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Old 04/24/2005, 12:37 PM
sealover113 sealover113 is offline
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Well, raising babies aint no easy task. If I were them I would adopt them out to someone else, read up, and more than likley the male will become preggo again and they can try their hand on the next batch. It would help if you knew what species they were. Any idea? If they decide to raise them, tell them to bubble up some newly hatched brine shrimp. Everytime you feed it has to be less than a day old for the first couple of weeks so you need quite a few hatcheries. It depends on the species, but you may need greenwater and pods too. It is a huge responsiblity raising these guys, cleaning the tank 1-2 times a day, feeding 3-5 times a day, checking ammonia ect... Are these their first seahorses? It would help greatly if you knew the species, then I can also tell you the gestation period. If he has babies in the tank, tell them to not let them touch air. Either ladel them out or use a turkey baster. They will have to set up a nursery tank. Also depending on the species, they may have to make a tank that discourages them to snick air. If they do, they cannot eat and die. I would adopt them out , and its likely that alot will die on your first try. Also show them seahorse.org, great website.
Take care
Alyssa
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