pygmy seahorse

[kelly shaw]

does anyone have pygmy seahorses? lfs has a couple for kinda cheap i think. wife wants them pretty bad and i was thinking real hard about it. i am looking for a little info on them. such as food and tank size and all of that. they will be in a tank on their own.

 

[marine fanatic]

I have never personally owned one but everywhere I read about how difficult seahorses are to keep alive. Extremely fragile and will not endure water fluctuations at all. Again, just what I have heard....not from personal experience.

 

[kelly shaw]

i have heard that too. i thought it was kind of odd when my lfs, which cannot keep a clean or decient salt tank, would have pygmy seahorses that have lived for 3-4 months now. i don't know how they do it.

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by Marine Fanatic
I have never personally owned one but everywhere I read about how difficult seahorses are to keep alive. Extremely fragile and will not endure water fluctuations at all. Again, just what I have heard....not from personal experience.

Wild caught seahorses are very hard to keep. Captive bred aren't as hard.

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by kelly shaw
i have heard that too. i thought it was kind of odd when my lfs, which cannot keep a clean or decient salt tank, would have pygmy seahorses that have lived for 3-4 months now. i don't know how they do it.

I have seahorses, but they are kudas. Are pygmys the really little ones? If so, those are more difficult to keep. They have to be fed live brine (you have to hatch it everyday). My seahorses accept frozen mysis, no way would I have any that have to be fed live foods.

 

[kelly shaw]

talked to the lady at the lfs. these are eating live brine and also frozen. looks like the wife put her foot down. i am setting up the tank today. and putting her foot down is about all the help i will get. but i found a link that talked about them. and it will be real interesting. wish me luck.

 

[alyssia]

Good luck! So, are pygmys the dwarf ones?

 

[kelly shaw]

yes i believe they are the same. my lfs is terrible. she called them pygmy and all i can find anything about are dwarf. so my guess is that they are the same.

 

[darth tang]

have the lfs feed the horse frozen food in front of your eyes. Just to confirm. Dwarf horses eating frozen is unheard of, mainly because the food is to big for their snouts. How big are these horses in inches? I would be amazed if they are eatig frozen.

 

[kelly shaw]

they are small mabe an inch or so. maybe a little more.

 

[alyssia]

I would say those are dwarves, and like Darth, I have never heard of them eating frozen.