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09/05/2016, 05:44 PM | #1 |
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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.
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09/05/2016, 11:24 PM | #2 |
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Looks like a lined seahorse (hippocampus Erectus)
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09/05/2016, 11:28 PM | #3 |
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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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Agree with H. erectus. They are native to Delaware Bay. Even found further north.
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09/09/2016, 05:53 PM | #6 |
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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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this is a picture of the small kind
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09/09/2016, 06:51 PM | #8 |
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Keep the temps down in the tank to avoid bacterial infections, FYI. Temps should stay 72 or lower preferably.
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I keep mine at 70-72
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09/11/2016, 09:04 AM | #13 |
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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.
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09/11/2016, 10:03 AM | #14 |
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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.
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09/11/2016, 10:22 AM | #15 |
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Sorry to hear that he died
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