Seahorse question

[rykna]

I am planning to get a new friend for Valiant once I have my fish room completed downstairs.
Valiant is a Kuda male.....
If I get a female what are the chances of them having babies? I looked into the matter online and the information I found said that it is very hard to breed Kudas. I am not interested in breeding at all. I would like to have pairs to experiences the pair greeting and so forth....but ofcourse in any situation you put a male and female together the posibilty is there. :notsure:

 

[reefreak29]

Originally Posted by Rykna
I am planning to get a new friend for Valiant once I have my fish room completed downstairs.
Valiant is a Kuda male.....
If I get a female what are the chances of them having babies? I looked into the matter online and the information I found said that it is very hard to breed Kudas. I am not interested in breeding at all. I would like to have pairs to experiences the pair greeting and so forth....but ofcourse in any situation you put a male and female together the posibilty is there. :notsure:
i dont know if it will happen or not but if i were a male seahorse,i would do somethin

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by reefreak29
i dont know if it will happen or not but if i were a male seahorse,i would do somethin

:hilarious
Yeah.....being married I get the drift!!!!!!

 

[poniegirl]

I think the difficulty lies in raising the fry, not neccessarily the breeding, itself.
The fry are pelagic, meaning free-swimming, and so it is hard to make sure they feed enough without compromising water quality.
It seems I have heard that seahorse fry immediately head for the surface to fill their swim bladder with air, this might explain their pelagic beginnings. I would think it takes time for the fresh swim bladder to "equalize" and so they may not have great control over their movements.
I believe that my old girl Sophia developed swim bladder trouble in her old age; she had great trouble directing herself to food. Maybe along with a bit of a problem with vision. I had to literally hand feed her for the last few weeks of her life.

 

[reefkprz]

there is an aqua culture program over at the university, and a girl there breeds seahorses, next time I talk to her I'll see if she has any input on that.
I think poniegirl is on the right track. but of course another source of info never hurts.

 

[rykna]

Thanks. That makes a lot of sense.

I look forward to hearing what your friend has to say :happyfish