ID please

alprazo · 09/05/2016, 05:44 PM

I caught this little guy/gal yesterday in the Delaware Bay. What species is it and is it possible to keep it alive. Started a brine culture already but any info would be helpful. In the 36 years I've been fishing the bay,it is the only one I've ever seen. I usually catch weird stuff during / after a hurricane and this weekend's storm brought this one in.

nutbar29 · 09/05/2016, 11:24 PM

Looks like a lined seahorse (hippocampus Erectus)

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nutbar29 · 09/05/2016, 11:28 PM

It is possible to keep but has to start eating asap you can try live brine and copepods. Looks to be 1 months old maybe 2.

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DanU · 09/09/2016, 02:35 PM

Agree with H. erectus. They are native to Delaware Bay. Even found further north.

Dan

alprazo · 09/09/2016, 02:38 PM

Thx. Everyone. It is taking live brine. Even ate a dead one I think.

nutbar29 · 09/09/2016, 05:53 PM

That's great in a couple of weeks you can try frozen mysis shrimp they have some big mysis shrimp and small I would get the small one cuz he is still small

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nutbar29 · 09/09/2016, 05:54 PM

this is a picture of the small kind

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lifeoffaith · 09/09/2016, 06:51 PM

Keep the temps down in the tank to avoid bacterial infections, FYI. Temps should stay 72 or lower preferably.

alprazo · 09/09/2016, 08:09 PM

Wow, it came out of 82 F degree water. I have a small chiller. Should I really cool the temp down., It's 76 f right now.

nutbar29 · 09/09/2016, 11:57 PM

I keep mine at 70-72

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vlangel · 09/10/2016, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alprazo

Wow, it came out of 82 F degree water. I have a small chiller. Should I really cool the temp down., It's 76 f right now.

Its not the heat in the water that they don't do well in, its the fact that our aquariums breed a lot more bacteria than the ocean. Seahorses are very vulnerable to bacteria infections. Keeping the water at 74 or below helps control the bad bacterias and most keepers who have long term success keep their tanks 70-74°.

alprazo · 09/10/2016, 03:44 PM

Does UV or ozone have a roll in keeping bacteria counts down?

rayjay · 09/11/2016, 09:04 AM

Can't answer for ozone, but with UV, to kill it has to have the bacteria pass through the UV filter so it can help with pelagic pathogens, but doesn't help much with benthic which for the most part are NOT going to pass through the UV.

alprazo · 09/11/2016, 10:03 AM

Ozone works the same way. Thx for info. Unfortunately it died. Ste well last night and dead this AM. Not sure what happened. There was also a very very small 3/8 inch naked goby in the tank that is doing fine.

nutbar29 · 09/11/2016, 10:22 AM

Sorry to hear that he died

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09/05/2016, 05:44 PM	#1
alprazo Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,695 Blog Entries: 4	ID please I caught this little guy/gal yesterday in the Delaware Bay. What species is it and is it possible to keep it alive. Started a brine culture already but any info would be helpful. In the 36 years I've been fishing the bay,it is the only one I've ever seen. I usually catch weird stuff during / after a hurricane and this weekend's storm brought this one in. __________________ NOT Moved on.

09/09/2016, 02:38 PM	#5
alprazo Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,695 Blog Entries: 4	Thx. Everyone. It is taking live brine. Even ate a dead one I think. __________________ NOT Moved on.

09/09/2016, 08:09 PM	#9
alprazo Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,695 Blog Entries: 4	Wow, it came out of 82 F degree water. I have a small chiller. Should I really cool the temp down., It's 76 f right now. __________________ NOT Moved on.

09/10/2016, 03:44 PM	#12
alprazo Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,695 Blog Entries: 4	Does UV or ozone have a roll in keeping bacteria counts down? __________________ NOT Moved on.

09/11/2016, 09:04 AM	#13
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	Can't answer for ozone, but with UV, to kill it has to have the bacteria pass through the UV filter so it can help with pelagic pathogens, but doesn't help much with benthic which for the most part are NOT going to pass through the UV. __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

09/05/2016, 11:24 PM	#2
nutbar29 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Austin TX Posts: 83	Looks like a lined seahorse (hippocampus Erectus) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09/05/2016, 11:28 PM	#3
nutbar29 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Austin TX Posts: 83	It is possible to keep but has to start eating asap you can try live brine and copepods. Looks to be 1 months old maybe 2. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09/09/2016, 02:35 PM	#4
DanU Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ft. Pierce, FL Posts: 698	Agree with H. erectus. They are native to Delaware Bay. Even found further north. Dan

09/09/2016, 05:53 PM	#6
nutbar29 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Austin TX Posts: 83	That's great in a couple of weeks you can try frozen mysis shrimp they have some big mysis shrimp and small I would get the small one cuz he is still small Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09/09/2016, 05:54 PM	#7
nutbar29 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Austin TX Posts: 83	this is a picture of the small kind Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09/09/2016, 06:51 PM	#8
lifeoffaith Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Grand Rapids MI area Posts: 737	Keep the temps down in the tank to avoid bacterial infections, FYI. Temps should stay 72 or lower preferably.

09/09/2016, 11:57 PM	#10
nutbar29 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Austin TX Posts: 83	I keep mine at 70-72 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09/11/2016, 10:03 AM	#14
alprazo Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,695 Blog Entries: 4	Ozone works the same way. Thx for info. Unfortunately it died. Ste well last night and dead this AM. Not sure what happened. There was also a very very small 3/8 inch naked goby in the tank that is doing fine. __________________ NOT Moved on.

09/11/2016, 10:22 AM	#15
nutbar29 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Austin TX Posts: 83	Sorry to hear that he died Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk