Preggy kuda..

Terryz_ · 11/23/2011, 12:12 AM

Hi guys, I have a preggy kuda from my friend should be due soon I presume... First few days, it was eating, although not very active.. but starting from 2 days back it stopped feeding and is stationary at his post. Anyway he is in a delivery tank BTW.. I heard that when they are going to release they stop feeding?

rayjay · 11/23/2011, 12:21 AM

When my seahorses are pregnant, they basically go into seclusion but I've not had a male stop feeding due to pregnancy at any stage so I can't confirm that anecdote.

Terryz_ · 11/23/2011, 03:02 AM

Hmmm... That sounds bad... Will try to get it to feed again, or is it stress from a different environment?

rayjay · 11/23/2011, 10:03 AM

I believe I've seen posts about the same situation over the years but I don't recall what the resolution was.
It may be that for some seahorses this is normal, especially if it started after you moved it.
You could try enticing it to eat live food by adding a couple of mysid shrimp, adult brine shrimp, or even small fresh water shrimp like cherry or glass shrimp if you can't get salt ones.

Terryz_ · 11/23/2011, 10:45 AM

I will get some brine shrimp if I can get my hands on them...

timinnl · 11/23/2011, 12:58 PM

Do you have everything in place? The rotifers, artemia, enrichment products and so on?

Terryz_ · 11/23/2011, 06:19 PM

Starting to hatch my artemia tonight... As for rotifers, maybe this weekend.. as my friend's culture crashed so no stock till now.. what enrichment do you guys recommend. I cqn only think of vitamin c and selcon?

rayjay · 11/23/2011, 10:47 PM

If they are really kuda then you WILL need rotifers as the first food.
You can't get better enrichment than Dans Feed from seahorsesource.com.
Vitamin C unless emulsified will NOT be uptaken by the brine shrimp or the rotifers.
Selcon, even if you have the "DHA" Selcon, does not have as high a DHA profile as the Algamac 3050 in Dan's Feed.
On top of that, Selcon emulsions don't keep as long as the powders do.

Terryz_ · 11/24/2011, 12:20 AM

The rotifers culture I will get this weekend if not I will make do with the dead ones and see if they eat them if they. due before I can get my hand on the rotifers...

rayjay · 11/24/2011, 09:44 AM

The fry won't bother with anything but live appropriately size foods so don't put any "dead" foods in there that will only contaminate the water faster.
Next to feeding, probably the next most important factor for fry is keeping the container surfaces and water clean.
If you don't have rotifers by then, put in just hatched bbs until you do get rotifers. Maybe there will be enough smaller bbs for the fry to consume, or maybe the fry just happen to be a bit bigger than normal at birth.

Terryz_ · 11/24/2011, 10:06 AM

Roger that ,I know about keeping the sides and water clean.. hopefully I can get rotifer soon..

11/23/2011, 12:12 AM	#1
Terryz_ Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,095	Preggy kuda.. Hi guys, I have a preggy kuda from my friend should be due soon I presume... First few days, it was eating, although not very active.. but starting from 2 days back it stopped feeding and is stationary at his post. Anyway he is in a delivery tank BTW.. I heard that when they are going to release they stop feeding?

11/23/2011, 12:21 AM	#2
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	When my seahorses are pregnant, they basically go into seclusion but I've not had a male stop feeding due to pregnancy at any stage so I can't confirm that anecdote. __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

11/23/2011, 10:03 AM	#4
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	I believe I've seen posts about the same situation over the years but I don't recall what the resolution was. It may be that for some seahorses this is normal, especially if it started after you moved it. You could try enticing it to eat live food by adding a couple of mysid shrimp, adult brine shrimp, or even small fresh water shrimp like cherry or glass shrimp if you can't get salt ones. __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

11/23/2011, 10:47 PM	#8
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	If they are really kuda then you WILL need rotifers as the first food. You can't get better enrichment than Dans Feed from seahorsesource.com. Vitamin C unless emulsified will NOT be uptaken by the brine shrimp or the rotifers. Selcon, even if you have the "DHA" Selcon, does not have as high a DHA profile as the Algamac 3050 in Dan's Feed. On top of that, Selcon emulsions don't keep as long as the powders do. __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

11/24/2011, 09:44 AM	#10
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	The fry won't bother with anything but live appropriately size foods so don't put any "dead" foods in there that will only contaminate the water faster. Next to feeding, probably the next most important factor for fry is keeping the container surfaces and water clean. If you don't have rotifers by then, put in just hatched bbs until you do get rotifers. Maybe there will be enough smaller bbs for the fry to consume, or maybe the fry just happen to be a bit bigger than normal at birth. __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

11/23/2011, 03:02 AM	#3
Terryz_ Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,095	Hmmm... That sounds bad... Will try to get it to feed again, or is it stress from a different environment?

11/23/2011, 10:45 AM	#5
Terryz_ Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,095	I will get some brine shrimp if I can get my hands on them...

11/23/2011, 12:58 PM	#6
timinnl Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 353	Do you have everything in place? The rotifers, artemia, enrichment products and so on?

11/23/2011, 06:19 PM	#7
Terryz_ Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,095	Starting to hatch my artemia tonight... As for rotifers, maybe this weekend.. as my friend's culture crashed so no stock till now.. what enrichment do you guys recommend. I cqn only think of vitamin c and selcon?

11/24/2011, 12:20 AM	#9
Terryz_ Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,095	The rotifers culture I will get this weekend if not I will make do with the dead ones and see if they eat them if they. due before I can get my hand on the rotifers...

11/24/2011, 10:06 AM	#11
Terryz_ Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,095	Roger that ,I know about keeping the sides and water clean.. hopefully I can get rotifer soon..

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