Please show your dragon face pipefish!
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Ive had a pair for a while now. they do great,
but they seem to ignore red bugs which I have and flat worms :S
they accept cyclopeze.
BUT they are REALLY cool. they swim against flow of a MP40 even !! lol and they look much cooler in pairs.
coming out during the day .... will depend on your set up and fish selection ! IMHO, when fish feel safe, they come out ! mine always hide under rocks for good part of the day, and all night, but after I added a bunch of yellow wrasses, who stay out in the open, the pipefish felt safe and started swimming around and gliding on rocks.
sorry about the crappy pics :S we have a fish store by the camera store :S
here is one of them swimming around, this shot was taken when the new tank was just set up.
but they seem to ignore red bugs which I have and flat worms :S
they accept cyclopeze.
BUT they are REALLY cool. they swim against flow of a MP40 even !! lol and they look much cooler in pairs.
coming out during the day .... will depend on your set up and fish selection ! IMHO, when fish feel safe, they come out ! mine always hide under rocks for good part of the day, and all night, but after I added a bunch of yellow wrasses, who stay out in the open, the pipefish felt safe and started swimming around and gliding on rocks.
sorry about the crappy pics :S we have a fish store by the camera store :S
here is one of them swimming around, this shot was taken when the new tank was just set up.
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I had redbugs. I needed to use a magnifying glass to see them. They weren't populating much that I could tell except they really liked the Oregon Tort. I purchased 4 dragon faced pipefish and after 2 weeks, the population has declined and the Oregon Tort is starting to PE very well. The LFS person said that it is very important to get a dragon pipe fish as others won't touch redbugs. I opted for this path versus putting chemical in my tank to eradicate. I have a 240 SPS reef tank. 6 AI Hydra 52HD, 2 Maxspect Grye 150's and 2 MP40's. Lots of flow. 3 Yellow, 1 Naso Blonde, 1 Purple, 1 Chevron, 1 Desjardini Sailfin, 2 bloodred shrimp, 2 pep shrimp, 1 6-line wrasse and a melanarus wrasse. The swim and hunt freely. Great addition.
I guess patience is key, don't overfeed - Sounds like the SPS reefer! Happy Reefing.
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