ZoOCraViNg
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Hey I have a question about these guys. What tank size do u have? and do you thinkthey would do good(2) in a 75g tank with a little flow.
bluestripe pipefish pair.
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I have mine as the only fish (for now) in a 22 gallon cube with moderate / low flow.
I'm not sure if two males would work in a 75 gallon. The LFS recently had a group 3 in a 30 long. When I walked up to the tank a large male was chasing a smaller one, the other was a female. He chased the poor little guy the whole time I was in the store. Definately get a pair, it's far more interesting that way.
I include some hikari mysis in with the cyclopeez but only the male will occaisionly take a small peice. I've been trying to slowly put less cyclopeez and more mysis but the female just won't bite.
I'm not sure if two males would work in a 75 gallon. The LFS recently had a group 3 in a 30 long. When I walked up to the tank a large male was chasing a smaller one, the other was a female. He chased the poor little guy the whole time I was in the store. Definately get a pair, it's far more interesting that way.
I include some hikari mysis in with the cyclopeez but only the male will occaisionly take a small peice. I've been trying to slowly put less cyclopeez and more mysis but the female just won't bite.
mollymonticello
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I've got 2 Korlias a one and a two. The flow is about 25x turnover. (Not that much, IMO,) and my pipes do fine.
Thumbsy, can you look really really closely at the female's snout and let me know if there are small, clear bumps? You may need a magnifying glass.
One of my bluestripes eats mysis and it is soooo fat it's round. The other one doesn't eat mysis, but it is still healthy.
Oh, and I can say with 100% certainty that 2 males won't live together long term in a 75. or a 300.
Thumbsy, can you look really really closely at the female's snout and let me know if there are small, clear bumps? You may need a magnifying glass.
One of my bluestripes eats mysis and it is soooo fat it's round. The other one doesn't eat mysis, but it is still healthy.
Oh, and I can say with 100% certainty that 2 males won't live together long term in a 75. or a 300.
bluenassarius
retired algae slanger
those r fracking cool 
I don't have a magnifying glass, but to my eye my females snout is pretty smooth. I've been trying to get a good photo of her but I'm not much of a photographer...this is the best i could do.
The small male at the LFS had a pretty smooth snout as well, but if you looked reallly close it looked like he had a couple pimples on the top of his snout and his mouth at the end was a bit larger. He was maybe 2 inches long, so pretty young.
I wasn't really sure how aggressive they were, the large male was chasing the smaller one but he wasn't actually attacking him. The smaller guy just ran away at a nice quick pace and the larger male just stayed an inch off his tail shadowing his every move. It was kinda cool to watch them weave in and out of the rockwork .... but sad since ultimately he was going to chase that little guy to death.
The small male at the LFS had a pretty smooth snout as well, but if you looked reallly close it looked like he had a couple pimples on the top of his snout and his mouth at the end was a bit larger. He was maybe 2 inches long, so pretty young.
I wasn't really sure how aggressive they were, the large male was chasing the smaller one but he wasn't actually attacking him. The smaller guy just ran away at a nice quick pace and the larger male just stayed an inch off his tail shadowing his every move. It was kinda cool to watch them weave in and out of the rockwork .... but sad since ultimately he was going to chase that little guy to death.
saltyshoe_nano
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nice lookin pipe fish!
tanksmates!
tanksmates!
So, my bluestripes finally have tankmates. Saw these little neon pygmy gobies (eviota pellucida) at the lfs so I bought them.
I originally thought they were a pair because the larger one had a longer dorsal fin.
As compared to what I thought was the female.
But, the larger one chases and picks on the smaller, so maybe they aren't a pair after all. I was hoping they'd be as close as the pipes are.
Still enough room for the group.
tanksmates!
So, my bluestripes finally have tankmates. Saw these little neon pygmy gobies (eviota pellucida) at the lfs so I bought them.
I originally thought they were a pair because the larger one had a longer dorsal fin.
As compared to what I thought was the female.
But, the larger one chases and picks on the smaller, so maybe they aren't a pair after all. I was hoping they'd be as close as the pipes are.
Still enough room for the group.
Yup, it's all alive. And the red stuff getting to be a bit of a problem actually. I'm pretty sure it's Caulacanthus ustulatus. For a while I was pulling out softball size clumps of it every 2 weeks. It's slowed down now, but it sticks to everything even the acrylic back wall. I also have some feather caulerpa, and halimeda, and valona. At some point i had some sargassum and padina in there, but the caulacanthus seems to have choked those two out.
The substrate is tumbled travertine tiles. I have a piece of acrylic under it to protect the glass bottom of the tank. It's not as pretty as sand, but a little nicer then bare bottom.
On the pipefish front, I've got both eating little bits of mysis now. I've basically had to stop giving them bbs and wait them out, but they're finally picking at it. However, just like last time I took them off the bbs, the male has stopped carrying eggs.
Blurry full tank shot.
The substrate is tumbled travertine tiles. I have a piece of acrylic under it to protect the glass bottom of the tank. It's not as pretty as sand, but a little nicer then bare bottom.
On the pipefish front, I've got both eating little bits of mysis now. I've basically had to stop giving them bbs and wait them out, but they're finally picking at it. However, just like last time I took them off the bbs, the male has stopped carrying eggs.
Blurry full tank shot.
danfrith
Active member
Yeah, when I had my pair in my 29g cube even with the daily addition of Mysis my male rarely carried eggs. Now in my 60 gal. SPS tank he is always carrying and thats with feedings every other day. I think they might need live natural foods to continue repeatedly produce eggs.
Re-viving my old thread with some new pics.
I've had my pipefish pair for over 2 years now. I've almost lost my male 3 times, but he's managed to come back each time. I've basically given up on feeding frozen food exclusively and just feed them live baby brine shrimp every day along with frozen cyclopeeze.
recent pic of my male.
recent pic of my female.
Lost my male neon pygmy goby a couple months ago. I haven't decided if I want to try another so my female is all alone now.
I've had my pipefish pair for over 2 years now. I've almost lost my male 3 times, but he's managed to come back each time. I've basically given up on feeding frozen food exclusively and just feed them live baby brine shrimp every day along with frozen cyclopeeze.
recent pic of my male.
recent pic of my female.
Lost my male neon pygmy goby a couple months ago. I haven't decided if I want to try another so my female is all alone now.
gkaquatic
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i just picked up, what looks to be a male and female blue stripe today. they are about 2" or less in length and as thin as a bic ink cartrige.i put them in a small bin for the moment on the inside of my tank. ive added copepods, which they seem to love, and im going to try hatched brine tomarrow.
I plan on putting them in my 10g tank ive had going for 2 years with clown gobies a small skunk clown and a sexy shrimp. they is a lot of cheto mirco algae in there as well as some mushroom and xenia.
any tips on feeding or care? this is my first set of pipes at home, but i have taken care of many clutchs of seahorses at my work but never pipes. if there are anyother tips let me know i would love the help! THANKS!
I plan on putting them in my 10g tank ive had going for 2 years with clown gobies a small skunk clown and a sexy shrimp. they is a lot of cheto mirco algae in there as well as some mushroom and xenia.
any tips on feeding or care? this is my first set of pipes at home, but i have taken care of many clutchs of seahorses at my work but never pipes. if there are anyother tips let me know i would love the help! THANKS!
I do believe there is some nutrition issue as well. Even when I could get my pipes to eat frozen mysis and cyclopeeze, the male would soon stop carrying eggs, which I assume is because the female stopped laying eggs. She's always taken frozen more readily then the male. The male will take frozen for a little while when he gets hungry enough, but he seems to waste away and just get weaker and weaker.
I've never tried tiggerpods cause they're too expensive for me to use on any reoccuring basis. Though i may try culturing them, just don't have the time right now and bbs is so easy and seems to keep them fat and happy.
About the only tip I could offer is related to the above. If you don't have a tank large enough for them to graze on you'll probably need to feed them bbs.
rssjsb
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Greg is right that nutrimar ova is good stuff. Cyclopeeze too. Mine actually will eat pretty much anything meaty if the pieces are small enough.
Right after I posted my response above I got a good look at my blueface for the first time in a long time, and I would swear I saw snout bumps. So maybe I have a male now after all.
Right after I posted my response above I got a good look at my blueface for the first time in a long time, and I would swear I saw snout bumps. So maybe I have a male now after all.
gkaquatic
New member
new bluestripes are doing good moving around much more, but still in the hang on bin till the tank is ready.
TANK: i covered the intake on skimmer but i have no idea for the koralia nano power head, other than making a filter cover like they do for the vortech MP's. any ideas or will the one powerhead be ok?
going to add more cheto micro algae and move some of the rock work to make the tank more pleasing to them
FOOD: baby brine went over well, but no to the adult brine for the moment. figured id get them onto adult brine eventually and then slowly switch over to frozen brine.
for now ill stick to bbs, pods, and cyclops!
wish me luck.
TANK: i covered the intake on skimmer but i have no idea for the koralia nano power head, other than making a filter cover like they do for the vortech MP's. any ideas or will the one powerhead be ok?
going to add more cheto micro algae and move some of the rock work to make the tank more pleasing to them
FOOD: baby brine went over well, but no to the adult brine for the moment. figured id get them onto adult brine eventually and then slowly switch over to frozen brine.
for now ill stick to bbs, pods, and cyclops!
wish me luck.
