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10-04-2012, 06:19 PM
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I've had OK success with dragon pipefish, kind of like a finicky mandarin fish so an established tank with good pod supply and little to no competition is key. My banded experience is not so good.
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10-04-2012, 06:38 PM
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Dragon-faced Pipefish are a natural predator of red bugs on acros, so goo for a grow out system. But I'd echo the statement that they are like picky mandarins, so you'd have to make sure they were getting enough food.
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10-04-2012, 06:55 PM
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Like finicky/picky mandarins? I thought mandarins were picky! This idea is, perhaps permanently, put on the back burner.
I don't mind cultivating foods for a short period of time (raising fry, while getting fish trained on frozen, etc.), but there is no way I want it to be a permanent state of affairs.
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10-04-2012, 07:04 PM
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last going off my pair of banded pipefish ate everything i added to the tank except flake or pellets, it took some time but they eventually seen alot of what i put in as food. personally though for a fragtank or even a grow tank id do wrasses they are like guard dogs.
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10-04-2012, 07:23 PM
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Aren't most wrasses jumpers? That would be my big concern: in addition to the size of the little tank I'm planning. A pair (or harem) of bluestripe pipefish would probably do alright in it. I'd like to leave the tank uncovered.
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10-04-2012, 07:31 PM
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wrasses are def jumpers, but they do a killer job on protecting your investment.
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