Compatible fish with a pipe fish
- Thread starter mfinn
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Assuming you have a sufficient pod population, a dragonet would go well with your pipe fish. Obviously a seahorse would work too. Other options would be a filefish, or even a blenny.
I have a 100 gallon mixed reef. There are a variety of fish including an Orange Shoulder Tang, Koran Angel, Fox Face Rabbit, pair of Mandarin Gobys, Six Line Wrasse, Lawn Mower Blenny and a Watchman Goby. I added a pair of Dragon Face Pipe Fish about 2 weeks ago. So far, so good. There is a large amount of pods in there but I will add more soon, just to keep the numbers strong.
The thing I am most amazed by is the Pipe Fishes fearlessness. At night, when the lights dim some, they free swim up into the water column with the other large fish. They frequently swim right up to a blasting MP40 and swim into the current of it for 3-5 minutes, head on. They are very strong swimmers. I had no idea. Most of the day they crawl through shells and lower lying rock on the ground hunting for pods. They are very active and often split up to scour the tank in different directions. They are incredibly interesting to watch.
The thing I am most amazed by is the Pipe Fishes fearlessness. At night, when the lights dim some, they free swim up into the water column with the other large fish. They frequently swim right up to a blasting MP40 and swim into the current of it for 3-5 minutes, head on. They are very strong swimmers. I had no idea. Most of the day they crawl through shells and lower lying rock on the ground hunting for pods. They are very active and often split up to scour the tank in different directions. They are incredibly interesting to watch.
barry_keith
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I keep a pair of dragonface pipes in my 150 with a mystery, melanurus, yellow coris, green wrasse, springeri dottyback, pair of clowns, hippo tang, Midas Blenny, squareback anthias, dwarf moray, Chromis and a mandarin. Just like reef raff said, they're fearless and no one bothers them. They are very cool fish to watch, and do well in lots of flow.
