My Seahorse Cube And Babies

[scubasteve]

steve, this is awesome and you are sooo dedicated..good luck with the babies..

thanks heather im just very fortunate to have yvette as an extreamely good mentor

 

[heath]

yes, she is a great mentor, I hope that I have half as much success when I get my boys...

 

[scubasteve]

yes, she is a great mentor, I hope that I have half as much success when I get my boys...

well her stock is bulletproof im sure you will do great. i got 2 boys and 1 girl and have had zero issues

 

[heath]

I am getting 4 boys (?), I don't have the knowledge to raise babies, I will leave that up to you two.. at first I thought about 4 girls and then Yvette told me that one of the females will flip to a male, so its boys for me..

 

[yveterinarian]

thanks heather im just very fortunate to have yvette as an extremely good mentor

Thanks for the kind words and good luck with the babies.

 

[scubasteve]

heres some pics of the tank with the babies... so far only four have died so must be doing something right lol and they are feeding like champs on brineshrimp that i feed phytoplankton (greenwater for the noobs) and a highly un-saturated fatty acid supplement (hufa) most people opt for selcon but i realised a long time ago that the v2h formula by "H2O life" doesnt foul the water as much and works just as good plus is cheaper now i just wish they didnt blend in to the background so well its pretty hard to get a pic.... one these days ill score a good camera


Through surface


Through front

 

[heath]

wow, how fast do they grow, they look so much bigger than the other day.. just think when you start selling your babies you can buy a good camera.

 

[scubasteve]

wow, how fast do they grow, they look so much bigger than the other day.. just think when you start selling your babies you can buy a good camera.

thats the joys of zoom they magically look huge to get an idea that white mesh is just the plastic knitting mesh and they can easily fit right through the holes lol im just amazed that they are starting to hitch already. Those must be the piggies too fat to swim lol

 

[yveterinarian]

Looking great Steve!

 

[scubasteve]

thanks yvette i jerry rigged a peice of airline into some vinyl tubing so hopefully tomorrow when i clean the bottom i can avoid sucking up any babies

 

[yveterinarian]

I always cleaned the fry tanks with a small syphon hose and put my finger over the end to control the suction. When the fry were small I did accidentally suck some up but would just catch them in a bucket and transfer them back into their tank with a spoon. It is easier when they get bigger.

 

[scubasteve]

just for the growth record

 

[scubasteve]

 

[heath]

holy crap, they are sooo cute.. is that one is alive?

 

[scubasteve]

ya he is sealed on a water drop i got enough to spare anyhow

 

[Jesse biocubebeginner]

How long before they are of age to sell?


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[scubasteve]

How long before they are of age to sell?


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quite a few months if they make it lol its only their third or fourth batch so numbers are low and so is survival rate

 

[scubasteve]

im sure yveterinarian has some ready tho thats who mine are from

 

[yveterinarian]

Thanks Steve, yes I still have some ready to sell. I am keeping my fingers crossed for yours. Keep up the good work.

 

[scubasteve]

after 8 days i have a total of 21 dead but thats the roughest time for them and would say there is more than that still alive but too hard to count they never stop moving lol. then again for a first attempt 10% turnout would be amazing.

im sure someone will chime in on if my death rate is good or not.