pipefish?
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I don't think it would be a problem - I have 4 pipefish in a reef. Though it also depends on agression in your tank. The first day I had my Janss, my crazy tomato clown was dragging them around by their tail. Of course, now everyone gets along fine. But I always feel that dragon faced pipefish are easier to start with - both to get to eat and getting along with other tank inhabitants.
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I would wait to hear from someone keeping dragonface pipes in a tank with frogspawn. They like to perch on corals and I think that could be a problem. Also, dragonface pipes are difficult to wean onto frozen and your tank is a little small to sustain enough pods to support a pipe and a sixline. Finally, as it gets older, that sixline may be aggressive toward new additions, particularly passive fish.
Janss or even bluestripes might be a better bet, but the sixline would still be a major concern. My tiny bluestripe could hold its own against much bigger fish, but he was there first and the particular fish he was with were all passive.
Don't mean to be such a downer, but I really would approach this with caution.
Janss or even bluestripes might be a better bet, but the sixline would still be a major concern. My tiny bluestripe could hold its own against much bigger fish, but he was there first and the particular fish he was with were all passive.
Don't mean to be such a downer, but I really would approach this with caution.
namxas
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Dragon faces do fine in a reef, but they're super hard to feed due to their small snouts, so weaning them while they're in QT is practically a must. They actually do OK with Euphyllia, but I'd avoid any large Rhodactis sp. 'shrooms or carpet 'nems...you get the idea.
Flagfins do super well in reef setups, but for your size tank, blue-stripes would be best. One thing about blue-stripes: you MUST have a M-F pair...males will fight to the death, esp. in a smaller setup.
Flagfins do super well in reef setups, but for your size tank, blue-stripes would be best. One thing about blue-stripes: you MUST have a M-F pair...males will fight to the death, esp. in a smaller setup.
I have lots of euphyllia, some mushrooms (regular, rhodactis, yumas and rics) and carpet anemones in my reef with 4 pipes. Still this is good to know, I've always avoided the larger hairy mushrooms, elephant ear, etc. The only real problem IMO are the carpet anemones: DEATH TRAPS! For the most part, everyone knows to stay away from them, but if I'd know they were going to be so problematic, I would have avoided them altogether. It was very disconcerting to see my yellow banded pipe being slowly ingested by a mini carpet. It hadn't been doing well, and I was not expecting it to survive, but still - not a nice way to see it go. And I'm quite sure my blue-stripe succumbed to them, as well. He was always hanging out near them, and its pretty easy to get stuck. While I have tons of wrasses, no six-lines, but there haven't been any problems as far as I can tell with possums, pink streaked, leopards and tamarins. None of my pipes are from LA - they won't deliver to Canada - but the easiest to get feeding were the dragon faced. They even eat flakes now. But do them and you a favour, and turn off the pumps and powerheads while they're eating so they have a chance to eat! I love my Janss, but for me they were much harder to wean onto frozen (I use a mixture of cyclopeeze, spirulina brine, baby brine, and mysis): the first go, one ate, the other one didn't and starved to death. I never saw the survivor until I got a second one, who is also now eating frozen. So, whatever you do, IMO get 2-3, as they don't seem to be as shy.
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