Pipefish and feeding

keh9qd · 01/24/2012, 12:33 PM

I’ve been doing a lot of reading and I have a species only tank set up for pipefish. I have chaeto and mangroves growing but I do not think it will support pipefish with copepods long term. I am not picky on species but I am looking to choose between:
-banded pipefish
-bluestripe
-dragonface
-jannss
-multibanded
I really like any of them but of course the hardier the better.
Anyway I have read that they only will eat small live foods on many occasions such as copepods or small brine shrimp. Obviously they might be trained to eat frozen with some work. What do you all think about getting them to eat the tiny rods food or arctic pods? Although this has been discussed multiple times, do any of the above species tend to be better for a nano aquarium?

tvoydan · 01/24/2012, 06:42 PM

One of my banded pipefish goes after frozen mysis no problem. Just watched him down a bunch off the tank bottom. The other one just swims around excitedly, but has not caught on yet. Neither go after live bbs or frozen bbs. Both like to suck live copepods of the glass, tank bottom and rocks. They both seem pretty hardy. Just my experience so far with the banded pipes.

keh9qd · 01/24/2012, 08:09 PM

Yea ive seen Blue stripe pipes eat bbs but havent studied them very long.

I think im going to order two bluestripes and some nutrimar ova.

Wheres the best place to buy them? Liveaquaria?

mwilliams62 · 01/24/2012, 08:23 PM

i caught a wild pipefish started him out on live brine shrimp then I was growing my own brine shrimp till i ran out and put a bottle of reef pods and tigger pods in his tank. Then I started mixing up frozen mini mysis, frozen rotifiers and frozen cyclop eeze. So I am not sure what he is eatting but he is and getting bigger. Plus i just started to mix in the Spirulina-brine shrimp w/mysis froze made by H2O Life. I have had him since May of last year.

Luis A M · 01/25/2012, 11:09 AM

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...1#post19772071

small alien · 01/25/2012, 06:39 PM

Thanks, Luis. Bluestripes could be appropriate for a nano. I had one in a 10 for some time.

Scridifer · 01/26/2012, 08:22 AM

I have two bue stripes that take frozen brine, cyclops and lobster eggs.

emuirishguy414 · 01/26/2012, 12:27 PM

My blue-line eats frozen cyclops, and the smaller mysis readily...

emuirishguy414 · 01/26/2012, 12:29 PM

My blue-line eats frozen cyclops, and the smaller mysis readily...

keh9qd · 01/26/2012, 03:42 PM

Cool so far I have a blue stripe, a tiny carribian unknown pipe, and will start feeding brine and the micro rods food. I may get some nutrimar ova and cyclopeze as well.

01/24/2012, 12:33 PM	#1
keh9qd Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 135	Pipefish and feeding I’ve been doing a lot of reading and I have a species only tank set up for pipefish. I have chaeto and mangroves growing but I do not think it will support pipefish with copepods long term. I am not picky on species but I am looking to choose between: -banded pipefish -bluestripe -dragonface -jannss -multibanded I really like any of them but of course the hardier the better. Anyway I have read that they only will eat small live foods on many occasions such as copepods or small brine shrimp. Obviously they might be trained to eat frozen with some work. What do you all think about getting them to eat the tiny rods food or arctic pods? Although this has been discussed multiple times, do any of the above species tend to be better for a nano aquarium?

01/25/2012, 11:09 AM	#5
Luis A M Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Buenos Aires,Argentina Posts: 1,652	http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...1#post19772071 __________________ Luis A M Current Tank Info: I keep about 40 tanks,for breeding and larval raising.Most are 10 gallons.

01/25/2012, 06:39 PM	#6
small alien The fungus is among us. Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: School of Aquatic and Fishery Science, University of Washington Posts: 3,480	Thanks, Luis. Bluestripes could be appropriate for a nano. I had one in a 10 for some time. __________________ This moment is all we have. Current Tank Info: 75 mixed reef. M/F/F OSFF, M/F Leopards, F Scooter, Nekid Clowns, Hector's Goby, Green and Yellow Clown Gobies, Priolepis sp, M/F Matted File, Banded and Bluestripe Pipes, Tailspot Blenny, Firefish, Canary Wrasse, Royal G., Abrolhos Jaw, Papua Toby.

01/26/2012, 12:27 PM	#8
emuirishguy414 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 61	My blue-line eats frozen cyclops, and the smaller mysis readily... __________________ "Working is the burden of the drinking class..." -Oscar Wilde Current Tank Info: 7.5 gallon ADA cube Micro Reef

01/26/2012, 12:29 PM	#9
emuirishguy414 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 61	My blue-line eats frozen cyclops, and the smaller mysis readily... __________________ "Working is the burden of the drinking class..." -Oscar Wilde Current Tank Info: 7.5 gallon ADA cube Micro Reef

01/24/2012, 06:42 PM	#2
tvoydan Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 55	One of my banded pipefish goes after frozen mysis no problem. Just watched him down a bunch off the tank bottom. The other one just swims around excitedly, but has not caught on yet. Neither go after live bbs or frozen bbs. Both like to suck live copepods of the glass, tank bottom and rocks. They both seem pretty hardy. Just my experience so far with the banded pipes.

01/24/2012, 08:09 PM	#3
keh9qd Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 135	Yea ive seen Blue stripe pipes eat bbs but havent studied them very long. I think im going to order two bluestripes and some nutrimar ova. Wheres the best place to buy them? Liveaquaria?

01/24/2012, 08:23 PM	#4
mwilliams62 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 588	i caught a wild pipefish started him out on live brine shrimp then I was growing my own brine shrimp till i ran out and put a bottle of reef pods and tigger pods in his tank. Then I started mixing up frozen mini mysis, frozen rotifiers and frozen cyclop eeze. So I am not sure what he is eatting but he is and getting bigger. Plus i just started to mix in the Spirulina-brine shrimp w/mysis froze made by H2O Life. I have had him since May of last year.

01/26/2012, 08:22 AM	#7
Scridifer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Cranham, Essex, England Posts: 31	I have two bue stripes that take frozen brine, cyclops and lobster eggs.

01/26/2012, 03:42 PM	#10
keh9qd Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 135	Cool so far I have a blue stripe, a tiny carribian unknown pipe, and will start feeding brine and the micro rods food. I may get some nutrimar ova and cyclopeze as well.