Baby Brine

[seahorsecu]

Well, I have 1 baby seahorse left. I figured this batch of babies would be a learning experience. Ah well. So I made a batch of baby brine eggs, and they have hatched! The only problem is that I only have 1 baby which has a 60% chance of dying! I have an agressive and reef tank which will take those buggers for a nice meal. But do I raise them full sized, then use them for food, or do I give my fish the salt grain-sized babies now? If I do need to raise them, HOW? What do I feed them? Oh so many questions!

 

[bronco300]

for brine shrimp, you'll want to have that seahorse somewhere else so your other fish don't beat him out. you want to hatch your brine shrimp, let them grow 24hrs to get mouths, then enrich for 12 hours, then feed.

 

[seahorsecu]

when you mean 'then feed' do you mean feed the brine or feed to the fish?

 

[bronco300]

feed the brine...brine are pretty worthless nutrition wise unless its right after they hatch

 

[seahorsecu]

What do I feed them?

 

[bronco300]

any type of enrichment...naturose, vita chem, selcon (you can only leave them in this for about two hours because its a heavier, greasy enrichment), things like such

 

[seahorsecu]

I don hav ne of those. Can I feed them 'First Bites', daphnia, or 'Tetra Flakes'?

 

[bronco300]

i dont know about any of those, you are gonna want something that will enrich your brine so they are worth something

 

[seahorsecu]

ok. I gues I can see if ***** has ne of tthe ones you mentioned. off the topic, but does a catfish lay eggs or give birth?

 

[bronco300]

not sure if ***** will have those specific ones but maybe something else...as far as catfish i have no clue, sorry

 

[lion_crazz]

Catfish are egg-layers.
***** might have one of the enriching vitamins you may need. Look for Kent's Zoe, Boyd's VitaChem, Selcon, Kent's Zoecon, or Seachem's Reef Plus.

 

[mudplayerx]

You have your seahorses in an aggressive tank? Seahorses should be kept in a species-only tank.