newfisher Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Our male Seahorse has been REALLY huge lately and as newbies in the Saltwater world we were questioning over eating/feeding, he's more active than the others or mabey a different breed? (nutty) We googled "pregnant seahorse" several times and found that one of our "couples" is a soon to be father! (scary) Franklin( Algea ) stopped by today to pick up some dry rock and supplies( thank you Garrett ) and my wife was on her way home from lunch when Daddy was twitching and phasing in and out of color from white to black. The twitching or contractions kept getting quicker and stronger, throwing it's body from side to side. :eek: Jess called Heather (NNewhouse's wife,who also has seahorses) and she rushed over. We were watching for about ten minutes and then it happened.....BABIES! Hundreds of them! We scrambled for camera's and caught this video. (clap)(clap) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 that is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Looks like that seahorse tree came in handy already! Congrats! That video was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefSafari Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 That is Awsome for sure! Major congrats! What are you going to feed those tiney little things(scary) Best of Luck...and keep us posted how things go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 Unfortunately we chose not to set up a nursery and rotifer cultures. Throwing them to the wind ( or skimmer ) and see how many naturally survive. Next batch we will be ready!! "Looks like that seahorse tree came in handy already!" Noobtosalt Yes, the quickly took to the new addition and are going through thier color changes daily!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berger9953 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 That is super cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Whoa thats awesome Jon!! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 That is freakin awesome!(clap) Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algae Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 This was really special to see. A fun experience! Makes all of us males proud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnewhouse Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Wish I could have been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 What species of seahorses are these? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bswe22 Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Wow. It finally happened. I wish I would of been there also. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2odvl Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Stopped by to see the babies and it looks like they all got feed to the skimmer, Iguess time will tell if one or two are hiding. Better luck next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayTheSavageFraser Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 I hope a few make it!! That is awesome!! Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr S Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Very cool. I am hoping my classroom horses do this also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 What species of seahorses are these? Just curious. "Hippocampus ingens" pacific coast I believe. Garrett brought them in about 6 months ago along with some banded pipe fish that have done really well and are fun to watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Next batch should come in 14-17 days. IIRC ingens can eat bbs as a first food. Are you sure you need rots? Let me check around a bit. There are not to many people breeding ingens in the U.S., no one that I know of selling them, besides Elizer out of Mexico. Best of luck, let me know if you have fry questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 thats so great to see. and to catch it on video for all of us to watch is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 We are not planning on raising babies. If they are Ingens and nobody breeding them here in the states, I would "stud" them out to someone or be interested in having somebody set up a nursery here. We just don't have the time, or patience to take it on. Probobly the same reason all of my hounds are nuetered lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 wow too cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Angel Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Wow.. that was absolutely the coolest thing Ive seen caught on video. Good Job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted May 25, 2010 Author Share Posted May 25, 2010 He is carrying now again and by the 14 to 17 day cycle, should happen over the weekend. It seems contageous in that room, we watched our cleaner shrimp have babies last night. I told my wife she had to watch the tanks from the kitchen and couldn't go in there anymore! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2odvl Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 lol, we'll see in 9 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted May 25, 2010 Author Share Posted May 25, 2010 lol' date=' we'll see in 9 months [/quote'] I better check the wood pile and cancel the milk.....I've done my part and have been nuetered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckie Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 That is sooooo cool! I love to watch sea horses. Come on feed and care for the babies next time. You could give a tutorial for all of us. Beckie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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