mollymonticello
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Doryrhamphus excisus paulus bluestripe pipefish subspecies. I think. Got them from reef hot spot.
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New pipes
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cool looking too, thanx for sharing...
mollymonticello
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Thanks guys! Yeah, they are really small. I have a magnifying glass, though. THey're about 2 inches long.
i have been looking to buy a pair but cant find them anywhere.... sweet looking pipes though man good luck with them.
mollymonticello
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They started out on bbs and copepods. I'm trying to get them onto frozen cyclops and rotifers, it's going so-so. Mysis is way too big. Even the hikari is bigger than their heads. They won't even snick at adult brine. Their snouts are only about as thick as a mechanical pencil lead.
They are growing! The one had a little notch in his tail when I got him, and it has healed and his tail is fantastic. The colors on these guys are amazing! They're truly different than bluestripes. From what I've read, this subspecies really only tops out at 2 to 2.8 inches...they don't get much bigger. I asked reefhotspot what the exact collection site was so I can properly identify them.
I tried to get a pair, too, and even included instructions on sexing in my order. But it's very difficult to sex these, they are soooo tiny. I got 2 males.
Good luck if you do decide to get some, and let me know if you need any help!
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1183414
I'll post a newer pic sometime soon. I'll try to get some tonight.
They are growing! The one had a little notch in his tail when I got him, and it has healed and his tail is fantastic. The colors on these guys are amazing! They're truly different than bluestripes. From what I've read, this subspecies really only tops out at 2 to 2.8 inches...they don't get much bigger. I asked reefhotspot what the exact collection site was so I can properly identify them.
I tried to get a pair, too, and even included instructions on sexing in my order. But it's very difficult to sex these, they are soooo tiny. I got 2 males.
Good luck if you do decide to get some, and let me know if you need any help!
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1183414
I'll post a newer pic sometime soon. I'll try to get some tonight.
mollymonticello
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They're eating frozen cyclops now. The generic kind, thank goodness.
mollymonticello
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New pics in my gallery!
mollymonticello
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Thanks for clarifying, Ann. I need to put a little caption under that pic in my gallery.
You'd be surprised how cool you can keep lots of corals and inverts.
We're moving pretty soon, so I plan to take most of this stuff out and take the Catalinas way cooler, like 60*. Even the upper 60's seems too warm for them to me. I don't know how anyone can put them in a tropical tank. It makes me sick that most places, even online fish stores will tell you the can live in tropical temps. I feel into that trap, but luckily had a good chiller. There are lots of neat temperate things you can get, too, if you look hard enough. Temperate tanks are really "hot" right now. Do a search for Steveweast's tank.
To stay on the subject of pipes, they're doing great still, of course
Not shy at all. They recognize me, come up to the glass when they see me. But I know what they're thinking, "Look, there's that brine shrimp/cyclops dispenser."
You'd be surprised how cool you can keep lots of corals and inverts.
We're moving pretty soon, so I plan to take most of this stuff out and take the Catalinas way cooler, like 60*. Even the upper 60's seems too warm for them to me. I don't know how anyone can put them in a tropical tank. It makes me sick that most places, even online fish stores will tell you the can live in tropical temps. I feel into that trap, but luckily had a good chiller. There are lots of neat temperate things you can get, too, if you look hard enough. Temperate tanks are really "hot" right now. Do a search for Steveweast's tank.
To stay on the subject of pipes, they're doing great still, of course
Not shy at all. They recognize me, come up to the glass when they see me. But I know what they're thinking, "Look, there's that brine shrimp/cyclops dispenser."
