new born pipes
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krazeekiddie
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Pipe fish come in allot of different sizes per say!
So different species are larger or smaller than one another.
Larger--typically larger mouth & can eat larger foods & vise versa.
So, need to know what species,
Also, in my experience, the pipe fish parents eat the babies!
Have witnessed it with my own eyes, I would tell him to move the babies to another tank, & food to be determined once we know species!
So different species are larger or smaller than one another.
Larger--typically larger mouth & can eat larger foods & vise versa.
So, need to know what species,
Also, in my experience, the pipe fish parents eat the babies!
Have witnessed it with my own eyes, I would tell him to move the babies to another tank, & food to be determined once we know species!
krazeekiddie
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In the meantime, maybe he can put them in a tank well established enough to have plenty of pods. Typically pipes only eat live foods. So at least that is a start until we know the species.
krazeekiddie
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They can most likely eat either newly hatch BBS, or the small copepods, no tigger pods, but for instance, we have copepods in one of our tanks that are about the size of a pin head. they live in the crushed coral.
If in doubt try rots, but without species, no way to tell you for sure!
If in doubt try rots, but without species, no way to tell you for sure!
mollymonticello
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No one in the US (that I know of) have raised DF pipes yet. It's nearly impossible. You'd have to quit your job, learn how to raise TONS of live rotifers, and later copepods, and set up specific fry tanks or kriesels that need constant attention.
Hopefully, someone in the US learns the secret to raising pipe fry. There is someone in Australia who raises Dunckerocampus, I think. We need to get on the ball here!
Hopefully, someone in the US learns the secret to raising pipe fry. There is someone in Australia who raises Dunckerocampus, I think. We need to get on the ball here!
fishkid6692
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where can i get a mated pair of bluestripe pipefish?
mollymonticello
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Alligator pipefish are not as hard. They are large and hitch at birth.
I didn't mean that it's impossible to raise pipefish. At this time, it is nearly impossible to raise DF pipefish. It's just not something that the average hobbyist can expect success with. No one in the US has raised DF pipes yet, that I know of. Lots of people in the US have raised Gulf Pipes and the like. People in other countries have raised Dunckerocampus and Doryrhamphus already like danfrith said. Europe and Australia are way ahead of us in Syngnathid aquaculture.
Fishkidd, be careful trying to get a pair of bluestriped pipes. Sure, they can be sexed, but if you order them online the distributor probably won't sex them for you, even if you tell them how. The juveniles of course can't be sexed, and that's what many are selling. That is how I ended up with 2 males. If you put 2 males bluestripes together, they will fight probably to the death.
If your local store can order them for you, you might be able to sex them. Mature males have bumps on the snout.
I didn't mean that it's impossible to raise pipefish. At this time, it is nearly impossible to raise DF pipefish. It's just not something that the average hobbyist can expect success with. No one in the US has raised DF pipes yet, that I know of. Lots of people in the US have raised Gulf Pipes and the like. People in other countries have raised Dunckerocampus and Doryrhamphus already like danfrith said. Europe and Australia are way ahead of us in Syngnathid aquaculture.
Fishkidd, be careful trying to get a pair of bluestriped pipes. Sure, they can be sexed, but if you order them online the distributor probably won't sex them for you, even if you tell them how. The juveniles of course can't be sexed, and that's what many are selling. That is how I ended up with 2 males. If you put 2 males bluestripes together, they will fight probably to the death.
If your local store can order them for you, you might be able to sex them. Mature males have bumps on the snout.
MADtanks
Stix Anyone?
I will post pics of my bluestripe pair later.... 
they have been hatching eggs every couple of weeks but i never see the hatchlings bc i am gone from work by the time it gets dark in here... (office pipefish tank) I am going to see if i can have my LFS order a few more for me so i can try to raise the BS fry.... culture rotifers, and phyto... try the green water method first and add some rotifers second.... hopefully i can keep them alive long enough to feed bbs..... pictures later
they have been hatching eggs every couple of weeks but i never see the hatchlings bc i am gone from work by the time it gets dark in here... (office pipefish tank) I am going to see if i can have my LFS order a few more for me so i can try to raise the BS fry.... culture rotifers, and phyto... try the green water method first and add some rotifers second.... hopefully i can keep them alive long enough to feed bbs..... pictures later
mollymonticello
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You could try raising Harpacitcoid pods, too. They would be a better replacement for the bbs. If you are able to raise even one bluestripe fry, I will worship you forever 
Here's a good article about raising the pods
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-02062004-070143/unrestricted/etd.pdf
Here's a good article about raising the pods
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-02062004-070143/unrestricted/etd.pdf
MADtanks
Stix Anyone?
its def possible to raise them! i have seen a use on another website that started with about 10 fry and ended up with 3 big enough to start distinguishing their sex!! specially bc they started to fight! lol.
here are mine,
unfortunately these two guys are males... funy thing i wondered why i never saw fry? maybe bc the eggs did not have anything in them..... dont know but if you look close you can see the horns on both of the pipes, and flat bellies... the bigger one was the one always carrying eggs, i have not seen it carry any eggs in a week now so. Also i think it figured out that the smaller one was a male bc it up and disappeared.....
I am on the hunt again for another female....
here are mine,
unfortunately these two guys are males... funy thing i wondered why i never saw fry? maybe bc the eggs did not have anything in them..... dont know but if you look close you can see the horns on both of the pipes, and flat bellies... the bigger one was the one always carrying eggs, i have not seen it carry any eggs in a week now so. Also i think it figured out that the smaller one was a male bc it up and disappeared.....
I am on the hunt again for another female....Similar threads
