Pipefish Selection

[Pico1]

Are there any pipefish that would be suitable in a 60 cube mixed reef? One that can handle moderate flow and not get eaten by LPS? Food is a non issue- lots of copepods, a refugium, and hiding resting places within tonga branch rock. TIA.

 

[E36328i]

A lot of people keep Dragonface Pipefish in Reef Tanks as well as Flagtail Pipefish. Just make sure you don't have any anemones.

 

[Pico1]

Cool, I'll check those out. Anyone else have some words of wisdom?

 

[Scridifer]

I'd second the flagtails.

I have a blue stripe (D. excisus) in my 40"x24"x24" reef with plenty of LPS and a Vortech MP40.

Chris

 

[rlpardue]

The trick is to find a pair (or a single fish) that accept Cyclopeeze or other frozen food. I designed my system with a copepod factory for a refugium (big, lots of macro and LR), but only one of my pipefish accepts Cyclopeeze. That fish is noticably healthier and fatter than his girlfriend.