locally bred h.kuda fries

[pagasus1]

3 day old H.kuda fries

pic taken on 16-10-09

DOB 13-10-09

brood : est 300pcs

[LoReNsIa]

congrate dude..

[jc85]

Nice. Care to share your setup?

Cheers

JC

[pagasus1]

simple, just a center screen wif 50Um mesh, daily water change, lots of enriched zooplankton. and hope for the best... ;-)

[LaW]

welcome to src pagarus1 and congratulation on ur success of your fries.

happy reefing

[FuEl]

Breeding seahorses are tough, due to the food supply issues as the fry grow. What are you using for enrichment at the moment? I can spare you some Algamac 3000 if you need.

[pagasus1]

tks fuel n frens,

but i think its in good hands, besides i was doing this a long time ago, just stop for some years due to other committments, happens to kick off this project again. ;-)

will keep u guys updated.

[pagasus1]

day 07

feeding on enriched de-capsulated artemia

brood :est. 300pcs

[pagasus1]

its day 13 now n the fries have grown much bigger .

[pagasus1]

more pixs of some of the specimens

[pagasus1]

some more pixs of the same

[Joe_P]

some more pixs of the same

Awesome!

What will you be planning to feed them with once they get alittle larger ?

Was breeding redis previously and had difficulties with proper sized food source once the fries got above 1 inch in sizing.

[pagasus1]

the nutritional needs is most important for the fries, good foundation will make them stronger, so will feed them live feeds n weaned off to frozen feed.

for live feeds will be acetes larvae + enriched brine shrimps + gamarus( depending on availability)

currently the fries are abt 3/4 inch at 14day old which is good size n healthy, the growth is quite consistent for most numbers n satisfactory for now.

[pagasus1]

singapore captive bred n raised kuda fries at 21 day

no. about 550-600 pcs

will release them once weaned to frozen feed

[jythong]

Congrats...well done

[pagasus1]

day 25 (06-11-2009) kuda fries

90% are of this coluration. pix1

[sherman]

Wow nice. Will you be selling off or keeping them ?

[pagasus1]

these ponies will be for sale soon they weaned off to frozen feed, probably in 1 months time at the right size too, ;-))

[sherman]

When ready let me know

[jackywongto]

day 25 (06-11-2009) kuda fries

90% are of this coluration. pix1

wow very amazed. you guys are really good.

[girlanimated]

Just a newbie question, I thought Kuda fry are pelagic and need a steady, drifting current to survive?

From what i see it seems to be a benthic set-up?

[zebradanio]

these ponies will be for sale soon they weaned off to frozen feed, probably in 1 months time at the right size too, ;-))

May i know how to start for set up the tank for these ponies? i'm new, hope can know better before start.

[pagasus1]

1 can suggest on the basic requirements, as for the aesthestics, u may like to look at some good examples in other websites on seahorse rearing.

1. 2 ft high tank

2. good canister filter with UV sterlier

3. good quality sea salt

4. lighitng

5. protein skimmer

6. hitching post

bare tank system is the simplest to rear them, i wont advise live rocks unless they r completely cleaned of other crustacens n host which may attack the gentle seahorses.

howver as u gain more experience, u like to include live sand n living macro algae.

[pagasus1]

the frys were kept in a small 1.5 ltr beaker for the purpose of photo taking n close up checks,

the nursery tanks are 3 ft high at least. correct water circulation is to enable the feed constantly in eye view of the seahorse fries, unlike other fishes, they see the feed first with their eyes n go for it, not by scent.

a seahorse fry eats at least 300-500 'enriched' artemia a day distributed over 3-4 feed time routine.

[zebradanio]

these ponies will be for sale soon they weaned off to frozen feed, probably in 1 months time at the right size too, ;-))

How much will you selling for these ponies? possible to know their sex?