can i keep pipe fish?

[scuba connor]

i have a 10 gal nano would it be posible to keep a pipe fish in there if i do alot of waterchanges and fill it up with water from my 65 reef and put live rock from my 65gall
would i be able to keep him alive?

 

[Lev F.]

If you get a relatively small species and it already feeds on frozen Mysis, Yes. But make sure any tankmates it has are peaceful.

 

[scuba connor]

Lev F. what kind do you suggest?

 

[Lev F.]

Corythoichthys flavofasciatus,
Corythoichthys haematopterus, if you get these guys already feeding,

Doryrhampus excisus is a nice small species, Syngnathus scovelli is a good choice also.

Most pipes like being in pairs.

Make sure they are eating something you could provide, like enriched brine Shrimp, or frozen mysis shrimp.

 

[scuba connor]

ok is there a way to make more pods for my tank for the pipes to eat?

 

[Lev F.]

You could attach a refugium to it, with macro-algae like Chaetomorpha, and seed it with pods. Additionally, you could make a pile of crushed coral in one side of the tank where the pods can hide once they're in the tank and also have a small breeding population in your tank.

 

[scuba connor]

but i don't have enoff room for a refrigium so if i was to put som crushed coarl in a pile in the tank would that held at all?