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08/23/2009, 08:49 AM
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Registered Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Morton, Illinois
Posts: 26
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pipefish death
so i was very excited to finally add a fish to my 55 gallon pipefish/seahorse tank. The tank has been up and running for 2 months. The live rock came from my 5 year old reef tank. The tank contains calupra. It also has 5 very small hermits, and 5 very small snails. I purchased a dragonface pipefish from my lfs. It was doing very well for 3 days cruising the tank picking off tiny pods as he went. Today i woke up to him face first under a rock. I touch him and noticed he was wedged. Of course he was dead. I don't think the rock could have fallen on him. Is there a chance something could have pulled him under? I think i would rule out a mantis shrimp because i never had a problem in my other tank. Any suggestions would be great because i am fearful of adding anything else until this is resolved. Thanks
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08/26/2009, 12:03 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: fort lauderdale FL
Posts: 149
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Maybe the hermit?
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08/26/2009, 12:42 PM
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Seahorse Wrangler
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Greater Milwaukee Area, WI
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Dragonface pipefish are very sensitive fish. Hermit crab is a good guess, or it could have tried going under there for security if it wasn't feeling well. Unfortunately, they do often just die like that, especially newly acquired pipes.
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08/27/2009, 08:44 AM
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Things With Stings R Us!
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Carson, CA
Posts: 5,087
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if the fish was dead or dying, it could be a large bristleworm as well.
*waves to Tami*
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Greg Current Tank Info: too many to describe, but i think the count is up to "lucky 13"! |
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