Please ID my pipefish

oldpaddy

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Good morning, I added a pipefish last night. I thought I was buying a yellow banded pipefish, but it's definitely not. He was still in the shipping bag when I got him. The bag was darkened and I added him when the lights were off so I didn't get a good look at him until this morning. The lights have been on for over an hour and he hasn't changed colors. I'm guessing this is probably his normal colors. He's whitish with dark lines on his head. See crummy pics below.
Thanks
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Ugh I can never get my pics to work right on here. If you right click on the little boxes and select "view image" you can see the pics.
Thanks
 
I tried to click on the boxes but I still could not get anything to happen. I use a tablet so maybe that is why.
 
As the day has progressed little yellow/orangish horizontal lines are starting to appear on his face and body. I'm pretty sure it's a dragonface of some sort.
 
yup dragonface pipefish . My clown gobies did not mix well with mine , so be careful what you mix them with , also had a blenny that picked on it. What color strip is on the belly ? Yellow or blue ? females have a yellow slit on the belly males have a blue slit
 
There are barely noticeable yellow lines on the body. I wonder if the color will develop more. It's really white. I can only see the yellow when the day bulbs are on (t5). He's pecking at ruble, shells and substrate. So I'm guessing he's eating. He has stayed away from the live rock structure.
Can I keep other types of pipefish with it? I have a copepod culture tank.

Thanks
 
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