Hippocampus Reidi

[Aaron]

I have 16 H.Reidi due to arrive in Canada, mid January. This is the first time these guys will be available in Canada Captive Bred. Just giving everyone the heads up. I am not sure on price until I work out freight, but I am guessing in the $100.00 range.
Thanks
Aaron

[commie]

Aaron, what are the requirements for the H.Reidi?
temp wise?, etc

[ajx22]

Hippocampus reidi (Brazilian Sea Horse)

Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order: Syngnathiformes (pipefishes, seahorses)
Family: Syngnathidae
Scientific Name: Hippocampus reidi
Other Scientific Name(s): Hippocampus obtusus, Hippocampus poeyi
Common Name: Brazilian Sea Horse
Other Common Names: Longsnout seahorse
Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina in USA, Bermuda (Ref. 9710) and Bahamas to Rio deJaneiro, Brazil.
Diet: These are very picky eaters and they should be fed a diet of frozen freshwater mysis. Their bodies should never be concave!!!!!
Temperament: Very calm. It is important to keep an even # of males and females in the same tank, otherwise males do fight.(rare)
Sexing:
Breeding: They need at least 18 inches of water to breed. The babies should not be fed brineshrimp until they are at least 14 days old. The best food is zooplankton and coepods. Another good food is rotifers, but they can be very problematic to culture. To breed zooplankton place a tank with water from the main tank in a window, a month later, presto! Just put the babies in this and they should develop fine.
Special Care:
Other Comments: Do not take on seahorses unless you can provide the perfect enviroment and diet.

Species Stats
Min. Tank Size: 25 gallons
Temperature: 75-80 °F
pH: 8.2
Max Size: 6 inches
Reef Safe: Yes


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Colored Seahorse - Hippocampus reidi
Also known as: Colored
The Hippocampus reidi grows up to 12 inches. The small size will come to you generally 2 to 3 inches; the medium generally 3 to 4 inches; the large generally 4 to 5 inches. The Colored Seahorse prefers a tank of at least 20 gallons with plenty of places to hide & swim. The Hippocampus reidi is a carnivore and likes to eat variety of inverts (brine shrimp, daphnia guppies, grass shrimp, mosquito larva) a few times/day. The Colored Seahorse is a high maintenance fish and may act peacefully toward other fish. Able to breed. Reef-safe. Will be picked at by blennies, porcupine fishes, tobies, triggerfishes, wrasses. Better if kept in species tank. Hippocampus (meaning "horse caterpillar"), comprising the 35 species of seahorses, are collected for the aquarium trade principally out of the Indo-Pacific, mainly Indonesia and the Philippines; and to a lesser extent, the Caribbean. Keep water quality high (SG 1.020 - 1.025, pH 8.1 - 8.4, Temp. 72 - 78° F). The Colored Seahorse is commonly collected from South America.


I'm sure that Aaron will have more to add as well.

Cheers,

[Aaron]

Commie,
Aj covered it one hundred percent. You basically treat them the same as your Barb's. I will add I have seen the mom for this brood and she is like the yellow pic above, the dad is brown.
Aaron

[commie]

Hey Aaron, those reidi's sound like perfect companion for
the barbs. Should they be kept as a pair?
Put me down for a pair in jan.

thanks

[Michael_Lambert]

Aaron, Just wondering why these ones would be more than the Barbs?

Sorry have no idea on the seahorse... been reading on them now for about 3 months as the wife and i are looking to start a tank in the new year.. and looking at all the options. ?

[Aaron]

One reason is the potential for awesome yellow and orange coloration. The main reason is the fact that the demand for these seahorses is huge, and the supply is almost non existant. I am getting these ones from a breeder in Europe. Noone in North America is breeding them with any success.
Aaron