Dragon pipefish

[NanoCrazed]

Got a pair of dragon pipefish from my LFS today. Upon closer inspection, I noticed white spots...maybe even like bristles.

Hard to tell if it's ich or the like...or just a normal body feature. Both have these white bristles/spots and they look somewhat even spaced out and distributed

Appreciate anyone who might have a dragon pipefish to share their thoughts...

 

[Humblefish]

@vlangel @SeahorseKeeper

 

[sweendog87]

Could they be eggs

 

[NanoCrazed]

They're on the back of both. Believe the pair I have are male / female...

I'll prob FW dip and QT... hoping not to have to do TTM/QT since I won't be able to consistently do TTM water changes with an upcoming trip... :/

 

[NanoCrazed]

So I've been scouring the net looking at hires shots of green dragons... looks like they all have some white spots/bristles...

I'll take the risk that it's normal...unless some were tells me otherwise

 

[Bkimberlin14]

The pipefish at my LFS have similar markings

 

[NanoCrazed]

Cool!! Thanks for confirming!

 

[vlangel]

Sorry that I did not see this sooner but I only know general info on pipefish, not the specifics of different species. It seems likely that it is normal markings given the regularity and that other pics show similar markings.

 

[NanoCrazed]

Thanks!

Sadly one of the two didn't make it... was breathing heavy at the LFS but thought I would try to see if it could be saved anyway. :/