Msrere386
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Hello all. We’re supposed in here but I figure I need some help. So I have this journey of seahorses that I’ve been doing. Since March 2021. I have a 10 gallon dwarf seahorse tank and a 40 gallon lined seahorse tank. So here’s the history:
when I first bought my lined seahorses, the male was already pregnant and gave birth like, two days after I got Them. I did not know what to do, the babies seemed to be swimming happily and then I saw they were reducing in numbers over the course of a week…took lots of homework needed for me to realize some were sucked into the filter, some I think starved b/c the tank was so big and I think they didn’t get their brine shrimp like they needed to. I think i was still struggling with the water levels at that time as well, so unfortunately they all died.
Then he had more I want to say…two months ago? this brood seemed different. Weaker. He did not have as many as the first time, and it seemed like a lot of those fry fell straight to the ground and were struggling to swim.
let me backtrack just a little bit… Before he had his second brood, switching over to my dwarfs, they started having their own success… I lost track of how many times they’ve had babies and many are there and they all seem to be doing fine. Water levels are perfect… So of course I thought I knew what I was doing and I also read that fry can go into the dwarf tank as well because it’s smaller right?
OK, back to the 2nd brood of the lined seahorses, the ones that were swimming, I moved into the dwarf tank and I tried to save a few that weren’t swimming well but they ultimately died. Now, I probably won’t know until I see some horses that are bigger than the others, but I’m pretty sure the few that made it to the dwaef tank died as well.
So now my current issue is that he had a third brood earlier this week and same thing as a second time… Only about six or seven were actually able to swim while the others struggled on the ground, I moved them, and now there are 4 that I’ve seen consistently swimming in the dwarf tank.
I’m trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong. Why are they coming out weak and unable to swim? What are they dying within a week of birth? Both tanks have maintained perfect water levels. PH between 8.2 and 8.4, ammonia and nitrites zero, and when I tested the dwarf tank the other day before moving the babies in there, the nitrates were at zero. I did attempt to set up a small tank just for the baby fry but I’m sure I did it too quick and it has not gotten to cycle because I tested that water yesterday and the ammonia and nitrites were bad so I did not put them in there. But I’m like, my dwarf fry are fine…what’s going on with my commons?
when I first bought my lined seahorses, the male was already pregnant and gave birth like, two days after I got Them. I did not know what to do, the babies seemed to be swimming happily and then I saw they were reducing in numbers over the course of a week…took lots of homework needed for me to realize some were sucked into the filter, some I think starved b/c the tank was so big and I think they didn’t get their brine shrimp like they needed to. I think i was still struggling with the water levels at that time as well, so unfortunately they all died.
Then he had more I want to say…two months ago? this brood seemed different. Weaker. He did not have as many as the first time, and it seemed like a lot of those fry fell straight to the ground and were struggling to swim.
let me backtrack just a little bit… Before he had his second brood, switching over to my dwarfs, they started having their own success… I lost track of how many times they’ve had babies and many are there and they all seem to be doing fine. Water levels are perfect… So of course I thought I knew what I was doing and I also read that fry can go into the dwarf tank as well because it’s smaller right?
OK, back to the 2nd brood of the lined seahorses, the ones that were swimming, I moved into the dwarf tank and I tried to save a few that weren’t swimming well but they ultimately died. Now, I probably won’t know until I see some horses that are bigger than the others, but I’m pretty sure the few that made it to the dwaef tank died as well.
So now my current issue is that he had a third brood earlier this week and same thing as a second time… Only about six or seven were actually able to swim while the others struggled on the ground, I moved them, and now there are 4 that I’ve seen consistently swimming in the dwarf tank.
I’m trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong. Why are they coming out weak and unable to swim? What are they dying within a week of birth? Both tanks have maintained perfect water levels. PH between 8.2 and 8.4, ammonia and nitrites zero, and when I tested the dwarf tank the other day before moving the babies in there, the nitrates were at zero. I did attempt to set up a small tank just for the baby fry but I’m sure I did it too quick and it has not gotten to cycle because I tested that water yesterday and the ammonia and nitrites were bad so I did not put them in there. But I’m like, my dwarf fry are fine…what’s going on with my commons?
