White dots on TR Sea Horses....

TIMMYE · 03/10/2007, 02:58 PM

My daughter and I are looking at a piar of TR seahorses that have been at LFS for 3-4 weeks. They seem to have some white dots on them. It does not look like ick. It kind of looks like sand stuck to them? Any idea what this is? TIA Tim

TIMMYE · 03/10/2007, 03:00 PM

I also wanted to say these are eating froze foods, and have been since they arrived.

BruceW · 03/10/2007, 03:59 PM

Not enough info to tell what's wrong with the TR seahorses but it is enough to know that you should stay away from buying them. You want captive bred seahorses from a reliable breeder not wild caught or sickly TR specimens. Believe me I tried the LFS route when I first started and it always ended badly.

Bruce

TIMMYE · 03/10/2007, 04:15 PM

Any good source for TR sea horses? This will be our first pair of sea horse, going in a 10 gallon cube. But we are not new salt water. 210 reef display 75 sump.

seas_inside · 03/10/2007, 05:58 PM

I recommend seahorsesource or dracomarine for CB.

The only seahorses that can go in a 10g are dwarves. 10g would be too small for any other species. The minimum I would recommend would be 29 gallon.

03/10/2007, 02:58 PM	#1
TIMMYE Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Central Wisconsin Posts: 856	White dots on TR Sea Horses.... My daughter and I are looking at a piar of TR seahorses that have been at LFS for 3-4 weeks. They seem to have some white dots on them. It does not look like ick. It kind of looks like sand stuck to them? Any idea what this is? TIA Tim

03/10/2007, 03:00 PM	#2
TIMMYE Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Central Wisconsin Posts: 856	I also wanted to say these are eating froze foods, and have been since they arrived. __________________ Honey, can I have a bigger one please? This is the last time I will upsize, I promise!

03/10/2007, 04:15 PM	#4
TIMMYE Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Central Wisconsin Posts: 856	Any good source for TR sea horses? This will be our first pair of sea horse, going in a 10 gallon cube. But we are not new salt water. 210 reef display 75 sump. __________________ Honey, can I have a bigger one please? This is the last time I will upsize, I promise!

03/10/2007, 03:59 PM	#3
BruceW Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Idyllwild,CA Posts: 154	Not enough info to tell what's wrong with the TR seahorses but it is enough to know that you should stay away from buying them. You want captive bred seahorses from a reliable breeder not wild caught or sickly TR specimens. Believe me I tried the LFS route when I first started and it always ended badly. Bruce

03/10/2007, 05:58 PM	#5
seas_inside Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 164	I recommend seahorsesource or dracomarine for CB. The only seahorses that can go in a 10g are dwarves. 10g would be too small for any other species. The minimum I would recommend would be 29 gallon.