WCSeahorse

Hi everyone, I have been getting a fair bit of interest in my captive bred seahorses so I am starting a waiting list. The seahorses I currently have are captive bred Hippocampus erectus, born and raised in Corvallis. The broodstock are a mix of F1 captive bred and Wild Caught (QT's, dewormed etc), my adults range in color from black and white to yellow. The large majority of the offspring are turning yellow and orange. At this point they are eating mysis and growing very quickly, however I am not willing to release them yet as I feel strongly they need to be a solid 3" before sale. This allows them to be stable enough to make the transition to a new tank with minimal stress. They all come trained to eat frozen mysis, and this species is known for the vigorous eating habits! Due to the large number of reef tank owners interested in seahorses I have also opted to sell these pre-trained to eat directly from a feeding dish. This allows for little to no waste of food preventing un needed nutrient influx. A quick word on seahorses in reefs. Conventional wisdom states that seahorses do not do well in reef tanks, however provided a few criteria are met I have found that to be not entirely accurate. 1. Anemones and LPS with long sweeper tentacles can prove troublesome. I have kept seahorses with SPS and "soft corals" with no problem. 2. Nutrient load/dissolved organics can pose a problem, simply stated a system with significant levels of dissolved organics can cause problems for seahorses in terms of encouraging ciliate proliferation. This is generally not a problem in SPS dominated tanks. 3. Temperature. The collective seahorse community has found that seahorses tend to do better at slightly cooler temps (77 and below), as this reduces the likelihood of pathogenic bacterial infections. I have seen them maintained long term at 80F, however I would not advise it as it can reduce the margin of error given a temperature spike. (An example of a pair I kept in a macro/softie tank.) Keep in mind these are general guidelines that can help ensure success, there are exceptions to every rule. The bottom line is, avoid stinging corals, high temps and high nutrient load. I am asking $55 an animal or 2 for $100. Please feel free to call or text with any questions regarding my animals, or seahorses in general. If you would like to reserve a pair or more, let me know! (541)-602-9833 These pictures are a little old, I will update with newer pictures as the thread progresses. Colby

And for fun, a few more broodstock photos. And some fry...

Yup, this is Colby. Here are some updated pictures, I am a horrific photographer, I apologize for that. These ones are about 5 weeks old and eating winter harvest Hikari chopped mysis. And these guys are just about three weeks, eating 48hr old enriched artemia and frozen cyclops.

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I am starting to select for yellow and orange, however I am not going to sell based upon color at this point as they can and do change depending upon environment . I have attached a couple photos of the seahorses from a week or so ago. I will update with another photo of the oldest batch, they are turning yellow and orange.

Hi everyone, I am breeding/raising seahorses, currently working with erectus. I am working on obtaining some other species to put into production next spring/summer. For now though I have a few hundred nice erectus that are starting to color up great! Any other seahorse keepers here?