Seahorse Blunder

carl page · Oct 8, 2014

I was mistaken with anenome and I know you already know where this going. My new seahorse stung. I took anenome out already and the little guy is on the bottom. Breathing but laying on bottom and wife says he has been moving all day...off and on... Thoughts

SantaMonica · Oct 12, 2014

Not sure what to try, but do hope he makes it.

carl page · Oct 13, 2014

Good news! He is up..swimming..and eating.. :)

SeahorseKeeper · Oct 13, 2014

That is good to hear! Got any pics of the seahorse?

carl page · Oct 14, 2014

Let me see if I can figure this out to take pic...lol

vlangel · Oct 14, 2014

That seems like an excellent sign that he is eating! It sounds promising.

carl page · Oct 14, 2014

Yes... Dodged a bullet!!! :)

carl page · Oct 21, 2014

My sea horse survived! [emoji4]

SantaMonica · Oct 21, 2014

Yay!!!!

carl page · Oct 21, 2014

Loves his live brine shrimp

vlangel · Oct 21, 2014

What a handsome stallion! I am so happy he survived his ordeal.

carl page · Oct 21, 2014

I agree... And I'm hoping he is a little stronger because of it...

vlangel · Oct 21, 2014

Does he eat any frozen food or just brine shrimp?

carl page · Oct 21, 2014

I live close to LFS so I may just spoil him with fresh brine all the time ..lol

vlangel · Oct 21, 2014

carl page said:
I live close to LFS so I may just spoil him with fresh brine all the time ..lol

I am new to seahorses, but I think fresh brine need to be gut loaded with an enrichment to provide enough nutrition. Dan's feed from Seahorse Source is a good enrichment. I think I'd try getting him to try some frozen mysis just in case something happens and your LFS can't get brine. They say squinting the live brine and minced mysis out of a turkey baster is one way to encourage him to try it, especially in the morning when he is the most hungry.