Keeping Kuda Seahorses (1 Viewer)

[oguzman]

So I recently had a bit of an impulse buy (truly not quite an impulse because I've been wanting to get these for a while), and purchased a Kuda Seahorse pair from FJW. A couple of quick questions because the internet seems to have conflicting information. How much should I be feeding daily? Right now I've been successful with doing a cube of mysis with 2 drops of Selcon, I notice that the seahorses enjoy munching on the mysis. They'll grab a 3-5 pieces each. Is that enough or should I be adding more to the system to get them to eat? The next question has to do with temperature. They are currently in my nano tank (Its a tall tank), which is plumbed to my reef tank sump. My temperature stays around 78-79F, will this end up being a major issue?

Let me know if I need to feed more... my system should be able to handle the higher nutrients with my upgraded chaeto refugium and light.

 

[PorpoiseHork]

Temp is on the high end for them, but not too bad. As for the feeding, you can add fish eggs, or frozen plankton/pods to your feeding regimen. This will give them a more varied diet and is easy for them to eat as it is much smaller. As for how much to feed, if you can feed 2 times a day that will work very well. Otherwise once a day, but I would fee vitamin enriched. And quantity will depend on how well they have acclimated to their new environment, and stress level. IT may take them up to a week or more to fully settle in before their appetite really comes back. So give them time and they should come around.

 

[oguzman]

Hi Bret, I'm going to increase the feedings to twice a day, do you happen to know where I can find fish eggs and the frozen plankton to get additional variety? I have to brine shrimp as well. I'm glad that they are eating nonetheless!!

 

[gregg]

Hi Bret, I'm going to increase the feedings to twice a day, do you happen to know where I can find fish eggs and the frozen plankton to get additional variety? I have to brine shrimp as well. I'm glad that they are eating nonetheless!!

Fjw has those as well.