I my latest fish surfing I have looked at some seahorses and so far have seen some pretty high priced stuff. It was only 4 years ago that I bought three yellow seahorses for $15 BUCKS EACH. Whats the deal because the lowest I have found is 60 now.
Seahorses Expensive?
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Most seahorses these days are expensive due to the fact that they are captive bred. If you see a seahorse in the 30 range or less either it's 1. Wild caught 2. A dwarf seahorse or 3. It's a small one they are trying to get rid of.
Honda, your lfs may be getting in dwarves, or they are wild caught. Tank raised can mean many things with any fish, in the "seahorse world" it can mean about 4 different things. Most likely they were taken from the wild when young; then raised in a tank for a few months. They shouldn't be that cheap unless they were dwarves.
My reidi I bought about a month ago (see avatar) was about 65.
Honda, your lfs may be getting in dwarves, or they are wild caught. Tank raised can mean many things with any fish, in the "seahorse world" it can mean about 4 different things. Most likely they were taken from the wild when young; then raised in a tank for a few months. They shouldn't be that cheap unless they were dwarves.
My reidi I bought about a month ago (see avatar) was about 65.
H. Reidi for 45.99 at www.seahorsesource.com FYI (great dealer BTW) i'll be getting some seahorses from him in july
I remember hearing that most if not all seahorses are tank raised now, mostly in Hawaii, australia and i think starting in florida. I think CITES put their foot down on the harvesting of them....too bad i'd be my car its done NOTHING to stop the curio trade in dried seahorses.
The ones i've seen in mid michigan have been running 30-60 each and vary from species and color variant. All are listed as tank raised and coming from Preuss's in Lansing i dont doubt it. Never been to a better pet store than that, probably will never find one in michigan. I cant wait to see their new location when i get some time.
Jason
The ones i've seen in mid michigan have been running 30-60 each and vary from species and color variant. All are listed as tank raised and coming from Preuss's in Lansing i dont doubt it. Never been to a better pet store than that, probably will never find one in michigan. I cant wait to see their new location when i get some time.
Jason
I have never bought Seahorses but I have early memories of mail-order ads in comic books to buy live seahorses and have them shipped to your home. The price was cheap from what I can remember and this was the first time I ever heard of mailing fish,does anyone else know what I'm talking about??
Big E, what your thinking about was probably when they used to have ads in magazines for Dwarf Seahorses, they are labeled as "the easiest to care for seahorse", but they are actually somewhat harder.
Most seahorses are on the CITES list, dwarves are only labeled as DD, or data deficient so you can take up to 20 a day.
Most seahorses are on the CITES list, dwarves are only labeled as DD, or data deficient so you can take up to 20 a day.
$40 for kellogi, $80 for yellows at liveaquaria. Yellow, $45, reds $65, dwarf $25 for 3, H. erectus (lined) $30, all these are current prices on Aquabid, most are the same seller.
