Weaning my seahorse off live food

[tunafish]

I just purchased a seahorse after months of research, but the one i bought is eating live ghost shrimp. I need to wean it off the live shrimp and onto frozen mysid shrimp. If you guys have any ideas or suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[granny]

My marine aquaria book says they will ONLY eat live foods-so dont know if you can wean them or not!
I suppose you could try mixing in some with the live?

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by Granny
My marine aquaria book says they will ONLY eat live foods-so dont know if you can wean them or not!
I suppose you could try mixing in some with the live?

Mine eat frozen. They were eating frozen when I got them though so I can't tell you how to make the transition. Maybe if you can get grumpygils attention he can help. I think he was in the process of teaching his horses to accept frozen.

 

[puffer9006]

go to seahorse dot org. they should have any thing you need you can also post threads on their and all those people do is seahorse.

 

[reefiness]

id say take a frozen mysid shrimp cube, defrost it then add some garlic extreme or another attractant to it and add it in litlle by little.
i just got my mandarin to eat some frozen food without knowing and all it took was garlic extreme

 

[darth tang]

Skip your feeding of ghost shrimp in the morning. In the afternoon thaw a cube of Hikari Mysis shrimp. Soak it in selcon and garli extreme. Then pour it in the tank in front of a powerhead. The head will give it the appearance of swimming. Your horse may go for it thinking the shrimp are alive.
I never understood why people buy seahorses not already on frozen food. They are becoming the norm instead of the rarity.

 

[alyssia]

I never understood why people buy seahorses not already on frozen food. They are becoming the norm instead of the rarity.