Interesting fish

[Huhhhhh]

I picked up an interesting fish this weekend. Its a Orange-Banded Pipefish Doryrhamphus pessuliferus
Once I got all my power heads turned off during feeding time he is an eating machine. With the power heads on the food moves too fast and he won't chase it.

 

[Caleb Kruse]

Thats beautiful! Are they hard to keep?

 

[Huhhhhh]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10003568#post10003568 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Caleb Kruse
Thats beautiful! Are they hard to keep?

I don't know I never had one before. If he keeps eating I don't see any problem. I read it was reef safe.

 

[Caleb Kruse]

How big is it?

 

[lfduty]

No they are not hard to keep I have had a bunch of them in my time and i am going to be geting 4 soon.

 

[GreenPuffers]

ooooo...........how neat

 

[Rocmtnreef]

Hey Tim sweet looking fish, is that a pipe fish! Did you get that at the LFS.

 

[Butchdawg14]

I picked up an interesting fish this weekend. Its a Orange-Banded Pipefish Doryrhamphus pessuliferus
Once I got all my power heads turned off during feeding time he is an eating machine. With the power heads on the food moves too fast and he won't chase it.


lol

 

[racer69]

Very nice Tim, my wife really likes them but I don't know how well it would do in my tank. My fish are very aggressive eaters and it might not get enough food.

 

[Huhhhhh]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10003808#post10003808 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Cyclop-eeze
Hey Tim sweet looking fish, is that a pipe fish! Did you get that at the LFS.

Thanks, I got it at Key's island in Denver.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10003608#post10003608 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Caleb Kruse
How big is it?

Right around 5 to 6 inches. Well there's a softball ready to hit out of the park.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10005201#post10005201 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by racer69
Very nice Tim, my wife really likes them but I don't know how well it would do in my tank. My fish are very aggressive eaters and it might not get enough food.

I got a couple of aggressive eaters also but they go after the big stuff and this guy hangs out in one bottom corner and goes after the cyclopees. The bigger fish don't seem to interested in those when there is larger food in the tank.

 

[LarryW]

sweet, keep us updated.

 

[Deuce67]

Nice fish! I want one.

 

[Huhhhhh]

Reefer madness has them.

http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD_Doryrhamphus_pessuliferus.htm

 

[krafty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10014201#post10014201 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Huhhhhh
Reefer madness has them.

http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD_Doryrhamphus_pessuliferus.htm

they are very liberal with the saturation increases on that site. nice specimens though.

 

[Huhhhhh]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10029416#post10029416 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by krafty
they are very liberal with the saturation increases on that site. nice specimens though.

I don't under stand what you mean, can you clarify. I'm kind of a simpleton.

 

[ReefJerk]

I guess he's trying to say the pics are "photoshopped" to enhance the colors?

 

[Huhhhhh]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10032220#post10032220 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReefJerk
I guess he's trying to say the pics are "photoshopped" to enhance the colors?

Oh, I did noticed that the one on their site looked different than mine. I just figured there are variations in color between them just like any other fish or coral.

 

[normanviking]

That is a sweet fish Tim. Wonder if pipe fish and seahorses can co-exist in the same tank? I have not seen a pipe fish with those colors in person yet.

 

[Thurge]

From what I have heard they mix quite nicely.

 

[murfman]

Dan, pipes and ponies can coexist. One caveat though, don't mix wild caught with captive raised. The WC pass diseases on that the captives have not been exposed to.