Sea Horse Diets?

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Assuming you are talking wild ones, then live ghost shrimp and mysis shrimp are best. The problem is the price, you won't want to spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars on live food for a seahorse per year. Some wild caught seahorses will adjust to frozen foods, but many won't. Getting a captive bred one is best. They are generally more expensive, but will accept a wide range of frozen food much like other fish.

Are you setting up another tank? I haven't been around much in that couple weeks so sorry if you've already posted about it. Tanks need to be pretty specialized for seahorses. Flow and aquascape are important, but very very good filtration is more important. Seahorses need to be fed a lot and thus create a lot of waste.
 
nonstophoops said:
Assuming you are talking wild ones, then live ghost shrimp and mysis shrimp are best. The problem is the price, you won't want to spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars on live food for a seahorse per year. Some wild caught seahorses will adjust to frozen foods, but many won't. Getting a captive bred one is best. They are generally more expensive, but will accept a wide range of frozen food much like other fish.

Are you setting up another tank? I haven't been around much in that couple weeks so sorry if you've already posted about it. Tanks need to be pretty specialized for seahorses. Flow and aquascape are important, but very very good filtration is more important. Seahorses need to be fed a lot and thus create a lot of waste.
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They don't process their food very well, so you have to be very careful about what you feed them.
 
Piscene energetics mysis shrimp, contains 69.5% protein. Also may want to try the Dr. G's HUFA gutloaded mysis. Nutrition is key, think lipids fatty acids and protein. If possible try freeze dried plankton or mysis (hikari) with a liquid additive like Selcon or the brightwell amibo omega.


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nonstophoops said:
Assuming you are talking wild ones, then live ghost shrimp and mysis shrimp are best. The problem is the price, you won't want to spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars on live food for a seahorse per year. Some wild caught seahorses will adjust to frozen foods, but many won't. Getting a captive bred one is best. They are generally more expensive, but will accept a wide range of frozen food much like other fish.



Are you setting up another tank? I haven't been around much in that couple weeks so sorry if you've already posted about it. Tanks need to be pretty specialized for seahorses. Flow and aquascape are important, but very very good filtration is more important. Seahorses need to be fed a lot and thus create a lot of waste.
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Lol I noticed you haven't been browsing threads lately lol,

Actually I was considering sea horse as an addition to this tank because of my brother who really wants one, however since they day he asked me I've turned it down...and will continue lol

This thread is actually for my cousin who for the past 5-6 months he has kept his sea horse with a varitey of fish...I'm actually amazed on how it has been thriving. I was just in a conversation with him on I posted this, basically we were talking about how much he has to target feed it throughout the day because they can't really absorbed lots of nutrients from a single meal. So I gave the idea of posting this up in hopes of some one may know a company that develops foods for seahorses...like a blend of mysis, brine...so on.

This sea horse is a good eater I fed it yesterday...so awesome he has it with fire fish, chromis, and other fish with it.

Thanks for the relpy

Wiggles92 said:
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They don't process their food very well, so you have to be very careful about what you feed them.
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Thanks Wiggles for the tip, one of the things my cousin and I kept talking about as I try to help him make a even bigger variety of a diet it already gets.

Thanks Wiggles

THEcreep said:
Piscene energetics mysis shrimp, contains 69.5% protein. Also may want to try the Dr. G's HUFA gutloaded mysis. Nutrition is key, think lipids fatty acids and protein. If possible try freeze dried plankton or mysis (hikari) with a liquid additive like Selcon or the brightwell amibo omega.


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This is defintly something I will research, find the product and forward it to my cousin, thanks a million so more protein is the key I see.

Thanks Creep, will look forward in the info I will get out of this google search lol
 
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