Pipe Compatibility?

[b0bby1]

do you guys think a multibanded pipe would work with a false percula and a sixline wrasse in a 20 gallon?

 

[rssjsb]

Sixlines can be pretty aggressive in small tanks, and would outcompete your pipe for pods. So, I'd say probably not.

 

[b0bby1]

the pipe would feed on cyclopeeze, LFS has a few that do. i dont know if that makes a difference. my sixline is not aggressive though. he swims with my 3 other fish in a school. kinda wierd.

 

[rssjsb]

First, I wouldn't expect to sustain a pipefish on cyclopeeze or any other single prepared food. Even if it's accepted, the fish will need more variety than that, which most likely means pods.

Also, your sixline is not aggressive toward its current tankmates, but might be to a new arrival, especially a passive fish like a pipefish.

Honestly, I don't mean to be so negative, but I've tried and failed to keep dragonface pipes in a 20 gallon. They were eating tiggerpods and cyclopeeze. In the end, though I just think the tank wasn't big enough to sustain them. I know you're talking about a different type of pipefish, but it's really not a good feeling.

Finally, what other two fish are in the tank? I thought you said the tank had one false perc and one sixline? Are you moving the sixline and clown into your prop tank? If so, maybe you should leave them where they are and just devote the prop tank to a single pipefish. A pair of bluestripes would do great in a tank like that. I don't know about a banded pipe.

 

[b0bby1]

i currently have a false perc., sixline, and a yashia haze goby. was maybe looking for an extra fish cus i dont think im doin the prop tank anymore cus i dont have enough money. i am 16 years old and dont know if i can pay the money for the extra tank. but now i'm thinking of making a paly and ricordia prop. tank 10 gallon. would a bluestripe or two work in there?

 

[rssjsb]

I think you could easily keep a pair of bluestripes by themselves in a 10 gallon tank. I would give the tank time to mature and build up a healthy and diverse pod population, and be sure you're getting a pair, since males (and, IME, two females without a male) will fight to the death.

 

[b0bby1]

thanks, thats what im gonna do then. set up a 10 gallon frag and let it mature for at least 3 months.

 

[rssjsb]

Good luck.