 weeks.

When I had barbs before I could not get them to breed. Doesn't look like a problem here lol.

barbouri have benthic fry and much smaller broods than erectus. I need to order some de capsulated brine eggs and I have some enrichment on the way. Will get some pods too. Then I should be ready. I am hoping they are as simple as erectus since they are benthic.

I have another pair madly courting this morning as well. Yikes.
 
Critterheaven said:
I have raised several hundred erectus and I tried to raise reidi but could not get them past 6-8 weeks.

When I had barbs before I could not get them to breed. Doesn't look like a problem here lol.

barbouri have benthic fry and much smaller broods than erectus. I need to order some de capsulated brine eggs and I have some enrichment on the way. Will get some pods too. Then I should be ready. I am hoping they are as simple as erectus since they are benthic.

I have another pair madly courting this morning as well. Yikes.
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How exciting! Will you separate them from the main tank? Wishing you much success! I will be following along for updates! Oh, one more question...I always wonder when people raise fry, what will you do with the survivors?
 
That's awesome! I owned dwarf seahorses(adults are about .5 inches in length) a few years ago and they had babies too, but the fry were so small that my nets couldn't catch them.
 
I will separate from the main tank. The size of the brood will dictate the tanks I use. When my erectus were having 300 or 400 at a time, I used 20 gallon long tanks (changed them out every week to keep clean). Hoping this brood may be ok in a 10 and 17 exchanged as I do not have any of the 20s anymore
With the erectus, I had some local buyers and also sold some that I shipped. But most of them went to a sustainable online store that isn't too far from me so that I could deliver them once they got a certain size/age.

I think most people leave the zosterae fry in with the adults? I don't use nets actually. I either move the male to the nursery tank before he is due or I scoop the fry out with a cup! My daughter may be the only elementary school kid in the state whose excuse for being tardy was helping mom scoop out baby seahorses! LOL
 
Critterheaven said:
I will separate from the main tank. The size of the brood will dictate the tanks I use. When my erectus were having 300 or 400 at a time, I used 20 gallon long tanks (changed them out every week to keep clean). Hoping this brood may be ok in a 10 and 17 exchanged as I do not have any of the 20s anymore
With the erectus, I had some local buyers and also sold some that I shipped. But most of them went to a sustainable online store that isn't too far from me so that I could deliver them once they got a certain size/age.

I think most people leave the zosterae fry in with the adults? I don't use nets actually. I either move the male to the nursery tank before he is due or I scoop the fry out with a cup! My daughter may be the only elementary school kid in the state whose excuse for being tardy was helping mom scoop out baby seahorses! LOL
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I might have to come get some ponies from you, if you sell locally! I'm just a few hours from you, on the OBX.
 
Critterheaven said:
I will separate from the main tank. The size of the brood will dictate the tanks I use. When my erectus were having 300 or 400 at a time, I used 20 gallon long tanks (changed them out every week to keep clean). Hoping this brood may be ok in a 10 and 17 exchanged as I do not have any of the 20s anymore
With the erectus, I had some local buyers and also sold some that I shipped. But most of them went to a sustainable online store that isn't too far from me so that I could deliver them once they got a certain size/age.

I think most people leave the zosterae fry in with the adults? I don't use nets actually. I either move the male to the nursery tank before he is due or I scoop the fry out with a cup! My daughter may be the only elementary school kid in the state whose excuse for being tardy was helping mom scoop out baby seahorses! LOL
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Wow.....I find this so fascinating! Thanks for answering my questions. How cute that your daughter helps! I think her science teacher probably loved her stories of seahorse babies. Lol
 
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I use a turkey baster to suck up the fry. Works good. I have two 20gallon tanks plumbed to a 10gallon sump loaded with biomedia that drains to a canister filter with a UV sterilizer and then returns to the 2 20 gallons. Works great. Can handle high bioload with zero nitrites and minimal water changes and vacuuming. I know another store in NC that will buy captive bred. He is pretty loaded right now, but by the time your fry are ready, he will most likely be ready too.

The stores in the area need some education in SH. They still think they are impossible to keep. Old myths continue
 
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Rick Cavanaugh said:
I use a turkey baster to suck up the fry. Works good. I have two 20gallon tanks plumbed to a 10gallon sump loaded with biomedia that drains to a canister filter with a UV sterilizer and then returns to the 2 20 gallons. Works great. Can handle high bioload with zero nitrites and minimal water changes and vacuuming. I know another store in NC that will buy captive bred. He is pretty loaded right now, but by the time your fry are ready, he will most likely be ready too.

The stores in the area need some education in SH. They still think they are impossible to keep. Old myths continue
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Do you put them straight in the 20 gallons from birth or smaller tanks for the first two weeks or so? Love to see pictures of your fry raising set up!
 
I will have to check that out, sounds interesting. Barbouri take a fairly long time to mature apparently versus erectus. Hope to find out over the next months!
 
My erectus fry tanks were always pretty simple. Typically a 20 gallon long with a divider on one end so I can add a skimmer and sterilizer. Usually a sponge filter and another airline in the other side. And some plastic screen for hitches. Always enriched Bbs and then quickly moving to cyclopeeze, then shaved mysis then whole.

I would clean the bottom after every feed or at least each day and change the tank out weekly.

I need to do some reading up on recent methods but it seems to consistently achieve high survival rates. For erectus. Not so for reidi unfortunately and it about broke my heart to see those guys all dying out around 8 weeks.
 

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