Sexing a seahorse

goodtimes2 · 03/06/2009, 07:24 AM

How long after birth can you tell the sex of a Reidi seahorse (ie you can see the pouch of the male )? Is it common to get mostly all females from at birth ?

goodtimes2 · 03/08/2009, 07:40 PM

Anyone ever raised Reidi seahorses? I have some that are four months old and all 4 look like they are females, ie no pouches. Any input ? Thanks

cmsargent · 03/09/2009, 01:02 PM

They need to be at least 5 months before you can even begain to sex them. Some can take up to 7-8 months to reach maturity so you can't say 100% that you have a female vs a male until later than this. Uless of course it has a pouch then you can say it's a male.

goodtimes2 · 03/10/2009, 01:03 PM

Thanks, I was hoping that was the answer, I have 4 that are 4 months old and I couldn't at this point see any difference between any of the seahorses.

03/06/2009, 07:24 AM	#1
goodtimes2 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Juan Capistrano Posts: 998	Sexing a seahorse How long after birth can you tell the sex of a Reidi seahorse (ie you can see the pouch of the male )? Is it common to get mostly all females from at birth ?

03/08/2009, 07:40 PM	#2
goodtimes2 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Juan Capistrano Posts: 998	Anyone ever raised Reidi seahorses? I have some that are four months old and all 4 look like they are females, ie no pouches. Any input ? Thanks

03/09/2009, 01:02 PM	#3
cmsargent Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 189	They need to be at least 5 months before you can even begain to sex them. Some can take up to 7-8 months to reach maturity so you can't say 100% that you have a female vs a male until later than this. Uless of course it has a pouch then you can say it's a male.

03/10/2009, 01:03 PM	#4
goodtimes2 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Juan Capistrano Posts: 998	Thanks, I was hoping that was the answer, I have 4 that are 4 months old and I couldn't at this point see any difference between any of the seahorses.