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today at the Frankfurt Zoo...isn't this the sweetest?
Nikon D90 + Nikkor 105 macro lense
My art is not your stock - so hands off!
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Amazing clarity, color, and composition! I love it
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This is an amazing picture, I am in love with it
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Oh. Sorta looks like a Zebra Seahorse but I can't really tell.
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It is a Hippocampus Whitei I believe, or White's Seahorse; Zebra seahorses are generally continuous in striping down the body, where White's usually stop striping on the snout.
However, due to not having the size of the seahorses, one can simply keep guessing, as the general seahorse changes colors to blend in!
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Aah ok! I'm not familiar with most sea horse species ^^' though they used to be my favorite when I was a toddler. Thank you!
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No problem, I am only well versed with the few I bred; there are very minute details that separate them (like spines from head to tail) but they all look alike; stripes, spots and spines are the only way to properly identify (though it helps to have the measurements!)
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Ah ok! What do you breed them for? Like for pet stores or? I've no knowledge of requirements or laws regarding seahorses. Yea seahorses are one of those fish that need to have a small detail for you to notice the differenence.
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I bred them to help my Oceanography teacher. It started as an Independent study project in High School (seahorses are one of the most difficult sea critters to keep), but I found Marine Science was my passion and I adore seahorses. Out of the thousands born only one or two survive, so you don't get many from them; one wrong issue with your tank and the seahorse gets sick and dies. :/
There is currently no laws (beside fishing perimeters in parts of the ocean seahorses thrive) to protect them, however if a person decides to own them they should properly research and prepare for at least a year (and buy farm raised seahorses, not wild caught) as all the seahorse breeds are currently on the endangered list for bycatch, caught for selling purposes (dried seahorse, medicine or to sell for aquariums), getting tangled in litter, etc.
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Oh my how I wish I could do that! Marine biology has been my passion since I was five. I'm also planning on going to college for marine mammalogy possibly. Yea they need to keep moving usually, did they have round bowls to swim in or regular aquarium tank?
Yea as far as I know we don't have any sea horse species in our oceans. Mostly octopus and wolf eels. I only marine mammal regulations and laws
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Do you live in Alaska? You should check out some of my photography; I have a wolf eel and seals and whatnot, the wolf eels there are beautiful!
Seahorses require 20 gallon tanks (at least; 30 is better) and LOVE the tanks that are taller in height instead of the longer tanks, as they love clinging to taller posts and kenya trees. Unfortunately anything semi-aggressive or aggressive is not a good companion for them; they are incapable of competing for food.
I've been bouncing back and forth between ideas for a long time on a career, but my heart has always belonged to the sea. In my small town they call me a sea steward, but I myself am still learning even though I have been working in aquatics since early High School (so about 5 years). Then again my town is small and no where near the ocean so to them anything can be magical *laughs*. I've done my Independent seahorse study, and a few internships. I don't do too well in college, but I make up for it on the field and off; some people learn best outside of a classroom
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Indeed I do! Shame we only have a small bit
of the Emerald Sea. Ah I would love to see more of your
work! I absolutely adore wolf eels, such puppy-like fish!
We have a pair at the aquarium I wanna say.
Aaah ok! I've only ever seen seahorses once at a petstore
and they were in the standard wall-tank sort of thing they
keep all the salties in. (Much like a quarantine tank almost)
What do you feed them in captivity? I know brine shrimp is
an option but that's about it that I know.
Ah yes, the past year I've been thinking of getting into
large animal veterinary services but I think marine bio
is really for me. Ever since we snorkeled the Great Barrier
Reef that was it for me. I was sold with fish. I was either
(like I said before) getting into marine mammalogy or
study marine iguanas and the other many many aquatic
wonders of the Galapagos. I believe we may be going there
soon and it feels like a dream becoming reality. I am more
of a hands-on student, like one of the colleges we have in
Juneau. Though since the US requires SAT's and I am
certainly a horrid tester, I may be attending to a canadian
school for marine biology
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Lovely! I had my internship at the ASLC in Seward; it was breathtaking and I am planning on going back! A lot of people think wolf eels are dangerous, but I've hand fed them at the ASLC and I still have all my fingers! (And yes there were two!) I can't believe my luck, finding someone from Alaska through conversation!
Seahorses are native to warmer waters, and they are kept grouped up in small quarantine tanks at fish stores (which I don't agree with but oh well). I usually fed them frozen mysis shrimp, and occasionally gave them live brine, just to watch them chase them as best as a seahorse can (they aren't the best swimmers) with a probiotic mixed in to help keep their health up. Unfortunately when I went to Seward for my internship, the heatwave where I live killed the schools power (I had them at my highschool) and blew out my filteration system and they died in a few hours. :/ I haven't had seahorses since, but I branched out into freshwater fish as well as own clown fish and help my old high school care for their puffer fish, maroon clown and trigger fish.
We certainly need more marine workers out there, it's getting more and more difficult to conserve and take care of these guys with the constant overfishing, bycatch and the like. You should read up on the Sea Sparkle algae bloom in Hong Kong. It's an interesting read and very recent! www.foxnews.com/science/2015/0…
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Ah I see! I was planning on interning there once
I'm old enough, which I can't remember the age.
I do love wolf eels, even though they aren't even
eels to begin with haha. I know! Small world, usually
I can't talk to people about fish without them being
utterly confused!
I know, they had four in a small tank with one little
goby. (I think) They didn't seem too keen on staying
there as they didn't have anything to grasp with their
tails, but I was squealing at the sight of them. Ah I
see, I've seen one eat a brine shrimp and it takes
them a while to get to them then suck em up through
their cute little snout. Aww that's a shame, it's always
hard having an animal that requires specific heat and
something going wrong. I have a corn snake it got as
high as 90 degrees in his tank and I was freaking out.
(corns on require 76-82 degrees on the hot side). I love
clown fish, but my dad has a vendetta against triggers.
One bit him on the ankle when he was standing in the
water in Australia I wanna say. Bit him good too, enough
for their to be a good amount of blood.
Ah I know, I almost got an intern job at a fish farm
somewhere down near my uncles house, but something
came up and I wasn't able to go. I know the struggle
seahorses have, it's sad. When we went to China we
went down this kinda food stand street, and they had
dried seahorses on a stick as well as starfish and other
animals. I was horrified. (I was only 9-10 at the time.)
I love reading articles about anything marine bio,
especially when they just found another frilled shark
specimen, but the Australian organization turned it
down and it was sold..
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I believe 16 you can start with the educational internships and volunteer, but most of it I think was 18 as it requires upper body strength (I vacuumed the Wolf Eels tank once a week) to move the aquatic vacuum. They look like eels, but are larger in hopes of frightening off larger predators, though they hide and are quite shy. And I know the feeling, people usually don't know what I'm talking about!
Seahorses have to have things to grip, as they are very weak as swimmers and use seaweed and corals to grasp to rest. Such an odd species but very adorable nonetheless! The way the eat is called a "snick", where they use their mouth as a vacuum and suck the prey into their snout. Sometimes you can hear it if it is quiet enough! Seahorses are unfortunately very tempermental when it comes to having everything down to a tee. If the water is off a few degrees, salinity changes or they get stressed they can catch Vibrio (a very deadly disease), Pop Eye, pouch Emphysema (only in males) or skin/snout rot. Too much oxygen in the water causes gas bubble disease (either internal or external), so they are very challenging.
As for the dried seahorses, they are the number one reason they are endangered; they are also used in some Chinese medicines (love related) and it definitely opens your eyes. They alo get caught as bycatch; both of these reasons are dangerous since if a male is caught and pregnant, he dies and so do the young. Some are caught wild and sold in aquariums and they soon die from the wrong exposure or inexperienced aquarium owners looking for a unique fish. :/
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Yea, I'm hoping to. I absolutely love that aquarium.
I have a good amount of upper body strength but
more so in my legs from horse riding. Wow I'd love
to work with the wolf eels. <3 Yea most of the
time I sit there and read books and such about
it by myself since no one shares my interests.
Ah one of the things I loved about seahorses. Watching
them float to one side of the coral to the next was so
amusing to me. They're so clumsy sometimes. Ouch,
I can only imagine the stress that comes with keeping
seahorses. I really thing petsores need to educate buyers
before they buy an exotic pet like a redtailed boa, snow-
flake moray eel etc. Honestly they hand them off to you
like "good luck!". The lady gave me false information that
could have killed my snake had I not researched prior to
buying him. They honestly don't know anything about keping
any fish. The betas especially get me.
I know.. I know all the "remedies" the Chinese believe in that
comes with dried animals or just eating strange things in general.
I wanna say China made a law claiming pregnant males are illegal
to catch, so they only catch females. Small victories I suppose!
I've only seen seahorses at the Japanese aquarium near Tokyo,
and they take amazing care of their specimens.They even got a
hold of a chambered nautilus and a two-headed turtle.
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Well if you ever need any help with fish keeping, I've been raising Betas for seven years! Many pet stores hire people off of the street, and then they just help make sales... which costs the buyer time and money as well as grief. I had that issue with my Cocker Spaniel; her parents were over bred and I love her too much so I just end up paying her medical bills which is..... a lot. Like 3k a year. Dang Seborrhea, ear infections and dropped bladder. It goes with all animals, especially fish, amphibians and reptiles because they require specialized care.
My seahorses Amphitrite, Solacea, Neptune and Poseidon were all calming as long as they were healthy. When they were sick I was pulling out my hair trying to cure them, which fish medicine is expensive too -,-. Fish are a lot more than feed and put in water. Ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, oxygen, salinity, ph and temperature all play an important role in keeping fish for the longest time. My younger sisters Beta is now 7 years old, and a Beta fish is only supposed to live 3-4 years! It's all about research, planning and care. It's all about buying from the right store too, and observation before purchase. If something looks ill, it probably is!
Small steps to victory yes, but all breeds of seahorses are endangered. If we all care a little it'll go a long way
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I've only had one beta and I had him when we lived in
Korea. We bought him on the military base gift store
sorta place. Aww I'm sorry about your spaniel.. My
cockatiel was attacked by my german shepherd and
ended up with a broken ulna and radius, as well as a
crushed shoulder. He needed x-rays to actually see
how bad it was. And because we were moving we
couldn't put a sling or anything on him to help it heal
correctly, so he needed pain meds and that was it.
It was very stressful as he still doesn't fly without
getting a droopy wing in the end.
Yea, it's especially hard with reptiles and fish. I've
never had a sick fish, but man even keeping freshwater
temperatures is hard. My brother bought a lobster
some years ago and it ended up dying and we had no
clue why. Another reason I don't condone to petsores
hiring clueless people. My beta was actually indestructible.
He jumped out of his tank and was on the carpet for about
ten minutes until my nearly stepped on him. Then the bowl
got knocked over and rolled on him, as far as I know he
died of old age (he would have been eight-nine years old
now) but I don't know who owns him now if he is still
alive.
I think so, seahorses are such elegant creatures as well,
it'd be a shame to loose them!
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I'm sorry about your bird :/
But yes it would be a shame, that is why I am spreading their information!
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It happens I suppose.
Yea! It's good there's people out to spread the word!
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Hello, your work is included in my "Purple World" journal. Very good job, congratulations!
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Hello, your work is included in my "Purple World" journal. Very good job, congratulations!
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Would you let me use this image in an icon I want to make for my new group, ? I would credit and link to your work in the description, and add your work to the group's favorites if you allow me.
Thank you for your time,
Jani
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I'm sorry, the answer is no. please use your own photography for your group
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Okay. Thank you for responding!
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