Where can you get "out of the ordinary" Pipefish & Seahorses?

They are eating frozen mysid just like the seahorses and pipefish do. They also hunt during the day for pods.
 
The Mall of America Underwater Adventures aquarium has Haliichthys taeniophorus Ribboned Sea Dragon. They plan to breed them, last I heard. They're not as difficult as other sea dragons, but still need a very large tank.
 
mollymonticello said:
The Mall of America Underwater Adventures aquarium has Haliichthys taeniophorus Ribboned Sea Dragon. They plan to breed them, last I heard. They're not as difficult as other sea dragons, but still need a very large tank.
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Really? I thought they only had leafies. I've been to their seahorse kingdom like twice and never seen them. Are you in MN too?:fish2:
 
Seahorsesource.com is the best place for seahorses. I have been to their house and seen the amazing set-up. All of there horses are in top shape and they have a great selection.
-Brent
 
Originally Posted by PghFishNerd View Post
^That Pipe is soooo cute! They look so much like Seadragons. It would be awesome to be able to keep one of those. But as far as H.Hystrix. Ocean Rider (Seahorse.com) sometimes has them but it says "Sold Out" right now. They also have Whiteis (Only 75 bucks!) but saying "sold out" as well. You may be able to contact them about this because they breed them all on their own facility, so they will definitely be able to tell you when they'll be available again.
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FWIW, OR does NOT always breed their own stock, and they don't tell you which species they don't breed. Dan's website (SH Source) clearly states whether the SH he offers were bred at his facility or someplace else.

As for availability, so species take longer to reach market size than others and don't reproduce as readily (such as H. barbouri), so there are times when they aren't available.

Personally, I wouldn't touch any of the SH at most LFS or wholesalers with a 10 foot pole, as you never know where they came from, and they're most likely poor quality net-pen raised specimens (typically touted as "tank-raised"). If nobody can tell me where the SH came from, or the species (even if I know myself) I'd pass.
 
I saw Histix in an LFS today. They almost came home with me, but they are WC and I have no access to live foods to switch them over.

It was cool to see them.
 
I have been looking for a banded pipefish in the Fresno- Clovis,Ca US area for some 2 months now, and I have finally been able to special order them from Whities Pets, my local fish store, and if you are in the area look there for any good fish . I also saw some Dragon faced pipefish at Aquatic pets. I have seen lots of rare interesting fish at Whities.
 
Most pipefish have to be special ordered. Besides LFS there are a few online sources that can special order a few different ones.
There has been some successful captive breeding done with a few species but the vast majority are still wild caught animals.
 
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I have been looking for a banded pipefish in the Fresno- Clovis,Ca US area for some 2 months now, and I have finally been able to special order them from Whities Pets, my local fish store, and if you are in the area look there for any good fish . I also saw some Dragon faced pipefish at Aquatic pets. I have seen lots of rare interesting fish at Whities.
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I purchased CB banded pipefish from Ocean Rider. They came already trained to eat frozen mysis. I would think it would be risky however to put them in a tank with WC marine fish. Mine are in with CB seahorses only.
 
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