Pipefish Picture Thread! - Page 3

waterfaller1 · 07/05/2007, 04:52 PM

Not to be rude..but yeah I knew that. So, I'll call it my nitrate reducer with extra pods.

The pods do make it to the display...so this toothpick size pipefish is of no concern to me.

masterswimmer · 07/05/2007, 09:21 PM

Not rude at all. Just trying to be informative. Someone who does something like that and still calls it a fuge can't be guaranteed to know that it defeats the purpose.

waterfaller1 · 07/06/2007, 08:56 AM

I keep my little dragonface pipefish in there, keep NO3 & PO4 at 0, keep an African Bluestripe, a scooter dragonet, and have for years. I would'nt call it 'defeating it's purpose'. Call it what you want, it's working for me

Bebo77 · 07/06/2007, 08:59 AM

there is my little guy....

Brock Fluharty · 07/06/2007, 09:25 AM

Bebo, where'd you get him?

mr294 · 12/11/2007, 11:54 PM

Bringing this thread back from the dead

philter4 · 12/12/2007, 09:12 PM

Here is my male redstripe sorry for the quality of the photo, I'm not very good. I have him and a pair in my other tank

and here is another

waterfaller1 · 12/13/2007, 05:12 AM

Cool...I've never seen a redstripe, what can you tell us about him?

philter4 · 12/13/2007, 01:52 PM

They are hawaiian endemics, I've seen lots of them, but they are really shy. That is the main reason I don't have two prs, I couldn't catch the female of the second pr. Mine eat all sorts of frozen foods and the pr in my reef also have a steady supply of sm live foods available. The single male is in my fish tank and he holds his own fine. They are parasite pickers like the bluestripe but they get 7 or 8 inches. I've never seen mine do this, but all books say they do. The scientific name is Doryrhamphus baldwini. They live in the same habitat as bluestripe, but usually deeper and they get much bigger, in my reef I also have a pr of bluestripes that I collected last oct. I've had them for more then a year. They must be common in the correct habitat because every dive I've looked for them I have seen them, the bluestripes I've only seen a few times. My pair breeds every 6-8 weeks, and the fry hatch, every once in a while I find a larger juv swimming around, but I don't have the space to seperate or raise the fry, maybe in the future.

waterfaller1 · 12/13/2007, 02:17 PM

Oh that is so cool. Your location says Fl, but you are talking about diving in Hawaii? I thought bluestripes were from Africa? I added a gorgeous male bluestripe just the other week. My old eyes are getting bad, because I could have sworn my other was a female. They begain to fight right away, the new one winning. So I gave my other one away to a friend.
That is sweet that you can get them to eat frozen. That's what I like about the bluestripes, they will take prepared food.
Thanks for sharing.

philter4 · 12/13/2007, 02:23 PM

I spend 1-1.5 months collecting in hawaii every year. The bluestripes are found all over the pacific even along the tropical coast of mexico down to at least panama. The best colored ones come from africa, hawaii has a dull blue and farther east they tend to lose the blue color, but they are still the same sp, Doryrhamphus excisus.

jg2269jg · 12/14/2007, 03:14 PM

what kind of pipe is the one mr294 has that is such a nice pipefish thanks in advance

rama · 12/16/2007, 12:28 PM

That redstripe is really cool seems like a very interesting species.

mollymonticello · 12/19/2007, 07:30 PM

Thanks for sharing that info about the red striped pipefish. I'm going to go on fishbase.org right now to look at it. I love Doryrhamphus pipes!

Oh, and here's my little pipe, he is a blue stripe D. excisus

Ralph ATL · 12/20/2007, 06:46 PM

my dragonface pipefish in my reeftank!

shilo_1 · 12/30/2007, 04:43 PM

Here are some pics of mine...

philter4 · 12/30/2007, 10:57 PM

Here are the bluestripes I collected in Oct of 06

Not as bright blue as the african ones, but I like them.

toastii_reef · 01/01/2008, 04:38 PM

wow all these are really making me want to set up a whole nother tank for a pair of these guys

but.... my parents would never have it

Amadeusb12 · 01/06/2008, 10:49 PM

My pipes

B

FishboyBT · 01/11/2008, 07:09 PM

What can't you keep these guys with? I thought they had similar requiriments as seashorses.

danfrith · 01/11/2008, 09:34 PM

I think its a common misconception that these need to be kept in their own species aquarium.

mollymonticello · 03/25/2008, 11:27 AM

Mars the bluestripe

Pufferpunk · 04/02/2008, 04:43 PM

I am glad to see a thread on this. I also recently got a redstripe. I have never seen him eat but have tons of pods for him. Do they ever get a belly after they eat? Mine doesn't look skinny in the least but always has a flat belly. How do you determine sex?

mollymonticello · 04/02/2008, 07:03 PM

hi, Puffer! I just posted in your other thread. Yeah, you're right, the flat belly means it's male. That is where he would keep the eggs. I get to IL from time to time, where did you get your pipe?

Pufferpunk · 04/02/2008, 07:41 PM

I have been boycotting this shop for years but I got it for 1/2 off from Living Sea, in Park Ridge. $35

Still waiting for it to come out, so I can post a pic.

07/05/2007, 09:21 PM	#52
masterswimmer Registered Member. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: East of the Mississippi, north of the mason dixon line Posts: 3,255	Not rude at all. Just trying to be informative. Someone who does something like that and still calls it a fuge can't be guaranteed to know that it defeats the purpose. __________________ I said, "look honey, we paid the mortgage and we have all this money left over for the tank." Her response confused me. She said we still needed to buy food and pay the utilities. Current Tank Info: 75 10ecor, SLS TEK 6 x 54w T-5, Lifereef sump & VS2-24" skimmer, 15 gal. AGA fuge

07/06/2007, 08:59 AM	#54
Bebo77 Premium Nonpaying Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lost Posts: 14,377	there is my little guy.... __________________ Gabriel Current Tank Info: 300 Gal Envision Tank(98Lx30Wx26T) 120 Gal SoCalCreations Sump, Deltec TC2560, 2 LumenarcsMini 1 Reg on a light mover W Radiums 250& 400, Gallaxy ballasts, Red Dragon 10m3 return W/ 2 WavySeas, 2 6155 Tunze streams

07/06/2007, 09:25 AM	#55
Brock Fluharty Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: USA Posts: 908	Bebo, where'd you get him? __________________ Sepiolids rule! Current Tank Info: 75g aggressive reef, 20g A. percula tank, 29g H. erectus seahorse tank

12/11/2007, 11:54 PM	#56
mr294 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 3,122	Bringing this thread back from the dead __________________ Brandon Current Tank Info: None at the moment

12/13/2007, 01:52 PM	#59
philter4 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: sunrise fl Posts: 1,497	They are hawaiian endemics, I've seen lots of them, but they are really shy. That is the main reason I don't have two prs, I couldn't catch the female of the second pr. Mine eat all sorts of frozen foods and the pr in my reef also have a steady supply of sm live foods available. The single male is in my fish tank and he holds his own fine. They are parasite pickers like the bluestripe but they get 7 or 8 inches. I've never seen mine do this, but all books say they do. The scientific name is Doryrhamphus baldwini. They live in the same habitat as bluestripe, but usually deeper and they get much bigger, in my reef I also have a pr of bluestripes that I collected last oct. I've had them for more then a year. They must be common in the correct habitat because every dive I've looked for them I have seen them, the bluestripes I've only seen a few times. My pair breeds every 6-8 weeks, and the fry hatch, every once in a while I find a larger juv swimming around, but I don't have the space to seperate or raise the fry, maybe in the future. __________________ Life is short, buy fish Current Tank Info: 1 fish and 1 reef new 24 gal current nano

07/05/2007, 04:52 PM	#51
waterfaller1 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 3,343	Not to be rude..but yeah I knew that. So, I'll call it my nitrate reducer with extra pods. The pods do make it to the display...so this toothpick size pipefish is of no concern to me.

07/06/2007, 08:56 AM	#53
waterfaller1 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 3,343	I keep my little dragonface pipefish in there, keep NO3 & PO4 at 0, keep an African Bluestripe, a scooter dragonet, and have for years. I would'nt call it 'defeating it's purpose'. Call it what you want, it's working for me

12/12/2007, 09:12 PM	#57
philter4 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: sunrise fl Posts: 1,497	Here is my male redstripe sorry for the quality of the photo, I'm not very good. I have him and a pair in my other tank and here is another

12/13/2007, 05:12 AM	#58
waterfaller1 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 3,343	Cool...I've never seen a redstripe, what can you tell us about him?

12/13/2007, 02:17 PM	#60
waterfaller1 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 3,343	Oh that is so cool. Your location says Fl, but you are talking about diving in Hawaii? I thought bluestripes were from Africa? I added a gorgeous male bluestripe just the other week. My old eyes are getting bad, because I could have sworn my other was a female. They begain to fight right away, the new one winning. So I gave my other one away to a friend. That is sweet that you can get them to eat frozen. That's what I like about the bluestripes, they will take prepared food. Thanks for sharing.

12/13/2007, 02:23 PM	#61
philter4 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: sunrise fl Posts: 1,497	I spend 1-1.5 months collecting in hawaii every year. The bluestripes are found all over the pacific even along the tropical coast of mexico down to at least panama. The best colored ones come from africa, hawaii has a dull blue and farther east they tend to lose the blue color, but they are still the same sp, Doryrhamphus excisus. __________________ Life is short, buy fish Current Tank Info: 1 fish and 1 reef new 24 gal current nano

12/14/2007, 03:14 PM	#62
jg2269jg Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: philly Posts: 201	what kind of pipe is the one mr294 has that is such a nice pipefish thanks in advance

12/16/2007, 12:28 PM	#63
rama Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: miami (surfside), fl Posts: 131	That redstripe is really cool seems like a very interesting species.

12/19/2007, 07:30 PM	#64
mollymonticello Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 563	Thanks for sharing that info about the red striped pipefish. I'm going to go on fishbase.org right now to look at it. I love Doryrhamphus pipes! Oh, and here's my little pipe, he is a blue stripe D. excisus __________________ - Felicia - Current Tank Info: 55 + two 20 gallon refugiums coldwater with puffer, seahorses, gobies, crabs, starfish all from the Atlantic. 90 gallon w 20 gal refugium with Tilefish, Swallowtail Angel, Blue Tang, Clingfish, Naked Clown, Fancy white clown, brachio blenny, mollies

12/20/2007, 06:46 PM	#65
Ralph ATL Formerly mysterybox Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Flowery Branch, GA (North ATL) Posts: 1,842	my dragonface pipefish in my reeftank! __________________ Ralph Scheriff

12/30/2007, 04:43 PM	#66
shilo_1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dixon, CA (95620) Posts: 2,857	Here are some pics of mine... __________________ Shilo Current Tank Info: FS: 93g Rimless Starphire Cube Setup

12/30/2007, 10:57 PM	#67
philter4 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: sunrise fl Posts: 1,497	Here are the bluestripes I collected in Oct of 06 Not as bright blue as the african ones, but I like them.

01/01/2008, 04:38 PM	#68
toastii_reef Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington, DC! Posts: 55	wow all these are really making me want to set up a whole nother tank for a pair of these guys but.... my parents would never have it

01/06/2008, 10:49 PM	#69
Amadeusb12 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NY Posts: 75	My pipes B

01/11/2008, 07:09 PM	#70
FishboyBT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 536	What can't you keep these guys with? I thought they had similar requiriments as seashorses. __________________ -Blake Current Tank Info: Seahorse Tank and mixed reef..

01/11/2008, 09:34 PM	#71
danfrith Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: st. louis, missouri Posts: 1,470	I think its a common misconception that these need to be kept in their own species aquarium.

03/25/2008, 11:27 AM	#72
mollymonticello Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 563	Mars the bluestripe __________________ - Felicia - Current Tank Info: 55 + two 20 gallon refugiums coldwater with puffer, seahorses, gobies, crabs, starfish all from the Atlantic. 90 gallon w 20 gal refugium with Tilefish, Swallowtail Angel, Blue Tang, Clingfish, Naked Clown, Fancy white clown, brachio blenny, mollies

04/02/2008, 04:43 PM	#73
Pufferpunk Moved On Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Franklin Park, IL Posts: 21,027	I am glad to see a thread on this. I also recently got a redstripe. I have never seen him eat but have tons of pods for him. Do they ever get a belly after they eat? Mine doesn't look skinny in the least but always has a flat belly. How do you determine sex?

04/02/2008, 07:03 PM	#74
mollymonticello Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 563	hi, Puffer! I just posted in your other thread. Yeah, you're right, the flat belly means it's male. That is where he would keep the eggs. I get to IL from time to time, where did you get your pipe? __________________ - Felicia - Current Tank Info: 55 + two 20 gallon refugiums coldwater with puffer, seahorses, gobies, crabs, starfish all from the Atlantic. 90 gallon w 20 gal refugium with Tilefish, Swallowtail Angel, Blue Tang, Clingfish, Naked Clown, Fancy white clown, brachio blenny, mollies

04/02/2008, 07:41 PM	#75
Pufferpunk Moved On Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Franklin Park, IL Posts: 21,027	I have been boycotting this shop for years but I got it for 1/2 off from Living Sea, in Park Ridge. $35 Still waiting for it to come out, so I can post a pic.