Seahorses eating babies...?

Question

I have 2 tanks, a 30 gallon for my reef/fish tank, and a 10 gallon for my sea horses and sea pipes a.k.a pipefish. Sea horses and sea pipes come from the same family, and are closely related. They have the same snout, and the males also carry the babies like the male sea horses do. About an hour ago my sea pipe gave birth to about 50-75 fry (babies), so i quicky shut the filter off and hooked up the bubble boxes (airators) so the fry dont get sucked in the filter. Right away the adult sea pipe started to go after the babies and eat them. Because of this I took my 2 adult sea pipes out of the tank and placed them in the other. Now it is only the fry sea pipes and the adult seahorses. I have read on several different websites that sea horses do not eat their own fry, but does anyone know if the sea horses will eat the fry of the sea pipes? I have watched them closely and they dont seem to be interested in eating them, but has anyone ever heard of them eating sea pipe fry? Thanks

Answer 1

I can't say I've heard of them eating sea pipe fry, but I suppose that would mostly depend on the size of your seahorses and the size of the fry. Seahorses will eat other fish fry if they can fit them into their mouths.

You might try it for a while to see if the seahorses keep ignoring them (they might be too big), or you might want to get some plastic canvas mesh at a craft store and make a tank divider that the water will flow through more easily than the dividers made for fish tanks. Just get the size of opening (there are a few kinds) that won't let the fry through. It's a lot cheaper than a tank divider too - should cost less then $1 for what you'll need.

Good luck raising the fry!

Answer 2

Your buddy is amazingly fortunate her seahorse had children . They do eat algae, yet additionally they love freshley hatched brine shrimp. you could purchase them at any puppy shop. also desire sea salt. a huge glass jar and hose, and an airator. you could lookup a websight for breeding angelfish and get instructions to attempt this. you could likely also get instructions on a seahorse sight. you should have began the brine an afternoon formerly you envisioned the children.