Hello!
This is my first time joining as a member in a reef forum
I wanted to see if anyone had previous experience caring for Western Australian Seahorse (subelongatus sp.), as I had a lottery’s luck with a reputable store front when perusing the shop. Unfortunately, the aquatic husbandry is a bit lacking for this particular species, and the owner did not have much info regarding it’s care. I currently own Tiger Tail seahorses in a separate seahorse-reef friendly habitat (55 Gal long), and would like to know if I should add the subelongatus after their treatment ends, or if I should just leave the subelongatus pair in their 40gal acrylic tank.
I fully went hands on training them (about 3 days for them) to eat from frozen mysis/oceanic planktonic shrimp to ensure they ingested the metroplex dosage. Now, as soon as they see the shrimp, they snick very loudly. They also eat live amphipods and copepods in their 40 gal acrylic tank.
Currently on their 16th day of QT/HT phase of Sulfaplex and Metroplex of prophylactic treatment due to intestinal parasite symptomology. As of now, both have been eating well and active
Lastly, I would like to learn more about this species behaviors and what to expect— they’re not as free swimming as my Tiger Tails I’ve noticed
thank you!
This is my first time joining as a member in a reef forum
I wanted to see if anyone had previous experience caring for Western Australian Seahorse (subelongatus sp.), as I had a lottery’s luck with a reputable store front when perusing the shop. Unfortunately, the aquatic husbandry is a bit lacking for this particular species, and the owner did not have much info regarding it’s care. I currently own Tiger Tail seahorses in a separate seahorse-reef friendly habitat (55 Gal long), and would like to know if I should add the subelongatus after their treatment ends, or if I should just leave the subelongatus pair in their 40gal acrylic tank.
I fully went hands on training them (about 3 days for them) to eat from frozen mysis/oceanic planktonic shrimp to ensure they ingested the metroplex dosage. Now, as soon as they see the shrimp, they snick very loudly. They also eat live amphipods and copepods in their 40 gal acrylic tank.
Currently on their 16th day of QT/HT phase of Sulfaplex and Metroplex of prophylactic treatment due to intestinal parasite symptomology. As of now, both have been eating well and active
Lastly, I would like to learn more about this species behaviors and what to expect— they’re not as free swimming as my Tiger Tails I’ve noticed
thank you!