Pipefish in QT - feeding?

[Schieby]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7575978#post7575978 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NicoleC
Woo hoo! He had a hearty dinner of 100% frozen food tonight!

I would have liked to have seen him eat more, though, but I honestly think it's his slow eating style..."

I guess in their natural surroundings they eat the whole day long more or less. I believe they stand right in their food and only have to suck it in more or less. I can see this everytime new nematodes larvaes are released. They don´t hunt them...looking out of their cave they snap just what´s swimming by. Real active hunting is only seen with mysid shrimps. Try to feed him several times per day.

Bye Erik

 

[Schieby]

Hi,

how is your pipe doin, I hope he is well.
Got a new box live mysis for mine yesterday! :thumbsup:


Erik

 

[NicoleC]

He was doing very well until Tuesday night. In the morning he was fine and happy and eating; when I came home in the evening he was dying. I tried everything I could to help him, but he was gone by the morning.

 

[TamiW]

I'm sorry to hear about your guy. Something similar with my multibandeds. They were really doing great, then a little over a week ago one of the pipes just stopped eating and a day later was dead. The remaining one I haven't seen eat since; he's still alive and active, but is getting skinner by the day. Introduced a bunch of copepods a few days ago, and he looks at them but that's it. I'm unsure what to treat for because I don't know what's wrong.