What do I do to prepare my seahorses before I go on vacation?

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Hi guys, I am going to be getting some dwarf seahorses in a few days…I was going to wait until I got back from a vacation in late September, but the place I bought them from had a huge Labor Day sale….so I went ahead and bought some. They are going to arrive either Tuesday or Wednesday. And I have prepared a copepod culture and a baby brine shrimp hatchery to ensure they will be well fed. But, my question is, how do I prepare them for me leaving?…I am going on an 8 day vacation in late September…any advice is greatly appreciated :)
 
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Unfortunately, I have zero friends, and nobody I trust to come in my house and feed them…is there any alternatives?
 

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Unfortunately, I have zero friends, and nobody I trust to come in my house and feed them…is there any alternatives?
Not really - seahorses don’t really have a pouched stomach and they don’t really store fat, so they need to eat small amounts of food multiple times a day.
 

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Would it work if I loaded the tank up with copepods and baby brine shrimp right before I left?
Copepods maybe, brine shrimp no - the brine molts every day or so, and if they aren’t fed live algae, they lose nutrition really fast.
 
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Ok, I’ll definitely put a bunch of copepods in the tank before I leave!!! Is there anything else I could do, just to ensure they are all good while im gone?
 

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Not sure exactly how you are going to manage that. In my experience, you need to do spot feeding with a turkey baster with brine or mysis.
 

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Any chance you could hire your LFS to send someone to feed the tank daily or to take the sea horses in until you get back?
 

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Do the responsible thing and don't take possession until you return home.

They are not going to live without being spot fed several times a day. To that end, are you prepared to feed them several times a day, long term?
 
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I am prepared to feed them several meals a day long term…I just am not sure that to do when I go out of town in late September.
 
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