Pipefish Picture Thread!

[panmanmatt]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12269120#post12269120 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clownFish1313
SO WHAT ARE THEY?:mad2:

The ones pictured above are mutli banded pipefish (Doryrhamphus pussuliferus)

 

[irishrose302]

I have a ribbon eel and a zebra eel and several tangs. Would they still d well? oh and a mated pair of green mandarines.

thanks

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12268727#post12268727 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pufferpunk
You don't need a seperate tank--they are reef safe & fairly hardy.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I almost forgot this lil fella I saw in Roatan:

 

[Eklikewhoa]

Bumping from the dead.... also to show off what I acquired today that I have no idea what it is.

 

[danfrith]

Bryx dunckeri?

 

[Ralph ATL]

some recent pics of my pipes.

 

[Eklikewhoa]

 

[thumbsy]

Not really good at taking pics, but here's an old pic of my female african blue stripe.

 

[thumbsy]

Got a good one of the male, though I had to use the flash.

 

[trueisb2]

wow some pretty cool pipefish pics here.

 

[TamiW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14088947#post14088947 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Eklikewhoa
Bumping from the dead.... also to show off what I acquired today that I have no idea what it is.

American Crested Pipefish. Only the second one I've seen. Cosmocampus brachycephalus. Can be found on page 152 of "Seahorses, pipefish and their relatives" by Rudie Kuiter.

 

[TamiW]

Some miscellaneous pipefish pictures I've taken over the years:

Pugnose Pipefish:

Pregnant Pugnose pipefish:

Bag o' pipefish:

Gulf? Pipefish:

Multilined Pipefish:

Bluestripe Pipefish:

Bluestripe Pipefish making eyes:

 

[Eklikewhoa]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14123974#post14123974 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by FishGrrl
American Crested Pipefish. Only the second one I've seen. Cosmocampus brachycephalus. Can be found on page 152 of "Seahorses, pipefish and their relatives" by Rudie Kuiter.

So are you saying I got ahold of something rare?

 

[TamiW]

I'm not really sure. Its possible they're pretty common just misidentified or not identified at all. Many of the native American pipefish are ignored by the hobby due to their drab coloration (even though some aren't), are mis-identified, or just lumped together as common pipefish.

 

[philter4]

Eklikewhoa, we have collected them occasionally, but just sold them as assorted pipes, not sure how common or rare they are, but unless they were harlequin pipes (the only colorful one we collect regularly) all of them are lumped together.

 

[Eklikewhoa]

Ok, thanks for the reply.

I agree the drab stuff gets less attention but for me they carry their own beauty.

 

[LUVSPS]

Do any of you guys keep say dragonface pipes in your reef tank that includes a Vortech? Would that be too dangerous? I am intrested in putting one or two in my 120 sps.

 

[Ralph ATL]

I have had mine for over 2 years in my 55 with 2 tunze 6000 on a controller.

 

[Gabriel BRAZIL]

Hi! I'm quite new here at ReefCentral and my english is not so good, but i'll try to type a few words here.

Unfortunately here in Brazil we don't have such colorfull pipefishes, as you have, at our fish stores.

This is the picture of my pipe, if someone knows which specie is this one, i'll be glad

Thanks

 

[ctenophors rule]

scapes, that looks like a greater pipe fish, but i cant tell for certain, never seen sauch a clear picture, usualy i am looking down at them through the top off the water in our seign collection buckets, lol