Requirements of a banded pipefish pair

[Mercer]

What type of feeding do these fish require? Should they be kept on their own, without SPS/LPS corals which may sting?

Well, those are not my only questions. I'm looking to find out more about these beautiful fish. If anyone has any advice on their care, please feel free to reply

 

[Thurge]

keep as you would a seahorse. They just don't require hitching posts.

 

[Mercer]

Sounds fair enough. I read somewhere that they may be sensitive to stingy corals. I'm assuming this is true. I see people keeping them in their reef also - what gives? Just happen to get one that works well with SPS?

Do they nip at corals?

 

[Peter Schmiedel]

They respond very badly on froozen food! I have had 4 Doryrhamphus pessuliferus and only one did finally eat froozen mysis, but nothing else. I lost the other 3