Can these Seahorse and Pipefish be found in SG...

[Terryz_]

Looking for these Seahorses and pipefish...

1. Hippocampus comes

Tiger Tail Seahorse

2. Hippocampus barbouri

Barbour's Seahorse

3. Hippocampus fuscus

The Sea Pony

4. Corythoichthys haematopterus

Dragon Pipefish

Pls advice on the price and where to get them... Thkz...

[chinmo]

almost all marine lfs will sell h.comes, h.barbs u got to go pasir ris or CF

[FuEl]

H.comes can be found in local waters.

Dragon pipefish I kept before..but got killed by whitespot a long time ago. Have yet to buy another one..but dun think i should. Tank overstock liao.

Nah...i include my copyright pic below. Taken around last July.

[chinmo]

tat one a alligator pipe lah, dragon pipe larger and swim ard while tis fellow crawl on the bottom.

[FuEl]

Huh...... Alligator pipe is the bigbig one swimming that look like a big seagrass one. The one in the pic is dragon pipe..check up the scientific name you know what i mean.

Amazing something so small can be called a dragon pipefish.

[Terryz_]

What abt the price... Depend on the color or species... can advice which is the more expensive ones... Thkz...

[chinmo]

comes, 3-6sgd, barbs, 5-8sgd.

[Terryz_]

Thkz... Can Sea Pony be found in SG... What abt the price of dragon pipefish... Erm.. Where have stock of these seahorse now... Wan to take a look...BTW while reading up in Seahorse.org... I came across this seahorse... Seems cute... Can be found in SG...

[chinmo]

have nt seen one for sale, if it's in fuel's pic, tat's 8sgd. u can go reborn, comes and kudas, PR, barbs, pasir ris, kudas comes and pipes, WC REIDI

[Terryz_]

Okaie... Thkz Bro..

[FuEl]

The dragon pipe i got for $6 nia..at reB**n. Sometimes not stable..observe the fish. It should not be dazed for prolonged periods of time, they should slowly 'crawl' curiously and gracefully around the tank.

That's a pygmy seahorse. Impossible to keep if you do not have the time to obtain food resources for it. The smaller the seahorse the more times it has to be fed a day.

[Terryz_]

Oh... Better stick to the big boys...

[Wei]

Hi Terryz,

Pygmy seahorse/ h. bargibanti is near impossible to get even in other countries like US.

They live deep beneath the sea, more than 13m. Normally found on gorgonians. They are temperate seahorses. Maintaining a temp no more than 22max.

There is very little info on the husbandry of the pygmy seahorses, but I assume they will feed like their close cousin, dwarf seahorse/ h. zosterae.

Recently, pple have discovered a new species of pygmy, h.denise. It is found at the indo pac. We might be able to get them since its found ard our region. but still, chances are very very slim.

Cheers!

Wei

[RAV-65]

Wei,

is the pygmy seahorse you are refering to the one with the red spots on its body posted above?

Vincent Ho

[Wei]

yes

[Terryz_]

Hi Terryz,

Pygmy seahorse/ h. bargibanti is near impossible to get even in other countries like US.

They live deep beneath the sea, more than 13m. Normally found on gorgonians. They are temperate seahorses. Maintaining a temp no more than 22max.

There is very little info on the husbandry of the pygmy seahorses, but I assume they will feed like their close cousin, dwarf seahorse/ h. zosterae.

Recently, pple have discovered a new species of pygmy, h.denise. It is found at the indo pac. We might be able to get them since its found ard our region. but still, chances are very very slim.

Cheers!

Wei

Hmm... Okaie... Think will stick to the normal ones...

[chinmo]

bro, it is better to start wif low cost hardy sh, when i came into sh last yr till nw i have at least 20 dried specimem in my hse, jus inmagine, u get reidi!

[Terryz_]

Huh... So many huh... If get reidi and die i will faint...

[RAV-65]

Wei,

its a pity if they are really as rare as you mentioned, coz those fellas are real cute!!

Vincent Ho

[weileong]

bro, it is better to start wif low cost hardy sh, when i came into sh last yr till nw i have at least 20 dried specimem in my hse, jus inmagine, u get reidi!

You actually dry them up after they died?

Not bad, can sell to chinese medicine shop

[sinner]

wahahah can boil soup le!

[ah^siao]

per seahorse is only few gram... u keep kilograms to sell to medicine shops.. per kilo few hundred i think... not more then 200

[chinmo]

yah, so as to remind me nt to be careless in the future.