not snapping at live brine shrimp

[spoon]

having this problem my pet seahorse not snapping at live adult brine shrimp.......but observed that the seahorses actively snapping at tiny crustacean at tank glass.

attached pix: tank setup

[Maxstar81]

A very unique set-up you have there.

It looks like a fresh water tank.

How long have the sea horse been in there ???

U stuck some long sticks from beach ?

Wat are those plants ?

I sometimes use them to poke for crabs.

[Terryz_]

If they are snicking at Pods den you might have a good chonce of getting them to feed.. Try those FW glass shrimp... chose 1-2bag with small shrimp and add them to your tank.. They will start eating sooner or later... continue to feed live brinshrimp..

[LoReNsIa]

for tiger tail, it hard to train them to eat.. and they are difficult to feed on.. so if they not eating.. prepare liao.. and wad terry sae is true lah.. but fresh water shrimps from the fish shop, choose the smallest among the shrimps and feed on them..

[spoon]

tank deco with 2 macroalgae sp. and pieces of bogwood. yalah my set up look like freshwater aquascape...

Get those seahorse from reborn..only been with me for couple of wks.......yesterday tried feeding them with medium size freshwater shrimp (can't find small size)...they snap at the shrimp like no body business... even seen them stalk those FW shrimp..

but one thing is that the FW shrimp easily kaput is marine tank.....

btw any place selling live mysis shrimp?....

thanx for the suggestion..

[LoReNsIa]

they snip on it? did they eat? or they juz snip? cause mine not eating.. also from reborn.. haha,..

[Terryz_]

tank deco with 2 macroalgae sp. and pieces of bogwood. yalah my set up look like freshwater aquascape...

Get those seahorse from reborn..only been with me for couple of wks.......yesterday tried feeding them with medium size freshwater shrimp (can't find small size)...they snap at the shrimp like no body business... even seen them stalk those FW shrimp..

but one thing is that the FW shrimp easily kaput is marine tank.....

btw any place selling live mysis shrimp?....

thanx for the suggestion..

Liveaquaria got sell those feeder shrimp... But i think not worth it to import in...

Feed FW glass shrimp for the moment and throw in some frozen mysis along with it... See they will snik the frozen mysis anot..

[FuEl]

Hmmm...sometimes seahorses can get confused if too much brine shrimp are swimming around..they won't know which one to go for. Brine shrimp and f.w shrimp won't sustain seahorses for long, best if you can wean them onto frozen mysis. Check out Chinmo's thread on weaning seahorses. Meanwhile enrich your brine shrimp with DHA Selco if you can.

[spoon]

my pet seahorses did suck out the flesh out of the freshwater shrimp. leaving behind only the shell..............

after each seahorses managed to get for themselves medium size fw shrimp, they just hang around.........maybe too full?..........but now observed tiny crustaceans on tank surface seem to have diminished.....not as much when tank in cycling period....those seahorses really ###### out the tiny creature.

[LoReNsIa]

when they poo.. how does it look like..? did the whole shrimps come out? if yes den i think they not digesting the food well. ya..

[spoon]

if they poo...saw a thread-like white stuff together with those bit 'crushed' undigestive shell......now still trying to feed them will frozen mysis shrimp......

now and then let frozen mysis shrimp float in front of them......they will direct their snout at the shrimp....ready to strike.. but back out few minutes later when they realised the shrimp is not alive....hmmmm...

will keep trying to train them to take 'dead' food....in the mean time, first priority is maintaining the tank to tiptop condition so that tiny crustacean is always available for them to nibble.

[Terryz_]

They will eat sooner or later one... just try to entice them with mysis... As long they are eating FW shrimp... they will eat frozen mysis one..

[FuEl]

Try using a very fine line to tie to the feelers of the mysis.

[spoon]

if that wat its take to feed the horses... i will do it..... using fine thread tie to the mysis ..and move it up and down in front of the horses face......

[Terryz_]

mysis very small ler... how to tie... lol...

[spoon]

maybe should go shrimping,........

did see mysis like shrimp swarm near the beaches rite after a early hours downpour...but that during my reservist training....too bad cannot net it

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[spoon]

add more macroalgae

[Chris Low]

Hi Spoon,

Adding more aglae would made training more difficult. Chinmo was very successful because he uses bare bottom tank and minimum decor. Current would carry the defrozed mysis dead swimming and that play a very important initial lureing.... Subsequently any falling dead mysis would do.

Cheer!

[PerculaClownfish]

mine eats frozen cyclo..

[dkk08]

I'm curious... is the wood safe for marine or in this case seahorses?