Good-bye pipefish

fishoholic · #1 09-02-2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Edmonton Eskimo

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately with delicate species those things happen sometime. Chin up!

Thank-you for your kind words

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Originally Posted by naesco

It is recognized by all authorities that pipefish are also impossible to keep.
They are not available for sale by reputable LFS and online stores for that reason.

Please do not attempt to replace her.\

Thank you

I have a blueline pipefish that is alive and well and thriving that was living with the dragon pipefish in our refugeium. I have had the blueline for about six months now and she's fat happy and healthy. If I choose to get another one (not sure I will or not) I will try to start off with one that is healthy looking from the start. The dragon pipefish was pale and not moving around much when I got her but seemed ok. She started hunting and eating food right away after bringing her home. It was just weird that she was doing so well then suddenly died. FYI the LFS I got her from is (for the most part) considered reputable.

Moogled · #2 09-02-2008, 07:08 PM

Don't worry about naesco, he's always telling people what to do but no one really listens anyway.

Sorry to hear about your pipefish.

fishoholic · #3 09-02-2008, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Moogled

Don't worry about naesco, he's always telling people what to do but no one really listens anyway.

Sorry to hear about your pipefish.

I know but sometimes it's fun to talk back

I do understand that you shouldn't buy a pipefish without having a proper set up for one, but if you know what you're doing and you have the right set up it should be fine.

Canuckgod420 · #4 09-02-2008, 08:13 PM

J&L sell all types of pipefish...i guess they are not reputable.

Thats the dumbest thing I have heard in a while.
Thanks for the good laugh.

naesco · #5 09-02-2008, 09:41 PM

Nothing at all intended against the poster but his loss of the pipefish is typical of those that attempt to keep them.
The reality is that almost all well intentioned reefers who attempt to keep them fail. That is not only my opinion but the opinion of expert well respected authors.

I am surprised that J&L sell them as they are a reputable store.

Moogled, I am puzzled by your post. Do you disagree that they are almost impossible to keep? Are you concerned that I am warning unsuspecting hobbyist about the difficulty in keeping this fish alive?
Thank you

Samw · #6 09-03-2008, 01:08 AM

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/hcs3/index.php

"Care of pipefish is rather simple. When researched and assembled correctly, a pipefish aquarium can be remarkably fulfilling with little additional effort from the hobbyist. "

fishoholic · #7 09-03-2008, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Samw

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/hcs3/index.php

"Care of pipefish is rather simple. When researched and assembled correctly, a pipefish aquarium can be remarkably fulfilling with little additional effort from the hobbyist. "

Great link

That is the site that I read through before getting my blueline pipefish. It's the site that Christy links canreef to for info on pipefish.

mark · #8 09-03-2008, 03:29 AM

Having seem you fuge, can't see what more a pipefish would want.

Old age? Wasn't like you grew this one from an egg to know how old it was.

fishoholic · #9 09-03-2008, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mark

Having seem you fuge, can't see what more a pipefish would want.

Old age? Wasn't like you grew this one from an egg to know how old it was.

Thanks! I like to think it's a pretty good home for a pipefish

JakartaOrBust · #10 11-07-2008, 04:23 AM

I would say I am a middle experienced level fish keeper, and with some knowledge rather than experience, I have been able to keep my blue stripe pipefish alive (knock on wood), happy, and very fat for 4+ months in my main system. Originally I built them their own hideaway in a HOB refugium complete with lots of macro, lots of pods and they did OK. Til one day they both "prison breaked" and entered the main system. Now they're fatter than ever and I don't directly feed them anything. They just live off whats happening in the main and no one in my tank bothers them. They even love playing in the current of my koralia 3 for some reason.

Heres the behavior though that I was wondering if anyone has experienced...
Has anyone noticed their bluestriped's cleaning other fish??? I looked in my tank this evening and both the male and female were cleaning the sides of my foxface in the open water column of my tank. at first I thought they were biting him or something like that, but the foxface was dorsal fin down and sitting there accepting it.