Pipefish food

BradL. · 01/20/2006, 02:00 PM

I just received 2 pipefish from Live Aquaria for my SeaHorse tank. These things are really skinny. I dont think theyre gonna eat the frozen mysis that they said.Would frozen baby brine work or what is everyone else feeding?

mano · 01/20/2006, 04:31 PM

Try cyclopeeze too. For live food I'd recommend copepods or amphipods if you have some in your fuge or the pipes may find them on your LR themselves.

BradL. · 01/20/2006, 04:58 PM

Ill try the cyclopeeze,thanks

yahutch · 01/21/2006, 09:37 AM

I have both captive bred and captive raised pipefish fry . the only frozen they have ALL taken to so far is the cyclopeeze (some eat shaved frozen mysis ). what type of pipe are they ? how big? some can take bigger foods then others . mine are gulf pipes and I was shocked by the size foods they could eat .

BradL. · 01/21/2006, 12:13 PM

Multibanded Pipefish . They are very small,about 3 inches. Im surprised at how skinny they are. Ive been trying the frozen cyclopeeze and frozen baby brine.

BradL. · 01/22/2006, 06:10 PM

Good News! After 2 days the pipefish are really going for the cyclopeeze, thanks Yahutch!!

yahutch · 01/22/2006, 06:39 PM

glad to hear it all worked out for you .

BradL. · 01/25/2006, 03:36 PM

Sampson313 · 01/25/2006, 04:53 PM

Hey, I have multi-banned pipes as well. Although they seem to pick some at my live rock and macro algae, they have so far refuesed to feed on cyclopeeze. Are you using the frozen or dried form and do you have any particular strategies about feeding it to them?

BradL. · 01/26/2006, 06:44 AM

They ate it the second day. I have the frozen bar type. I just scrape a little in the sump and the return pump fires it in the tank.

rayjay · 01/26/2006, 09:36 AM

Mine ate frozen cyclopeeze and smaller mysis, but it still died after a month or so, with no sign of what the problem was.

BradL. · 01/26/2006, 05:08 PM

My tank is bare bottom so I can syphon out the uneaten food easily. I run a css65 skimmer in the sump. Im trying to keep the water as clean as possible. Plus regular water changes.

01/20/2006, 02:00 PM	#1
BradL. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 991	Pipefish food I just received 2 pipefish from Live Aquaria for my SeaHorse tank. These things are really skinny. I dont think theyre gonna eat the frozen mysis that they said.Would frozen baby brine work or what is everyone else feeding?

01/20/2006, 04:31 PM	#2
mano Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 284	Try cyclopeeze too. For live food I'd recommend copepods or amphipods if you have some in your fuge or the pipes may find them on your LR themselves. __________________ Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller Current Tank Info: Home:6 gal Nano and 12 gal nano

01/20/2006, 04:58 PM	#3
BradL. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 991	Ill try the cyclopeeze,thanks __________________ Put the most exotic creatures in the world in their rightful place---your living room.

01/21/2006, 12:13 PM	#5
BradL. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 991	Multibanded Pipefish . They are very small,about 3 inches. Im surprised at how skinny they are. Ive been trying the frozen cyclopeeze and frozen baby brine. __________________ Put the most exotic creatures in the world in their rightful place---your living room.

01/22/2006, 06:10 PM	#6
BradL. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 991	Good News! After 2 days the pipefish are really going for the cyclopeeze, thanks Yahutch!! __________________ Put the most exotic creatures in the world in their rightful place---your living room.

01/21/2006, 09:37 AM	#4
yahutch Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: wonder lake , illinois Posts: 1,211	I have both captive bred and captive raised pipefish fry . the only frozen they have ALL taken to so far is the cyclopeeze (some eat shaved frozen mysis ). what type of pipe are they ? how big? some can take bigger foods then others . mine are gulf pipes and I was shocked by the size foods they could eat .

01/22/2006, 06:39 PM	#7
yahutch Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: wonder lake , illinois Posts: 1,211	glad to hear it all worked out for you .

01/25/2006, 03:36 PM	#8
BradL. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 991	__________________ Put the most exotic creatures in the world in their rightful place---your living room.

01/25/2006, 04:53 PM	#9
Sampson313 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Baltimore and STL Posts: 11	Re: feeding pipes Hey, I have multi-banned pipes as well. Although they seem to pick some at my live rock and macro algae, they have so far refuesed to feed on cyclopeeze. Are you using the frozen or dried form and do you have any particular strategies about feeding it to them?

01/26/2006, 06:44 AM	#10
BradL. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 991	They ate it the second day. I have the frozen bar type. I just scrape a little in the sump and the return pump fires it in the tank. __________________ Put the most exotic creatures in the world in their rightful place---your living room.

01/26/2006, 09:36 AM	#11
rayjay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,969	Mine ate frozen cyclopeeze and smaller mysis, but it still died after a month or so, with no sign of what the problem was. __________________ Seahorses. Culture nanno, rotifers and brine shrimp. Current Tank Info: Seahorses

01/26/2006, 05:08 PM	#12
BradL. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 991	My tank is bare bottom so I can syphon out the uneaten food easily. I run a css65 skimmer in the sump. Im trying to keep the water as clean as possible. Plus regular water changes. __________________ Put the most exotic creatures in the world in their rightful place---your living room.