Pipefish for grassbed/lagoon biotope??

[bsagecko]

I am planning on creating a grassbed/lagoon biotope

It will have various seagrass/macroalgae
firefish
jawfish
gobies
some lps coral like trach/lobo/acans

It is a 200 gallon tank and i was thinking of like 3 or so of them.....

What kind would you recommend...? Is my tank safe for them to be in?

Thanks
Zack

(the pipefish must not be agressive in any manner)

 

[Elysia]

Trachyphyllia spp. are described as "voracious feeders that are often adept at capturing small fishes." Thus, they are on my list of corals that I would not consider for a passive fish tank, including firefish, pipefish, mandarins, and most gobies. It is not a risk that I am willing to take. I also would not house those fish with anemones, Heliofungia spp., Euphyllia spp., or Catalaphyllia jardinei.

 

[namxas]

specieswise, the most readily available "grassbed" dwellers are:

Syngnathoides biaculeatus (alligator pipefish)

Syngnathus fuscus (northern pipefish)

Syngnathus scovelli (gulf pipefish)

none of these pipes are agressive at all...in fact, i know of no pipes that are aggressive towards "fin fish" they can't eat.