Leafy Seadragon

[Don Geddis]

Anyone ever kept one of these things in a home aquarium? Is it even legal?
Are they endangered?

I saw some leafy seadragons (Phycodurus equus) at the Birch Aquarium in San
Diego, and was immediately jealous:
http://images.google.com/images?q=leafy+sea+dragon
They look awesome.

Biggest problem is probably a requirement for live food, much like when
seahorses were new. That's a pain in the ass for a hobbyist, but as far as
I know there aren't any captive-bred seadragons. Or, for that matter, any
that have been trained to eat frozen food.

Anyway, just curious if any hobbyist reefkeepers have experience with
seadragons.

-- Don
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[Wayne Sallee]

Can't have them. They are protected.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Don Geddis wrote on 3/23/2006 7:15 PM:
> Anyone ever kept one of these things in a home aquarium? Is it even legal?
> Are they endangered?
>
> I saw some leafy seadragons (Phycodurus equus) at the Birch Aquarium in San
> Diego, and was immediately jealous:
> http://images.google.com/images?q=leafy+sea+dragon
> They look awesome.
>
> Biggest problem is probably a requirement for live food, much like when
> seahorses were new. That's a pain in the ass for a hobbyist, but as far as
> I know there aren't any captive-bred seadragons. Or, for that matter, any
> that have been trained to eat frozen food.
>
> Anyway, just curious if any hobbyist reefkeepers have experience with
> seadragons.
>
> -- Don
> __________________________________________________ _____________________________
> Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
> --------- if you cut here, you'll probably destroy your monitor ----------