my new additions

[tim the toolman]

thats good news. i may go grab that pair today lol. just gotta convince the misses i need em.

[naesco]

Originally Posted by tim the toolman

thats good news. i may go grab that pair today lol. just gotta convince the misses i need em.

I would not if I were you you need to find out about it food needs and whether you can guarantee to meet those needs or they will starve to death.

You need to determine whether your tank provides a similar environment to the environment they were taken from.

You need to find out whether they are compatible with the fish you already have and the ones you are planning to have.

Find out about the above and wait to see what success reefwars has than talk to the wife.

[kien]

Love the pipe fish! Have had min for over a year now. He only eats pods. He goes hunting with my dragonette. It's cute.

[lastlight]

Saw some at Ocean's and controlled myself. I saw Greg's briefly when they were out and they're so neat to watch.

Originally Posted by kien

Love the pipe fish! Have had min for over a year now. He only eats pods. He goes hunting with my dragonette. It's cute.

Based on how both my wrasses reacted to the new filefish pecking at pods I'm wondering how these would fare in my tank. Did your wrasses ever react with aggression to yours? They don't look like they'd stand up to much...

[kien]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Saw some at Ocean's and controlled myself. I saw Greg's briefly when they were out and they're so neat to watch.



Based on how both my wrasses reacted to the new filefish pecking at pods I'm wondering how these would fare in my tank. Did your wrasses ever react with aggression to yours? They don't look like they'd stand up to much...

Ya, they are very timid and would not stand against any sort of aggression. No one seemed to care about him though. Not even a sideways glare. They probably didn't know what to make of him since he doesn't really swim. He just sort of slinks around which is kind of creepy actually.

[reefwars]

ya i dont think they would take any harrassment their def fragile, i alrady thought mine was a goner as my very large sand goby decided to sift sand, my pipefish decided to lay on the sand and then my goby sifted my pipefishes head.....bet that woke the piper up lol:P

so far no luck on prepared foods all pods

[reefwars]

well lost one today, when i woke up this morning the end of his tail was missing by the time i got home this afternoon he was toast and being eaten by my elegance, i dont have any ornamental crabs but there are a few hitchhikers maybe it was one of them since the pipefish sleep on the sand bed and dont move all night.

the other guy is nice and healthy and getting fat, kinda sux he lost his brother, now i need to go crab hunting tonight

[reefwars]

just an update


remaining pipefish is doing great and is now eating cyclopeeze , wasnt easy been clouding the tank like crazy to the point its shot my nitrates right up but worth it as hes starting to eat prepared foods.
for some reason he has buddied up with mymaxima clam, today he actually was inside the clam,the clam doesnt mind as the pipefish is so gentle but he now sleeps next to the clam every night and hangs around it when not hunting for pods its pretty cute.if this guy makes it to the 6mth mark i may replace the one i lost.

i also picked up a pair of banded pipefish the other day and unlike the dragonface who spends all its time on its stomach sliding on the rocks and sand these guys swim out in the open exploring every thing they can:P

the banded pipefish are eating chopped mysis/cycopeeze

pods are gonna be more plentyful as my mandarin is MIA