Freshwater dip for pipefish?

[fishyfishyfishy]

It's not open and I don't see white though it does look like it flicks its tongue

 

[Lionfish Lair]

look like it flicks its tongue

Do you perhaps mean he snicks..... deploys the trigger mechanism? Are you familiar with the term 'snick'?

 

[fishyfishyfishy]

Do you perhaps mean he snicks..... deploys the trigger mechanism? Are you familiar with the term 'snick'?

No never heard this I'm embarrassed

 

[Lionfish Lair]

No never heard this I'm embarrassed

Don't be! I'll find a video that shows a pipefish snicking, so we are on the same page.

 

[fishyfishyfishy]

Ok so I read that weak snicks are a common down fall but I don't see anything about them doing this constantly. Is this normal I don't recall seeing it do this in QT

 

[Pugfishluv3]

I believe they only snick when eating like sea horses but don't hold me to that lol

 

[Lionfish Lair]

He's doing it constantly?

http://fusedjaw.com/seahorse-faq/what-is-a-snick/

 

[fishyfishyfishy]

He's doing it constantly?

http://fusedjaw.com/seahorse-faq/what-is-a-snick/

Yes as of today

 

[fishyfishyfishy]

Ok what he is doing constantly is appears to be a little tounge flicking out without a snapping motion with head

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Can you get a video of that?

 

[fishyfishyfishy]

You can see in pic above

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I can't really tell. I'm trying to guess what could be interpreted as his tongue flicking out, as they don't have tongues. They have an underbite type snout anatomy and when they are breathing heavy, I guess the bottom jaw movement could be seen as a "tongue flicking". Other than that, I can't say I recognize what you are describing.

 

[fishyfishyfishy]

I can't really tell. I'm trying to guess what could be interpreted as his tongue flicking out, as they don't have tongues. They have an underbite type snout anatomy and when they are breathing heavy, I guess the bottom jaw movement could be seen as a "tongue flicking". Other than that, I can't say I recognize what you are describing.

I'm trying to upload video it look lik debri maybe. This is fist I have tried to look up close but does look different

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Is the mouth continuously open? I have the video.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Like in the beginning of this video, you can see the mouth opening and closing as he breaths. Is yours doing that, or is it staying sort of open?

 

[fishyfishyfishy]

Its too small to see so I'm not sure i was assuming it was fine since it ate fine inQT

 

[fishyfishyfishy]

No it doesn't move like in video

 

[fishyfishyfishy]

No it doesn't move like in video

That's so sad what causes this to happen and is there a fix. She was fine idk how I overlooked that

 

[Lionfish Lair]

There's a 1000 different reasons why they have snout trouble. I can see the tissue you're talking about that goes in and out. It could be something stuck in the snout or it could be tissue from an injury.... I would guess an injury.

Hopefully it is something that can heal before he starves. Regular fish can go without food for long periods of time, but not horses and pipes as they lack the stomach. Some might say to tube feed, but I can't say I would be into that, if there was the possibility of an injury. If that's something maybe you'd like to do, I can help you with that though.

Is it possible to bring it back out to a QT?

 

[fishyfishyfishy]

I will be able to restart QT in morning as far as hand feeding I may have a tiny needle less syringe that would do the trick