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10/01/2008, 06:41 AM | #1 |
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Ghost Pipe
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Just wanted to share this with this forum since I though it was amazing! I work at a LFS and this little guy came in about a month ago and sold to a good customer who keeps sea horse's and pipes. So far it has been eating small saltwater ghost shrimp and he said it has even started picking at the PE mysis. If I remember correclty he said it was in a 65g tank. Check it out! Enjoy |
10/01/2008, 07:08 AM | #2 |
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WOW! Very cool.
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10/01/2008, 10:25 AM | #3 |
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Now thats' sick....
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10/01/2008, 10:58 AM | #4 |
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i thought it was illegal to collect them. maybe i'm wrong, anybody with any legal knowledge?? either way that thing is awesome. i hope it lives a long life for the guy that bought it.
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10/01/2008, 07:29 PM | #5 |
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Not that I am aware of considering they are sending us another one for Friday. The sea dragons are Illegal in Austraila but these are pipes coming out of Bali.
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10/01/2008, 07:31 PM | #6 |
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Few people on here now who have them. One of the ladies on this forum got one in recently as well.
Nice pics. I like your avatar too. Those are fun fish as well.
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10/01/2008, 08:59 PM | #7 |
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Thats awesome! Wish I could find one of these for sale.
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10/02/2008, 07:11 PM | #8 |
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They are not illegal, neither are sea dragons with the proper paperwork. The reason they are rare in the hobby is two fold, they are not common in the wild and they go to other areas like japan first because they pay more. They are not the easiest to keep but I bet if you ask your LFS they could special order them, I've seen them on lists from time to time, you just have to be persistant and lucky.
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10/09/2008, 12:58 AM | #9 |
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That is really interesting. I've never heard of anyone keeping them alive for any length of time before. I wonder if collection and handling have improved? Please keep us updated.
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10/13/2008, 07:55 AM | #10 |
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10/13/2008, 08:23 AM | #11 |
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Do you remember what it sold for?
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10/23/2008, 09:08 PM | #12 |
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I had one for a short time. It is true what they say about them, they are near impossible to keep. Even if you are an extremely experienced hobbyist, it comes down to luck and the individual specimen (how it was handled, its health, etc.)
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11/09/2008, 02:46 PM | #13 |
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All I can say is, "Wow!"
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11/13/2008, 05:02 PM | #14 |
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Simply amazing.I'd love to be able to keep & get them.
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11/14/2008, 08:54 PM | #15 |
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Cool fish!
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11/26/2008, 09:03 PM | #16 |
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beautiful!
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11/28/2008, 07:55 AM | #17 |
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Any update on how this ornate pipefish did? The fact that it was eating puts it ahead of like 80% of the ones I've worked with. Shipping mortality is high on these because people don't realize that they cannot be shipped in the regular fashion (oxygen and water). They need to be shipped in large bags of oxygen-charged water, but with no free bubbles. This is how they ship sea dragons. The DOA's that I've seen had air bubbles trapped in their snouts.
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12/06/2008, 09:33 PM | #18 |
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Thats amazing. thats the kind of thing i see in books but never a fish store. lol you should have got it.
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12/11/2008, 04:09 PM | #19 |
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That truly is a beautiful fish
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