New to Seahorses and Have Questions

Gotcha. Thanks so much for all your help rayjay. New FTS with a couple more gorgs and macros.
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Very nice pictures.
The pipe fish shown though concerns me as most people (myself included) find that mixing pipe fish and seahorses leads to deaths of one or both species.
 
Yeah I heard that and since I found the pipes first, I think I'm going to just go with them. Any thoughts on mixing species?
 
I would ONLY consider mixing species if all the species came from the same breeder.
That doesn't mean, from the same store, but same place that they were born and raised to be sold. (like seahorsesource.com)
I actually would probably still just put them in separate tanks to prevent cross breeding.
 
OK well hello all and welcome to my Banded Pipefish 40 Breeder. Also should I still be maintaining a temp of 72 degrees for the pipes or can it be raised?
 
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Most pipe fish that I read about are in reef tanks so I would guess they wouldn't have a problem with warmer water but surely someone experienced in keeping pipe fish will chime in on that.
That may not be true if you have one of the TRUE captive bred pipe fish though but they are very few and fare between.
 
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