BOO HOO Babies

[flower]

Well my Hectors goby arrived DOA and as I prepared to look at my new spotted mushroom, to see how it was doing.... I see something floating...a baby seahorse...as I pondered what to do with it and at the same time scanned the tank for others I see it get sucked into the filter. I have 1 in a net. I orded a net hatchery yesterday to at least put the prego horse in it so I could maybe call Peka to come get them but I was too late.
Poor little critter, it hasn't a chance.

 

[meowzer]

SO...the time has come......REMEMBER Flower.....very rarely do any from the 1st or 2nd batches live......

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/385681/boo-hoo-babies#post_3383392
SO...the time has come......REMEMBER Flower.....very rarely do any from the 1st or 2nd batches live......
LOL...I just wanted them to die someplace else. I caught 1 before it met it's doom in the filter...if only I had not looked. Now what do I do with the tiny little thing in the net?

 

[teresaq]

Does your male still look big?? sometimes they give you warning babies, one or two the day before.

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by TeresaQ http:///forum/thread/385681/boo-hoo-babies#post_3383405
Does your male still look big?? sometimes they give you warning babies, one or two the day before.
No my canister was loaded with dead babies. I removed the mesh they were caught in. I was afraid the decaying babies might cause a problem with water quality. I ordered a couple of Lee's net breeders, they didn't arrive in time, I should have ordered earlier....Maybe next batch I can contact Peka and have her come get them.
If I can't get Peka, (she didn't answer my last e-mails) Can I send them to you? ...LOL...I'm serious. That 1 little baby I put in the refugium to die, I couldn't watch it die of starvation nor could I bring myself to kill it or feed it to the eaters who live in the 90g. Maybe (dream) it will survive on tiny baby copepods.